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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Unknown said: very interesting JSB- thanks for this info it will be good to know where XD over winters
very interesting JSB- thanks for this info
it will be good to know where XD over winters
Well there should be no surprise where Blue XD winters as he was tracked in 2000/2001 See here
Will be very interesting to compare data
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Well, yes, thank you TIGER I had totally forgotten that our beloved (?) XD is S18
Just kidding - ALL Ospreys are exceedingly precious
I think this will be a fascinating autumn migration. Will Blue XD stop off in Spain - near Seville; will Oighrig and/or Breagh stop off in Spain? Will Caledonia bump into any of them...
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Willers has just posted a link to this fantastic picture on the Daily Update - this is a must see:
Blue XD
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Thanks Clare, that's a wonderful pic of him. I guess it was taken at Rothiemurchus?
I don't know, but it seems likely.
I think that is most likely to be Aviemore but since they do not disclose the location we just do not know.
Should I already know the story of how BlueXD got his new tracking device? If so, could someone remind me please :'(
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It was fitted by RD about a month ago Scylla, but we just found out last week, at least that was when I found out at LG. As to XD's location I am calling it Abernethy, because we believe it to be near to LG.
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Sat track schedule Spring 2014
LG 7 days; RW & SWT nil; LDOP varies