We had a spare couple of hours this morning, so popped over to the reservoir in search of the Red-necked Grebe. Scanning the north basin we soon found Great Crested and Little Grebes in good numbers. Another scan and we spotted the Slavonian Grebe among a small flock of Tufted Ducks. The main target had still eluded us thus far but after numerous scans, the Red-necked Grebe was found. It was distant, and not far from the west bank. It was diving frequently, and no sooner had it surfaced than it would dive again. Two Great Crested Grebes in the same area proved to be very useful in relocating the Red-necked as it seemed to reappear each time close to them.
 |
| Slavonian Grebe |
We had now seen four of the five grebe species, so we set off to scan the Girling hoping to add the fifth species, and it wasn't long before we found a Black-necked Grebe among a flock of Tufted Ducks.
A couple of hours birding only fifteen minutes from home had produced all five species of grebe. Two of which were new additions to the year list.
No comments:
Post a Comment