Slavonian Grebe 18 crop

Slavonian Grebe 10 crop

Slavonian Grebe 02

Slavonian grebe  Podiceps auritus

The Slavonian or Horned Grebe is a very rare breeding bird in Britain, found mainly at Loch Ruthven near Inverness from where these photographs were taken.  Only 70 pairs breed each year, a number almost never bettered since 1908 when they were first recorded in the UK.

Great Crested Grebe 02

Great Crested Grebe 4

Great Crested Grebe 07

Great crested grebe  Podiceps cristatus

Grebe Black necked 03 large crop

Black necked grebe  Podiceps nigricollis   (C)

Two of these rare grebes were photographed at Chase Water, Staffordshire, April 2nd 2008

Little Grebe 11

Little Grebe 20

Little grebe  Tachybaptus ruficollis

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