kinnordyvolunteer
Darell Berthon
I went up to Backwater reservoir this morning after being informed yesterday that there were Black throated divers at the reservoir. I thought about going last night when it was nice and sunny but decided to wait til this morning. Pouring with rain...i soon wished i had gone up last night.
I went over the dam to the car park at the end of the road. Had a quick look from the car with binoculars before getting wet in the rain. I saw what i thought were the shapes of divers so quickly set up the scope. Lo and behold, by the time i'd set it up, those shapes had gone!!! I scoured the water for a good ten minutes with no reward but just as i was about to give up, i had another look and found three divers swimming along together.Although they were quite distant, you could still see the black and white stripes. I had been expecting to see two, so another one was a real bonus...first for the year!! Anyone wanting to see them...the co-ordinates for the reservoir are NO 252538. Good luck
I went over the dam to the car park at the end of the road. Had a quick look from the car with binoculars before getting wet in the rain. I saw what i thought were the shapes of divers so quickly set up the scope. Lo and behold, by the time i'd set it up, those shapes had gone!!! I scoured the water for a good ten minutes with no reward but just as i was about to give up, i had another look and found three divers swimming along together.Although they were quite distant, you could still see the black and white stripes. I had been expecting to see two, so another one was a real bonus...first for the year!! Anyone wanting to see them...the co-ordinates for the reservoir are NO 252538. Good luck