Little Grebe
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 12th May 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 23rd April 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Taken at Linlithgow on 26th January 2018 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens Fact File
Juvenile
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 1st August 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File


2 - 3 days old. Chick
Taken at Newport Wetlands on 28th July 2014 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
Lunch
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 23rd April 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 11th September 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Little Grebe
Little Grebe.
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Local names: 		Tachybaptus ruficollis.
Podicipediformes.
Podicipedidae.
Dabchick.
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Water's edge.
An excellent swimmer and diver, it pursues it's fish and aquatic invertebrate prey underwater. It uses the vegetation skilfully as a hiding place.
The adult is unmistakable in summer, predominantly dark above with its rich, rufous colour neck, cheeks and flanks, and bright yellow gape. The rufous is replaced by a dirty brownish grey in non-breeding and juvenile birds. Juveniles have a yellow bill with a small black tip, and
black and white streaks on the cheeks and sides of the neck. This yellow bill darkens as the juveniles age, eventually turning black in adulthood.
23 - 29 cms.
4-7
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