The parents of this year's Manton Bay Osprey chicks are expected to stay around for a few more days, despite the final two chicks beginning their migration just over a week ago.
Bad weather and less favourable winds are likely to be two of the reasons that Maya and 33 remain for the bank holiday weekend, as well as the defence of their territory, as Rick Wilson from the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust explains:
"It was quite a bit of a surprise when the first one went so early on 31st July, that really was quite early at 80 days old. It was a strong chick. The other two, obviously, last time they were seen together for sure was Friday 21 August, when they both went spiralling up on some thermals with Dad, and he came back, and they didn't.
So we're pretty sure they've now gone. Obviously we haven't seen them since. So even if they stayed in the area for a little while, they've definitely gone from the nest. And yeah, Mum and Dad have been sitting on the nest and sitting around braving the recent storms, which was quite interesting to watch, and they've been spending quite a bit of time defending the nest this afternoon. There was an intruder came across a little while ago, so there's still plenty of other ospreys around and they're just sort of staying behind reminding them whose nest this is before they go away."
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