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Great Crested Grebes

Great Crested Grebes - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Great Crested Grebe flypast

You’ve probably noticed that I love a good flypast. Here are two Great Crested Grebes going at speed down the River Exe. …

Great Crested Grebe - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Chiaroscuro

The interplay of light and dark with strong contrast obsessed many painters. Caravaggio was one of them. The drama of intense lighting, …

Great Crested Grebe - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

The weed dance

Okay, so it’s sticks and not weed, but I didn’t give the weed dance its name. Here’s my favourite pair of Great …

Great Crested Grebe - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Care to dance?

I’ve had a couple of trips to Chard Reservoir in Somerset recently and have been delighted to see Great Crested Grebes doing …

Great Crested Grebe - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

An inexperienced male

The female Great Crested Grebe at Stover Country Park has been making all the right moves. She’s been prostrating herself on their …

Great Crested Grebe - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Supplementing their diet

Great Crested Grebes eat fish. Here’s a shot from the weekend showing just that: What I didn’t know is that they supplement …

Great Crested Grebe - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Great Crested Grebes

The pair of great Crested Grebes on Stover Country Park lake are getting frisky: They’re in full breeding plumage, with their spectacular …

Great Crested Grebe - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Grebe action

A little bit of sunshine meant I got up with a spring in my step and hot-footed it to Stover Country Park. …