Tuesday 12 November 2013

Great Crested Grebe loses its fish

Great Crested Grebe, Podiceps cristatus
On Sunday I attended I metal detecting club dig on pasture but nothing of great interest found. I had a Jew’s harp, a button and a buckle. Afterwards I visited Warnham Nature Reserve and enjoyed some views of a pair of Kingfishers faraway. My highlight was a Great Crested Grebe which caught a fish, but didn’t seem to know what to do with it and had it stolen by an opportunist gull.
Great Crested Grebe, Podiceps cristatus

Black-headed Gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus
steals the fish while the grebe is underwater

stealth gull
Canada Geese, Branta canadensis
Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
dragonfly - id needed please!
Goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis
Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis
Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis
Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis
Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus





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