black-throated diver gavia arctica

This is the last one of these I'll be posting.

Not sure what it's up to here. :-)

I was aware of a family of Black-throated divers on the far side of the broad river but they were too far away for anything but ID shots. My wife and I were watching a Tufted duck with 5 very small ducklings on our side of the river when the water exploded and a Diver emerged near the...

Unusual shot with leg in the air.

Being a milder temperature day and overcast with low cloud, I thought I would visit Mercers Country Park, Surrey to see if the Juvenile Black-throated Diver would give an appearance. Not disappointed.

We heard it calling before we saw it, one of my favourite sounds. The rest of the family were far off in the distance.

Never seen so many Black-throated Divers at one time and never in winter plumage before.

Not a patch on Ove's wonderful Black-throated Diver images but this is the closest I've got so far.

Quite far off but still a lot better than previous attempts.