. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. PODICIPEDID^. 719. THE RED-NECKED GREBE. PoDiciPES GRiSEfoENA (Boddaert). The Red-necked Grebe is tolerably common in suitable localities along the eastern coast of Great Britain from autumn to spring, and sometimes a great influx is observed, as in 1865 and again in 1897 in Norfolk, in January 1891 in Yorkshire, and on the coast of East Lothian in the early part of 1895. I" ^^^ Channel this species is of irregular occurrence until Cornwall is reached, where, according to Rodd, it is not infrequent. Turning northwards, it is decidedly rare
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. PODICIPEDID^. 719. THE RED-NECKED GREBE. PoDiciPES GRiSEfoENA (Boddaert). The Red-necked Grebe is tolerably common in suitable localities along the eastern coast of Great Britain from autumn to spring, and sometimes a great influx is observed, as in 1865 and again in 1897 in Norfolk, in January 1891 in Yorkshire, and on the coast of East Lothian in the early part of 1895. I" ^^^ Channel this species is of irregular occurrence until Cornwall is reached, where, according to Rodd, it is not infrequent. Turning northwards, it is decidedly rare along the coast of Wales and on the west side of England and Scotland, while it is as yet unrecorded from the Outer Hebrides; it has, however, been taken in the Orkneys and the Shetlands. In Ireland only five or six birds have been recognised, at long intervals, on the eastern and southern coasts. Examples in breeding-plumage are sometimes obtained in our islands. This Grebe is resident in the southern districts of Norway, and breeds on some of the waters of Denmark, Northern Germany and Holland, whence it migrates in autumn to our eastern shores. It is also plentiful throughout the Baltic, and as far north as the reedy lakes at the head of the Gulf of Bothnia; while in Russia it is found nesting from Archangel to the Black and Caspian Seas. Over the rest of Europe it is chiefly known as a migrant, passing along the Rhone valley, as well as by the Swiss lakes, to the Mediterranean; it also visits North Africa, and in Morocco Col. Irby has seen birds so young that they must have been reared. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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