Red Throated Diver  Summer Plumage Taken at Irvine Harbour on 30th March 2014 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens.   Winter Plumage Taken at Musselburgh on 14th November 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Female. Winter Plumage Taken at Musselburgh on 13th December 2015 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens. Red Throated Diver. Species: Order: Family: Local Names: Gavia stellata. Gaviiformes. Gaviidae. Rain goose. Site Of Nest: Food: Feature: Plumage: Length: Nesting Period: Eggs: A scrape, near the edge of a small pond, lined with vegetation. Fish eater but will take molluscs, crustaceans, frogs and insects. Because its feet are located so far back on its body, attaching very close to the posterior of the bird, the Red-throated Diver is not capable of walking on land; however, it can use its feet to shove itself forward on it's breast. It is able to take off directly from land, the only species of diver that can. Breeding Plumage: Grey head and neck, red throat patch, white underparts and dark mantle.Non-breeding plumage: drabber with the chin, foreneck and much of the face white, and considerable white speckling on the mantle. 55 - 67 cms. April - July. 1 brood 2 Eggs Greenish or olive brown spotted with black. Voice: