Woodland Spa, Lincolnshire
I couldn't sit back while there was a White-billed Diver within driving distance so off I went up to Lincolnshire.
- True to form the bird was showing well, from close range, on the River Witham. It spent a lot of time under the water but when it surfaced I was able to study its features in the scope.
What a bird!
Well worth the horrendous 6 hour journey - with me being gridlocked in Tunbridge Wells for almost 3 hours.
It breeds in the Arctic and winters mainly at sea along the coasts of the northern Pacific Ocean and northwestern Norway; it also sometimes overwinters on large inland lakes. It occasionally strays well south of its normal wintering range, and has been recorded as a vagrant in more than 22 countries. This species, like all divers, is a specialist fish-eater, catching its prey underwater. Its call is an eerie wailing, lower pitched than the common loon.
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