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Tag Archives: Perch

A grebe does lunch

04 Saturday Mar 2023

Posted by sconzani in birds

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birding, birdwatching, British birds, British fish, Cardiff Bay birding, Great crested grebe chicks, Perch

Just a Great crested grebe downing its main course at lunchtime….
It had already enjoyed an appetiser, a smaller fish that slithered down its gullet much more easily. This Perch, with its pesky wide fins, took a bit more manoeuvring.

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Catch of the day

05 Monday Apr 2021

Posted by sconzani in birds, fish

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birding, birdwatching, British birds, British freshwater fish, Great Crested Grebe, grebe eats fish, Perch

It amazes me sometimes how birds manage to swallow the seemingly too large fish they catch. This was one such event, witnessed during a walk around Cardiff Bay on Friday, when I witnessed a Great crested grebe lunching on a Perch. I presume it wouldn’t have required dinner after this feast!

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I'm a writer and photographer; researcher and blogger; birder and nature lover; countryside rambler and city strider; volunteer and biodiversity recorder.

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