All the history of Balgavies Loch Ospreys can be found at the beginning of the 2019 thread.
BALGAVIES LOCH OSPREYS 2019
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This was one of my last posts on the very sad 2019 Season which is a summary of what happened.
All we can hope for is that the unringed female returns and also the male KR3 she was bonding with last season. There is still a little part of me that hopes to see the return of Green BF though.
Quote posted 29 Aug 2019 11:11 PM
Darren has posted a tribute to Green BF on the Balgavies Loch Facebook Page
The loss of both EJ and Green BF has been a blow this season. All we can hope for is a better season next year.
A lovely post by Darren and his wife.
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Some wonderful photos of Green BF from Darren - Green BF was such a great provider, watched him bring in a good few fish.
Farewell dear Green BF, you did good son! the really sad thing is the not knowing what happened to him, we never get closure. One little part of me cannot let go so next year in the Balgavies hide I will be waiting for a miracle!
COPYRIGHT DARREN DAWSON
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It is great to see all the threads already started by everyone for the various projects/nests, lets hope all our pairs arrive home safely and it is a good season for them all.
EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
Sorry there have been no more reports from Balgavies to share. Hopefully KR3 and Mrs BF will be getting on with things like Ospreys do.
So I will post another of Craig's photos - I know they all look the same but they are different He sent me about 14 photos in total, which was very kind of him to share them.
© CRAIG WARD
Oh dear its been 5 days since I last posted, where does the time go So the thread doesn't slip on to the next page I better make a post!
There has been no more updates from the Loch. Darren is in lock down, and Mike Fenton who can sometimes go to the Loch on his Daily Walk has not posted in a while, so it is a waiting game for now. I am hoping that the next report we get, is that they are incubating.
I would say it is at least 2.1/2 miles from Forfar, so maybe too far for some folk to walk.
In the mean time a couple more of Craig's photos.
The Seagull cleaning up
LATEST NEWS FROM BALGAVIES - It looks like they are incubating
Got a message from Darren when he was at the Loch tonight, he said he definitely is sure they are incubating eggs.
He did a live video from the Loch
LINK HERE
Taken from the back of his camera.
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
Darren has said it is last years female, so that is good enough for me Patily. I have some cracking photos he sent me late last night that I will post before I leave this morning.
Some gorgeous photo's from Darren, which I am always eternally grateful for.
He said they were incubating so that is great news.
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MRS BF (UNRINGED FEMALE)
KR3
Forgot one
©DARREN DAWSON