Great Northern Divers (update)
The video was taken on 4 January 2012. The first of the two divers appeared on the lake on 9 December 2011, a second was seen briefly on 24 December, and two have been present continuously since 3 January 2012.
Great northern divers are now the most regularly seen of the divers in Bedfordshire with a few being present in the county during most of the recent winter periods. These birds breed in Canada, the northern part of the US, Alaska, Greenland, Iceland and very occasionally in Scotland. In the British Isles great northern divers are mainly winter visitors and most are found on the coast, with a probably increasing number wintering inland on large lakes.
Martin Green (Volunteer)
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