Selected Little Grebes

Podicipediformes

Place: The Loons RSPB, Orkney Mainland
Date: 21 July 2017.

Place: Lydiard Park near Swindon, Wiltshire
Date: 4 December 2017.

Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 27 September 2021.

Place: Teifi Marshes Nature Reserve, Ceredigion
Date: 2 March 2022.

Place: Roonivoolin Trail, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 August 2022.

[Tachybaptus ruficollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little grebe]

The sound of the little grebe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the little grebe across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Great Crested Grebe Preparing the Nest

Podicipediformes

Place: Approach to Tor View hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.

[Podiceps cristatus, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great crested grebe]

The sound of the great crested grebe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

Distribution and sightings of the great crested grebe across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Little Grebes on the River Taff

Podicipediformes

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 February 2021.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 February 2021.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 December 2021.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 9 January 2022.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2022.

[Tachybaptus ruficollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little grebe]

The sound of the little grebe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the little grebe across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

More Great Crested Grebes

Podicipediformes

Place: Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent
Date: 4 July 2016.

Place: Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve
Date: 12 November 2016.

Place: Noah’s Hide, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.

Place: Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve, Cardiff
Date: 17 July 2020.

[Podiceps cristatus, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great crested grebe]

The sound of the great crested grebe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

Distribution and sightings of the great crested grebe across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Little Grebe

Podicipediformes

Place: The Vyne, near Basingstoke, Hampshire
Date: 5 March 2019.

Place: Winkworth Arboretum, Busbridge, Surrey
Date: 2 August 2019.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 28 September 2019.

Place: Cosmeston Lakes, Lavernock, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 19 September 2020.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 January 2021.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2021.

[Tachybaptus ruficollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little grebe]

The sound of the little grebe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the little grebe across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Great Crested Grebe Nest and Egg

Podicipediformes

Place: Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve, Cardiff
Date: 6 April 2019.

[Podiceps cristatus, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great crested grebe]

The sound of the great crested grebe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

Distribution and sightings of the great crested grebe across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Little Grebes from Wales

Podicipediformes

Place: Newport Wetlands, east of Newport
Date: 2 April 2017.

Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 30 October 2018.

Place: Parc Slip Nature Reserve, north of Bridgend
Date: 6 April 2019.

[Tachybaptus ruficollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little grebe]

The sound of the little grebe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the little grebe across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Sleepy Juvenile Red-necked Grebe

Podicipediformes

Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 29 October 2018.

[Podiceps grisegena, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-necked grebe]

The sound of the red-necked grebe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the red-necked grebe across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Black-necked Grebe

Podicipediformes

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 1 January 2019.

[Podiceps nigricollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-necked grebe]

The sound of the black-necked grebe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the black-necked grebe across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Little Grebe in Summer Plumage

Podicipediformes

Place: River Test near Stockbridge, Hampshire
Date: 28 July 2018.

Place: Sir Peter Scott Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.

[Tachybaptus ruficollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little grebe]

The sound of the little grebe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the little grebe across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).