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
LATEST UPDATE FROM MIKE ON BALGAVIES FACEBOOK PAGE
Darren just sent me some photos he took of Blue YD who did a wee fly past of his natal nest at Balgavies tonight at 5.20 pm. He certainly likes to come back to check it out.
Also the Green BF's are incubating
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Birdies LG DU update.
LINK TO DARREN'S POST ON BALGAVIES LOCH OSPREYS FACEBOOK PAGE.
He has added some more photos of Blue YD and a fab photo of Green BF flying with his fish which I will add below.
His report
MRS. GREEN BF
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Wow! am I glad I looked in on this thread today. Mary, thank you so very much and a HUGE thank you to Darren for privileging us to view his photographic work on this thread.
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/