An adult Great Northern Diver has been at the KGV Reservoir since the 17th of November. It was joined by a juvenile Black-throated Diver on the 1st of December. On the 23rd of December, a second Great Northern Diver was found.
Great Northern Divers have been regular visitors in recent years, having been seen in fourteen of the last nineteen years. Black-throated Divers however are a real rarity for this site. This individual is only the third record for the site and the first since 2013.
We headed up the ramp and soon found one of the Great Northern Divers in the middle of the south basin. It took several more scans before we finally found the Black-throated Diver, close to the west bank of the reservoir and the second Great Northern Diver was right next to it. As we walked further along the east bank a Sparrowhawk flew from the grass bank and headed across the River Lea into the field beyond. There had been three Black-necked Grebes on the south basin in December, today we only managed to find one.
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