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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fozzybear" data-source="post: 1621197" data-attributes="member: 69297">Red-throated Diver in Chelmsford!Went to Central Park in Chelmsford this morning following a tip-off from snapper1966 on flickr, who'd been told there was a Red-throated Diver seen on the lake on Saturday and Sunday. I didn't expect it to be there still but I walked down there this morning and as I started along the bank and looking out from between the willows I couldn't see anything and was pretty sure it had gone but when I got to the open paved section of bank I found the Diver was there... and only about 20 feet away from me! I got loads of photos as it preened and dove, moving slowly around the lake, really good views and it was frequently coming quite close to the bank. Snapper1966 turned up too and another birder.Was very cool to see one here, I understand that seeing them inland is pretty rare - certainly a bird I didn't think I'd see without spending a lot of time on the coast. Really must come to this lake more often, it seems to pick up interesting birds quite often. The Kingfishers were around again on the lake and the other birder (didn't catch his name) spotted a Grey Wagtail too, probably from one of the families that were nesting along the river in the summer.</blockquote>