I guess that Blue XD is now set to be part of Loch Garten History. He deserves a page by himself.
Do people have data on his exact arrival time and some videos and pictures.
There has been a blog regarding him here on 28 Mar 2012 5:56 PM
There is still confusion as to his identity but he is said to be the long term partner of Green J or otherwise known as S06
So Blue/White XD may be S18 but there are certain problems with that.
S06 and S18 also parented a chick translocated to Rutland viz. T04
I wrote about Green J here on 3 March 2012
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Tempo said: I am slightly nervous on his comment Tiger in the last sentence.
I am slightly nervous on his comment Tiger in the last sentence.
I know what you mean but I think he is ok.
On second thoughts I can see your reason for concern.
Blue XD left his river area on 28th January and flew to the Atlantic coast passing the fishing village of Diogue at midday and flew on up the coast. Spent his time along the Atlantic coast and then late morning of 30th January drifted south again to the Diogue area. Data for first few days of February not certain but looks like he is around Diogue – need some more data to come in to find out what has happened.
Worrying
I also found the wording of the last sentence a bit worrying, it is maybe just the way he has worded it though - I really hope so.
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Hopefully we have picked up wrongly
Whenever I hear about an osprey moving towards habitation I get worried.
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XD is old and hopefully wise Sheila so let us hope we are worrying unnecessarily. I hope Roy updates soon
No more news of Blue XD. It would be good if we got an update.
Agree Tiger - especiallay when it was left in mid air.
RD has posted the following on his homepage about Blue XD - quote
"Blue XD died, probably in fishing nets or killed near a coastal village.
Very sad news.
That is such sad news Karen. He was a wonderful bird.
Kind regards
Jenny