GREAT NORTHERN DIVER(GAVIA IMMER) ON NEST SCENE
COMMON LOON
WHITE-BILLED DIVER(GAVIA ADAMSII)WINTER VISITOR FROM ICELAND,GREENLAND & ARTIC CANADA,A FEW SUMMER IN WESTERN SCOTTISH ISLES BUT ONLY ONE BREEDING RECORD
WHITE-BILLED DIVER RARE WINTER MIGRANT
WHITE BILLED DIVER WINTER PLUMAGE AND SLAVONIAN GREBE
HENRY FROM EAST SUSSEX OUR LATEST DIVER AQUISITION
WHITE-BILLED DIVER(GAVIA ADAMSII) IN WINTER PLUMAGE,THIS SPECIMEN MOUNTED AND CASED BY C.HOOPER AND SONS OF WESTBURY-SUB-MENDIP NEAR WELLS IN SOMERSET.
RED-THROATED DIVER(GAVIA STELLATA)IN WINTER PLUMAGE,AS SEEN AROUND BRITISH NORTH SEA COASTS IN WINTER
RED-THROATED DIVER(GAVIA STELLATA)FEMALE IN WINTER PLUMAGE,THE SMALLER OF BRITAINS BREEDING DIVERS,NESTS ON SCOTTISH HILL LOCHS AND TARNS.
RED-THROATED DIVER(GAVIA STELLATA)CLOSE UP WINTER PLUMAGE,RED-THROATED DIVERS SPEND THE WINTER ON COASTAL WATERS,AND INLAND LAKES AND RESERVOIRS.
CASED RED-THROATED DIVER BY ALLEN OF YORK IN RE-FURBISHED CASE
GREAT-CRESTED GREBES ON NEST SCENE,UNCOMPLETED
GREAT CRESTED GREBE(PODICEPS CHRISTATUS)NEARLY EXTINCT IN BRITAIN IN THE TWENTIES WHEN THE DEMAND FOR THIS GREBES HEAD FEATHERS FOR HAT FASHIONS OF THE DAY,RESULTED IN ITS DEMISE,AFTER THE 39-45 WAR,AND THE GREAT DEMAND FOR GRAVEL FOR MASS RE-BUILDING CREATED A HIGH DEMAND FOR AGGREGATES AND PITS WERE EXAVATED AND ALLOWED TO FILL WITH WATER,THE GREBE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS NEW ENVIROMENT AND HAS INCREASED RAPIDLY,AND THE SPREAD OF INLAND FISHERIES HAS ALSO HELPED THEIR NUMBERS.
GREAT CRESTED GREBE(PODICEPS CHRISTATUS)GREBES NEST ON A PILE OF FLOATING ROTTING VEGETATION,ATTACHED TO REEDS OR A SUNKEN TREE BRANCH,OR ON GRAVEL PIT ISLANDS,3-5 CHALKY SHELLED EGGS ARE LAID,WHICH RAPIDLY BECOME STAINED BY THE VEGETAION USED TO COVER THE EGGS WHEN THE SITTING BIRD SLIPS OFF THE NEST.
JUVENILE GREAT CRESTED GREBE(PODICEPS CRISTATUS) IN FIRST WINTER PLUMAGE,CASED IN 1922 BY TAXIDERMIST FROM TOTTENHAM NORTH LONDON
RED-NECKED GREBE(PODICEPS GRISENGA)A LATE SUMMER AND WINTER VISITOR TO BRITAIN ON OUR COASTAL EASTUARIES AND LARGER INLAND LAKES
RED-NECKED GREBE FROM 1912
LITTLEW GREBE OR DABCHICK IN SUPERB RED NECKED SPRING/SUMMER BREEDING PLUMAGE
NICE DABCHICK IN CASE
LITTLE GREBE or DABCHICK(TACHYBAPTUS RUFICOLLUS)TINY GREBE SMALLER THAN MOORHEN,MOST LIKELY TO BE SEEN DIVING UNDER WATER WHEN DISTURBED,RESIDENT BREEDER OF SLOW MOVING RIVERS OR LAKES,THIS PAIR ARE IN WINTER PLUMAGE
BELOW,SUMMER LITTLE GREBE,BREEDING PLUMAGE
LITTLE GREBE BY G.ADRIAN,LINCOLN
SUMMER PLUMAGE DABCHICK
MALE GOOSANDER(MERGUS MERGANSER)
GOOSANDER(MERGUS MERGANSER)SAWBILL DUCK OF LOCHS AND LAKES,AND SLOWER MOVING RIVERS,THIS ONE WAS MOUNTED BY LLOYD OF KNIGHTON,POWYS
GOOSANDER(MERGUS MERGANSER)FEMALE
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER AND GOOSANDER,SCAUP
GOOSEANDER MALE(MERGUS MERGANSER)FISH EATING DUCK RELATED BIRD OF LAKES,LOCHS AND LARGE RIVERS,NESTS IN TREE HOLES AND ROCK CAVES ALONG BANKS,IN WINTER VISITOR TO LARGER INLAND LAKES AND GRAVEL PITS
ANINGHA,ALTHOUGH NOT A BRITISH BIRD A VERY INTERESTING EVOLUTIONARY LINK BETWEEN DIVERS,CORMORANTS AND GREBES
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