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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I bet he landed on a boat at some point, though, Tiger. I remember the blog saying that at one point his altitude was zero feet while he was over the North Sea - though that suggests a small boat rather than a ferry.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
I hope that all on board had ear plugs....
Their chins would have been too busy hitting the floor for them to worry about ear plugs.
I've done what I should have done before posting and checked Bynack's route on Google Earth. He did indeed cross the Pyrenees around there. I thought I remembered it being mentioned in a blog at the time that he had crossed these mountains at their highest point - and that was after taking the high road over the Massif Central. What a character!
Well Blue XD is held up by poor weather.
That's handy, Tiger. Let's hope the same doesn't apply to Odin.
So long as he keeps safe. Anyway we don't know if Green J is on her way home yet, do we? Sensinle girl wintering in Spain. She's almost home where she is !
Unknown said: So long as he keeps safe. Anyway we don't know if Green J is on her way home yet, do we? Sensinle girl wintering in Spain. She's almost home where she is !
I think that Green J maybe has decided not to bother this year!
When did she start her migration last year, Tiger?
EDIT: I can answer my own question - it was April 1st. She's not running massively late - yet.
Well so many of her chicks are in Spain. Maybe she wants to be near them! :)