Some history of the BALGAVIES LOCH OSPREYS.
It is a SWT Nature Reserve near Forfar, Angus, Scotland. There is no webcam on the nest, and there is no Visitor Centre, only a small Hide with limited car parking spaces.
MALE - GREEN BF - RINGED HADDO 11 JULY 2004 - FIRST SEEN AT BALGAVIES IN 2008
ONE OF DARREN'S LAST PHOTOS OF GREEN BF FROM 2018
FEMALE - WHITE UF - RINGED CLUNIE CASTLE 9 JULY 2009 - RING NUMBER 1428309 (SHE DID NOT RETURN TO THE NEST IN 2017)
Remembering the lovely WHITE UF
FEMALE - UNRINGED - OCCUPIED THE NEST IN 2017 - and produced a brood of three.
BLUE YD - RUNG AND SATELLITE TAGGED BY K. BROCKIE AND ROY DENNIS 17 JULY 2012
He has been sighted several times in the Eden Estuary and also Balgavies in the last few years
ALL SUBSEQUENT BROODS HAVE NOT BEEN RINGED.
LINK TO BALGAVIES LOCH OSPREYS 2018
LINK TO BALGAVIES LOCH OSPREYS 2017
LINK TO BALGAVIES LOCH OSPREYS 2016
LINK TO BALGAVIES LOCH OSPREYS 2015
LINK TO BALGAVIES LOCH OSPREYS 2014
LATEST POST FROM BALGAVIES LOCH OSPREYS FACEBOOK PAGE - CHANCE TO GUESS DATES OF ARRIVAL OF GREEN BF AND MRS GREEN BF
ANOTHER SNIPPET OF INFORMATION THAT CAME TO LIGHT LAST YEAR WAS.....
EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I really cannot believe that this has happened after all Mr & Mrs Green BF endured at the start of the season to win their nest from these geese. As we know and say ... Nature can be so cruel at times.
MARY - if you are reading this, I know you will upset and am unsure if you will be posting. But as gut wrenching as this is, I have found a couple of updates from Balgavies since your last post and I am going to post them to keep your thread going until you're back. You know me to be an optimist and I have everything crossed for Green BF and his Mrs safely returning.
First update yesterday at 14:23 from Balgavies FB. Such sad reading, but its nature
Second: - 7 hrs ago a photo showing Mrs Green BF and 2 intruders :-(
But at least we know Mrs Green BF is around and safe.
Third: 6 hrs hours telling us there obviously has been some vicious conflict although I am unsure what osprey this is. Perhaps one of the two intruders shown above with Mrs Green BF????
copyright: Balgavies / Darren
Always nice to see a photo of Blue YD. Here he is flying over Forfar Loch yesterday.
Credit Lorraine Culloch / Balgavies Ospreys FB
Link to FB and a couple of more pics
Thread update from Balgavies FB page -
15 May - female on nest identified as Mrs Green BF and no sign of any others around. Sadly still no sighting of Green BF.
Darren has advised in a later post that he is going to try and get there tomorrow so hopefully we will get another update on what is happening albeit all very, very, sad.