Great Northern Divers Stewartby

I finally after many attempts over the past few weeks got to see and photograph the pair of long staying Great Northern Divers at Stewartby, luckily they were also quite close to shore :-)

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Great Northern Divers, Stewartby Lake, 27th January 2019

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Great Northern Diver, Brogborough Tip Pools, 16th December 2018 by Tim Mason

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Great Northern Diver, Stewartby Lake, 28th December 2015

Great Northern Diver - Rookery

The long-staying Great Northern Diver photographed at Rookery North by Martin Palmer.

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Great Northern Diver, Stewartby Lake, 1st March 2014

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Great Northern Diver, Stewartby Lake, 2nd January 2014

Two Great Northern Divers - Stewartby Lake

A short video clip of the two Great Northern Divers on Stewartby Lake. Taken using a Canon S95 compact camera attached to a Nikon ED50 (27x) scope via an adaptor. The birds were at a distance of about 500 yards and I was using approx 9x zoom on the camera.

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Great Northern Diver, Brogborough Lake, 2nd January 2012

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Both birds now having moulted many of their juv. body feathers. Brogborough Lake, 1st Apr 2010

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Great Northern Diver, Stewartby lake, 30th January 2010

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2 Great Northern Divers, Brogborough lake, 3rd Jan 2010.

Double-whammy at Elstow pits

Keith Owen found both a juvenile Great Northern Diver (probably yet another individual based on plumage) and the returning female Ferruginous Duck at Elstow pits today. The Ferruginous Duck has now returned for its eighth winter at this site. Images by Steve Blain, 14th January 2007.

GND at Cuckoo Bridge

Another shot of the juvenile Great Northern Diver, 27th December 2006 by Steve Blain

Having a stretch...

Great Northern Diver at Cuckoo Bridge Lake

Getting rather used to turning up at Lakes and seeing Great Northern Divers! This one (which could well be the Roxton or Blunham bird - or are they the same?), at least gave me the chance to photograph it. Also Pink-footed Goose and 2 Goldeneye here.

Great Northern Diver at Roxton video

Great Northern Diver quite late on the evening it was found by RIB at Roxton.

Great northern Diver at Roxton

Taken at Roxton Lakes on the 18th Dec by David Fisher

Another Beds Great northern Diver

I was out today to do my WeBS count of Roxton. Roxton really has gone downhill in the last year and recent visits have been pretty birdless. Today started well with a female Red-crested Pochard - a site first for me and a year tick. I nipped back to the car to get my camera but couldn't relocate the bird. Thinking it may have flown to the oldest lake along the river (which is normally very quiet indeed), I decided to pay a rare visit to this lake. This is very rarely watched and I only visit about 4 or 5 times a year. True to form, the lake had 5 or so Tufted Ducks and a Mallard or two and the flock of Greylags. Then I saw what I assume would be a Cormorant but it looked a bit pale.... Raising my bins revealed a Great northern Diver. From photos of the other two, I'm sure this is the third found in a month. The Priory bird looks darker around the cheeks. I spent some time trying to photograph it but failed apart from the above.

Great Northern Diver at MVCP

Great Northern Diver on the Pillinge at Marston Vale Country Park, 9th December 2006 by Steve Blain