Red-necked Grebe?

[jmcss]

Dear All,

I have just seen about eight of these beauties here in Colchester:

http://pascal.iseg.utl.pt/~jmcss/20080106_0957.jpg

My guess is that they are young Red-necked Grebes but since apparently they are quite rare I would be grateful if you could confirm my identification.

All the best and many thanks,

Joao

[Bobolink44]

Hi Joao, these are Little Grebes. Here's a link to Little Grebe photos in the gallery:
http://www.surfbirds.com/cgi-bin/gallery/search2.cgi?species=little+grebe. Red-necked is white below and a larger bill http://surfbirds.com/albums/showphoto.php?photo=5546 Best, Bob

[AndyB]

Hi Joao, nice shot of a Little Grebe.

Doesn't help you in this example as these are summer plumaged birds but here's all the Uk grebes at a glance (http://www.surfbirder.com/cgi-bin/ukbirdid/readcsv.pl?type=grebes&where=gb).

[jmcss]

Dear Bob and Andy,

Many thanks for taking the time to educate me!
These Little Grebes are fantastic!

All the best,

Joao