little grebe

Minsmere Suffolk

...no I didn't, it's a photograph ;) Although it looks a bit too colourful to be natural, it's just the effect of the strong Wind and a clear blue Sky. Heavy crop of a distant bird, but uploaded for the colours

Minsmere RSPB Island Mere

The Dutch name for the Little Grebe, which according to my mate Steve, means fluffy bum. A pretty good description of these wee cuties if he's right!

.... well it was - honest! And it was the only shot I got of one, they were rather too far off for my little camera and when he resurfaced he was even further away. There were several calling. This is a big crop. A bit of Saturday fun. Alternative title "Fountain"

Well Peeps, Three wet days on the trot now, hope some of you are being luckier with the weather than we are here...Y'all have a great weekend.

Pictured at Rye Harbour Reserve about to enjoy a fresh Stickleback.

A Rye Harbour Little Grebe/Dabchick developing it's breeding plumage in Ternary Pool yesterday.

Well Peeps, I spent a nice few hours at Rye Harbour yesterday, with BF's Mick Harris. Such a smashing bloke, (Thanks again Mick). Not overloaded with birds, which was a shame really, as we had some pretty light. It was well windy, and bitterly cold out in the open spaces of Rye Harbour, but good...

Little Grebe

a little grebe in its winter plumage

This wild bird was fishing and feeding a pair of chicks along the shore of a pond in the Parc des Oiseaux

Not much, but three from tuesday's walk around Rye Harbour for y'all today.

About as chirpy as I was when the heavens opened, if the shot I took of the hailstorm is any good I'll post tomorrow as the birds were barely visible as the water appeared to boil

that's a mouthful, yummeeee.

This little grebe was one of many we saw at Lake Kourna

Lots of little Grebes around at the moment, saw 4 up at Stithians today

Distant, so a heavy crop, but I was quite surprised to see this Wednesday. All the other Little Grebes are proper juveniles now, but this one looks like it's hatched recently. Anyway, I caught the parent with a fish ready to feed the chick, so I figured it's worth uploading.