What bird is this

[Andy_1984]

it looks similar to a cormorant, i looked through 30 pages of google images trying to find one of a cormorant like it.

 

its the same size as a cormorant, it behaves like a cormorant, dives, swims, and stays under water as long as a cormorant but the only difference i can see is it has 2 little tufts of feathers on top of its head (like devil ears) and the color of its face is different and its body is much lighter, almost grey.

 

here is the best pic i could take as it was too far away (it was as paranoid as a cormorant)

 

 

i think it might be a cormorant but being unable to find another pic of one like this after 30 pages im not so sure.

[grumpybum]

A great crested grebe.

 

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/...rebe/index.aspx

[yorkio]

Great crested grebe

[kirisute]

yeah as above!

loads of em on the norfolk broads! lovely birds to watch, sespecially when doing their mating dance:

[Andy_1984]

cheers guys thats the very one. i managed to get a close look at it when it popped up in my mate davies swim.

 

it didn't stick around long and was about 100 meters away in the blink of an eye almost

[ayjay]

Get yer specs checked Andy, it's nothing like a Cormorant,(and about half the size).

[Andy_1984]

Get yer specs checked Andy, it's nothing like a Cormorant,(and about half the size).

 

it was more its behaviour that got me thinking it was something similar

[corydoras]

it was more its behaviour that got me thinking it was something similar

Don't worry about it mate. There are some people who can't tell a stray tomcat from a "panther".

[Ken L]

We now have Red-breasted mergansers and Goosanders on the Severn in addition to the Cormorants and Grebes.

Pretty birds but when there are more than a dozen of them, it makes you wonder what impact they're having.

 

Never seen a diver though.

[chesters1]

Norwegian blue ,lovely plumage

looks like its pining for the fjords

Edited March 14, 2012 by chesters1