{"id":497599,"date":"2026-03-27T03:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T03:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/497599\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T03:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T03:54:15","slug":"unwelcome-rival-chased-off-as-osprey-season-at-rutland-water-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/497599\/","title":{"rendered":"Unwelcome rival chased off as osprey season at Rutland Water starts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The osprey season at <a href=\"https:\/\/lincsonline.co.uk\/rutland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rutland<\/a> Water got off to a dramatic start as a resident female confronted an unwelcome rival.<\/p>\n<p>Maya and her mate &#8211; he is called 33(11) &#8211; have been captured on the live webcam overlooking their Manton Bay nest at the reservoir.<\/p>\n<p>The pair have bred there since 2015, spending winters in Africa and summers in Rutland.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1490 778\" alt=\"The unwelcomed female (back) landed at the pair's nest shortly after Maya's arrival. Photo: Rutland Water Ospreys\/Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust\/Anglian Water\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"J4VO7G3Z048KU1DBLPTN.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.92\"\/>The unwelcomed female (back) landed at the pair&#8217;s nest shortly after Maya&#8217;s arrival. Photo: Rutland Water Ospreys\/Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust\/Anglian Water<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1491 779\" alt=\"Maya confronting the unwelcome rival. Photo: Rutland Water Ospreys\/Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust\/Anglian Water\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"BECR0QXKN6MC95SBZ1RQ.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.91\"\/>Maya confronting the unwelcome rival. Photo: Rutland Water Ospreys\/Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust\/Anglian Water<\/p>\n<p>But their reunion this year was interrupted by the arrival of another female.<\/p>\n<p>Maya, clutching a fish, wasted no time chasing the intruder away. \u201cMaya doesn\u2019t share,\u201d said an online post by the Rutland Osprey Project.<\/p>\n<p>The drama continued when the unwelcome female attempted to land again, but Maya, with wings outstretched, forced her to retreat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1511 789\" alt=\"Maya confronting the unwelcome rival. Photo: Rutland Water Ospreys\/Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust\/Anglian Water\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"1X4B8UDEVT4VNKC7MOKY.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.92\"\/>Maya confronting the unwelcome rival. Photo: Rutland Water Ospreys\/Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust\/Anglian Water<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1469 767\" alt=\"Maya and her mate 33(11) arrived at Manton Bay nest. Photo: Rutland Water Ospreys\/Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust\/Anglian Water\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"GCC2G275B8GJ158CTZPL.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.92\"\/>Maya and her mate 33(11) arrived at Manton Bay nest. Photo: Rutland Water Ospreys\/Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust\/Anglian Water<\/p>\n<p>The first osprey to return to Rutland for the breeding season arrived on Sunday, March 16, and more are expected. The live camera is at: https:\/\/www.lrwt.org.uk\/rutlandospreys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The osprey season at Rutland Water got off to a dramatic start as a resident female confronted an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2851,192,9882,9883,90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-497599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-human-interest","tag-oakham","tag-rutland-homepage","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}