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
MaryGK said: BLUE XD is home, and has been checking out Loch Garten.
BLUE XD is home, and has been checking out Loch Garten.
Interesting news.
Going to check DU for yesterday to see if anything can be found of his visit @ 09.00 hrs.
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MaryGK said: Going to check DU for yesterday to see if anything can be found of his visit @ 09.00 hrs.
That is a very good idea.
These were Clare's captures from spot on 09.00 am.... I see that Odin was on and off the nest, does this mean he was chasing Blue XD off LOL....
Clare Bailey said: He's back: He's gone again.
He's back:
He's gone again.
I think he probably was! :-)
History of Blue Xd's migrations with new tracker
Yes very interesting Tiger, despite the weather this year he returned earlier than he did last year, but if I can remember he was held up in France last year because of the weather too.
Hurry up Green J
Green J won't be far from home, she was in France 3 days ago. :-)
Odin was coming (!) and going a lot around 9am yesterday - EJ seemed quite happy at the same time but then she would be, wouldn't she?
Cirrus has suggested that Odin's extreme rampantness since 9am yesterday has something to do with his chasing off Blue XD - I think she could well have a point there!
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
It has been suggested that the new male looks a bit like Blue XD.