Some history of the BALGAVIES LOCH OSPREYS.
MALE - GREEN BF - RINGED HADDO 11 JULY 2004 - FIRST SEEN AT BALGAVIES IN 2008
FEMALE - WHITE UF - RINGED CLUNIE CASTLE 9 JULY 2009 - RING NUMBER 1428309
BLUE YD - RUNG AND SATELLITE TAGGED BY K. BROCKIE AND ROY DENNIS 17 JULY 2012
He has been sighted back in Scotland in recent years.
ALL SUBSEQUENT BROODS HAVE NOT BEEN RINGED.
LINK TO BALGAVIES LOCH OSPREYS 2016
LINK TO BALGAVIES LOCH OSPREYS 2015
LINK TO BALGAVIES LOCH OSPREYS 2014
Some of Darren Dawson's magnificent photos to remind ourselves of this lovely Osprey Family.
LAST YEARS BROOD OF FOUR
AND A STUNNING CLOSE UP OF ONE OF LAST YEAR'S JUVENILES
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ALL ARE COPYRIGHT OF DARREN DAWSON.
Wishing that both male and female return safely and have a productive breeding year ahead.
EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
Some more photographs of Blue MR taken yesterday afternoon at Loch of Kinnordy.
Not heard anything back yet on any details of this Osprey.
I especially love this one :-)
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Wonderful photos! Thanks Mary and Darren.
© Scottish Wildlife Trust - Loch of the Lowes
Once again , thank you Mary (and Darren) What a lovely Osprey
Well just home yesterday after being up at Balgavies since Tuesday, spent a couple of hours every day there, and had two trips out to Loch of Kinnordy too, and also visited a wild nest that we have been going to for the last three years, only one Osprey on it though. It is still early though.
Seen White LN catch a fish at Kinnordy twice times, unfortunately my camera has been playing up and keeps going in and out of focus all the time, so missed many opportunities for some half decent photos. Well as good as you can get from a little Bridge camera that is :-)
I did a little video for anyone not having been to both of these Reserves, a lot of the footage is shaky especially of the Marsh Harriers, because the distance is great as you can see from the video when first panned over the Kinnordy reserve.
Thank you Mary. Nice to see the sites and to know where you have been 'lurking' ! LoL
I thought the shots of the Harriers were good. Distant maybe but still viewable.
Birdies LG DU update.
The harriers are a long distance away Mike, and every miniscule movement when zoomed out to capture them makes it very shaky. If you view on You Tube it is a bit bigger LOL..... Plus it didn't help that my camera chose to go on the blink!
That was a great video Mary! I've never been to either of these sites, so helpful to see them on video. Hope you had good weather for your trip.
Edit - I watched on fullscreen on youtube, I usually do for videos, you see so much more that is missed on the small screen.
It was brilliant weather Starling, sunny and dry every day, cold at the beginning of the week with a wind, but towards the end I couldn't believe it was the beginning of April. Long may it last.
Great video as always, thanks Mary!
Really lovely video MARY THank you