This week's images are the product of two photo-sessions at Langford Lakes, Steeple Langford, Wiltshire. A pair of Great Crested Grebe brought their courtship behaviour to the corner of a lake that was near enough to take these images. It's a large lake and they cover it all. A 2-hour wait might just present 10 minutes shooting time - if you're lucky.
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| Checking out a possible nest-site (they nested hereabouts last year) |
Footnote:
The Great Crested Grebe was once used for making fashionable ladies hats. By 1860 it was almost extinct in Great Britain and Ireland. Protests against this trade led to the creation of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and legislation.
The Great Crested Grebe was once used for making fashionable ladies hats. By 1860 it was almost extinct in Great Britain and Ireland. Protests against this trade led to the creation of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and legislation.
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