2026 Mid-Season Update part 1
The Osprey eggs have hatched on the Manton Bay nest and are growing quite quickly. But what comes next?
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2026 Early Season Osprey Update
2026 early season update from the Osprey nest at Manton Bay, Rutland Water.
Authors
- Abi Mustard (60)
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- Andy Lear (2)
- Andy Neilson (2)
- Ben Devine (2)
- Chris Hill (3)
- Dave Robinson (1)
- Elizabeth Hare (2)
- Elliot Chapman-Jones (1)
- Fran Payne (4)
- George Smith (7)
- Guest blog (15)
- Hannah Keys (1)
- Harriet Hickin (5)
- Helena Bolingbroke (5)
- Jo Brailsford-Finnis (1)
- Joe Davis (1)
- John Bristow (2)
- Jordan Linthwaite (10)
- Libby Smith (2)
- Martha Rose (3)
- Matt Taylor (1)
- Nathalie Cossa (1)
- Neil Pilcher (1)
- Paul Trevor (2)
- Rick Wilson (2)
- Rob Lee (1)
- RW Trainee Reserves Officer (1)
- The Wildlife Trusts (22)
- Tim Graham (1)
- Tim Sexton (1)
- Uta Hamzaoui (1)
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- Appeals (1)
- Conservation (30)
- Education (3)
- Helping Wildlife (22)
- Learn and Discover (3)
- Leicestershire (4)
- Manton Bay (13)
- Nature Reserves (11)
- Osprey Diary (4)
- Osprey Education (2)
- Personal Stories (2)
- Rutland (5)
- Rutland Ospreys (76)
- Rutland Water (11)
- Volunteers (2)
- Wild Forest School (1)
- Wilder Future (6)
- World Osprey Week (7)
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- livestock (1)
- Lyndon Visitor Centre (5)
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- marine week (1)
- mental health awareness week (1)
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- My Wild Life (1)
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- National Insect Week (1)
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- osprey project (8)
- ospreys (76)
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- wildlife diary (4)
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- Winter birds (1)
- world osprey week (5)