Diver(Loon) - Bulgaria (1 Viewer)

[Nikolai Kolev]

I saw this bird today in Bulgaria - Rozov Kladenets dam( in the middle of the country). My impresiion is about Gavia immer, but i didn't have experience with this species. I made a lot of pictures with low quality. The bird was standing on the middle of the dam.

 

[Andy Adcock]

Bill doesn't seem to have the bulk of Great Northern and it's not got the delicately upturned bill of Red-throated so...................

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Yes, a Great Northern Diver Gavia immer. I guess an unusual record for Bulgaria? There were quite good movements of them along the east coast of Britain a few days ago, so it may be associated with those movements.

 

[Butty]

Great northern diver: dark part-band on lower neck, big heavy head, steep forehead, no pale rear-flank-patch.

 

[Nikolai Kolev]

Yes, a Great Northern Diver Gavia immer. I guess an unusual record for Bulgaria? There were quite good movements of them along the east coast of Britain a few days ago, so it may be associated with those movements.

Yes. The bird is vagrant here with few records.

 

[Richard Prior]

Yes, a Great Northern Diver Gavia immer. I guess an unusual record for Bulgaria? There were quite good movements of them along the east coast of Britain a few days ago, so it may be associated with those movements.

They've penetrated well into the Alpine region too Andrew, I calculate around six individuals in Switzerland in November, there's one on Lake Maggiore in Italy and another in Austria on Traunsee lake, I must check the local trout fishing lake here in my neck of the woods!

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

They've penetrated well into the Alpine region too Andrew, I calculate around six individuals in Switzerland in November, there's one on Lake Maggiore in Italy and another in Austria on Traunsee lake, I must check the local trout fishing lake here in my neck of the woods!

Yes, there seem to be quite a few records from central Europe over recent weeks on Ebird.

 

[Bitis]

They've penetrated well into the Alpine region too Andrew, I calculate around six individuals in Switzerland in November, there's one on Lake Maggiore in Italy and another in Austria on Traunsee lake, I must check the local trout fishing lake here in my neck of the woods!

2-3 Great Northern Divers in the last few days in Austria. Also huge influx of Black-throated Divers (usualy it's a regular but uncommon winter guest). On sunday there were 750+ individuals on Lake Traun (Traunsee) and 300+ on nearby Lake Atter (Attersee). Previous record was 380 individuals in 2015 (also on Lake Traun).