Thursday 26 December 2013

A brief visit to Swithland Reservoir, Leicestershire - December 26, 2013

A Black-throated Diver had been found at Swithland Reservoir on Christmas Eve and was still present yesterday and so Dave and I had decided to go this morning to hopefully see it.


Whilst I was waiting for Dave, Roger called to say he was there and the bird was still present, which was good news.  When we arrived the early mist had become much denser but Roger was watching the bird just off the dam.  As the fog began to clear the bird moved further out but eventually came back just before we were about to leave and I was able to get a few shots of the bird, which was clearly a juvenile.  There was still at least five Scaup and two brown-headed Goosander but very little else.







Juvenile Black-throated Diver

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