This is turning into a good spring for Black-necked Grebe in Oxfordshire. The latest to be found was a summer plumaged bird on the small Grimsbury Reservoir in Banbury. I popped in at lunchtime today…
Just a few meters offshore, in full summer plumage… wow!
These were the sort of views of Black-necked Grebe that I had only previously dreamt about. Look at those eyes!
Those golden ear tufts!
Occasionally the bird would tilt it’s head to scrutinise birds flying over:
Good to bump into Ewan and Moth there too. There are more details about Black-necked Grebe records in Oxfordshire in this post here.