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Rutland Osprey, England 2018

Post by Ferenz » Wed Apr 25, 2018 6:28 am

Welcome to the Rutland Osprey Project

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Rutland Water is home to the first Ospreys to breed in England for 150 years, after a translocation programme. We observe them from their arrival from Africa in Spring, through to their Autumn migration. Come and join us at Rutland Water Nature Reserve to learn more about these magnificent birds!
Rutland Website: http://www.ospreys.org.uk/

The Rutland Osprey Project is run by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, in partnership with Anglian Water

http://www.lrwt.org.uk/
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Location: Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Northamptonshire.

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Rutland, Manton Bay UK - Maya’s Return
By admin on March 12, 2018

Today has been an extremely exciting day for the Rutland Osprey Project! The first osprey was seen in Rutland, and to add to the excitement the first bird back was identified as Maya the Manton Bay osprey, this meant that her return was broadcast live for all to see via webcam. This is the earliest we have ever had a bird back in Rutland, as the birds usually return around the 17th March. We are not sure what has caused this early return, but it will be very interesting to see when the other ospreys make their way back to Rutland.
http://www.ospreys.org.uk/mayas-return/

Maya Male Makes it Back!
By Anya Wicikowski on March 15, 2018
Yesterday just as we were winding down for the day, a second osprey was spotted on the nest. This morning we were able to confirm this was 33(11). Maya’s usual partner. This is fantastic news, as it points us towards another successful breeding season for the pair. They have wasted no time at all having already started copulating this morning.
http://www.ospreys.org.uk/maya-male-makes-it-back/

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Post by Ferenz » Wed Apr 25, 2018 6:32 am

Mär 28, 2018 - Maya lays egg #1 @ 06:08hr- ©Rutland Osprey Project

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Post by Ferenz » Wed Apr 25, 2018 6:35 am

Mar 31, 2018 - egg #2

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Apr 03, 2018 - egg #3

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Posted by Karen on 27 Apr 2018 6:18 AM:
30 days now that Maya and 33 have been incubating these eggs. By this time next week, we may be seeing first chick of the season
https://ww2.rspb.org.uk/community/place ... 2219858=23

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Re: Rutland Osprey, England 2018

Post by Ferenz » Sat May 05, 2018 10:04 am

A cracking day at Manton Bay - By Holly Hucknall on May 5, 2018

Today marks day 37 of incubation, the day that chicks often hatch, so when Information Officer Paul Stammers arrived at the centre this morning he was very excited – would today be the day…?

…Yes it would! Just a few minutes ago we got the first view of our fully hatched chick. Volunteer Chris was in Waderscrape hide this morning when he noticed the first sign of hatching – a tiny hole in one of the eggs. Paul managed to capture the moment on the webcam....
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Post by Ferenz » Sun May 06, 2018 10:51 am

Chick number 2 has hatched!! :hatch: :hatch:

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Post by Ferenz » Tue May 08, 2018 3:07 am

Third egg has a pip > there maybe a hatch in progress...

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Post by Ferenz » Tue May 08, 2018 10:08 am

Third hatch

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Post by Ferenz » Tue May 15, 2018 4:27 am

Three cute Chicks

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Post by Woodlands Bleu » Tue May 15, 2018 1:13 pm

Adorable! What good news......
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Re: Rutland Osprey, England 2018

Post by Ferenz » Thu May 17, 2018 9:08 am

Bad news: Last night the third and smallest chick started to deteriorate, and this morning it was clear that it had died. The third chick hatched two days after its youngest sibling, which made it obviously smaller than the older two. Despite this all three chicks seemed to be doing really well and Maya was feeding each equally.

Things started to change when, yesterday afternoon 33 delivered a rather large clump of hay, Maya had already delivered a few clumps herself. However, this last clump swallowed up two of the chicks and for a while they were not visible. Later on 33 brought in a fish, this seemed to spur the chicks on, first it was the bigger one that managed to pop his head out from the hay for a feed, then a few moments later the smallest chick just about managed to break free.

However, this was not enough, the two stranded chicks were now stuck on the other side of the nest, away from the nest cup and Mayas warmth. The bigger chick valiantly battled his way through the hay and fortunately his larger size and strength seemed to help and eventually he ended up back under Maya.

The smaller chick was not so lucky, he put up a good fight trying to make his way back to the nest cup, but unfortunately did not make it. The chick was left out from under Maya for the rest of the night, although we had a warm day the night was cold and windy, meaning that the chick would have quickly cooled without Maya’s warmth.

The osprey team monitored the chick overnight and by morning it was clear the chick was dead and there was no action that could help without putting the remaining chicks at risk. It’s a real setback for Manton Bay and upsetting when you see the loss of a chick you’ve been watching for weeks, but on the positive side we still have two healthy chicks, both of which are looking very well fed!
http://www.ospreys.org.uk/down-to-two/

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