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17-01-2011, 10:03 PM
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| | | Red Neck Grebe
Taken on Fairhaven Lake, im told i will be very very luck to see this in Lancashire in its summer plumage why  
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17-01-2011, 10:28 PM
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This species is not common as a breeder in Britain so presumably that's why you have been told that you won't see one in it's summer dress. They only breed at a few selected spots, I believe. Is it regularly sighted at this lake? I thought they usually wintered at the coast? |
18-01-2011, 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Cuckoo Jack  This species is not common as a breeder in Britain so presumably that's why you have been told that you won't see one in it's summer dress. They only breed at a few selected spots, I believe. Is it regularly sighted at this lake? I thought they usually wintered at the coast? | Though there have been a couple of attempts at breeding in England; I don't think this species has ever successfully bred here.
They are found along the coast (I saw 1 at Titchwell last Saturday) they also turn up on inland reservoirs/gravel pits with some regularity, though still a fairly scarce winter bird.
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18-01-2011, 08:33 AM
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Fairhaven is on the coast Nr Lythm 
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18-01-2011, 08:39 AM
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We get quite good numbers of birds along the east coast. Most of the ones I see are quite far out to sea in flight, although the occasional bird comes and feeds close in within sheltered bays. Nice shots. |
18-01-2011, 06:39 PM
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it's been a good year for grebes in greater manchester, we've had 6 species in 2010. |
18-01-2011, 07:03 PM
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| | | Re: Red Neck Grebe
This bird has been here a bit now and is very confiding at times. Fairhaven Lake and adjacent has had some great birds down the years. I got my one and only Ross' gull here a couple of years back. Sadly it 'snuffed it' a few days after I saw it.
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