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
Tiger Signature
Fantastic photos
What a wonderful photo! Lovely to see Blue in all his glory.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Whoa!! What wonderful images of a fantastic bird.
Tiger that is fantastic and this year, so up to date.
Seems I owe the chap an apology!! Very well done sir.
A couple of pics and a video (now that I can edit) of Blue XD on March 29th. Doing what he did best, bringing in a stick. Who does he look like? ;-)
Loch Garten stats. and All the important links for LG.
moffer I think that Cally looks the spitting image of him. I have thought that for quite a while
He looks exactly like Cally - are LG sure she's female? They only go by the weight, don't they?
Evidently there are other features Iremember reading that males have slimmer legs and I also remember there is some difference in the beak but I can't remember what the details are I'm sure I read it in a Dyfi blog so will see if I can spot it tomorrow
Tiger: Thanks for the link to that fantastic picture of Blue XD fishing. I did see it on holiday on another computer, but didn't post at the time.
moffer: splendid images and video :-) That would make at least three of us that think Cally is a mini-Blue. I talked to a couple of the staff at LG on Monday and they were non-committal on the subject of parentage. There is not likely to be any evidence forthcoming, but I for one think that she is 'one of his', and Alba is probably Odin's.
"Only two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not too sure about the universe..." - Albert Einstein