Great Crested Grebe

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This image is the closest I’ve managed to get to a Great Crested Grebe, they tend not to like people approaching too closely. However, there is a trick, which I managed to successfully employ for this shot.

Grebes dive under the surface of the water for up to 60 secs at a time in search of fish. I spotted this one but stayed a fair way back on the bank so I didn’t spook it. There was a jetty nearby which allowed me to get much closer so I waited until the bird dived, sprinted for the jetty, commando-crawled the last few metres and was in just the right position to get the shot as it surfaced!