Cold day in Scotland

Shot these today, temperature never got above -4 degrees C so it did not take long to lose the feeling in my fingers. The birds were in the only small part of the loch that was not frozen.

About the same temperature as here in Essex today. It looks fairly bleak!! Nice shots under the circumstances. What's the ID of the cutie with the fish?

SacMac wrote in post #9352062
About the same temperature as here in Essex today. It looks fairly bleak!! Nice shots under the circumstances. What's the ID of the cutie with the fish?

I was hoping someone could tell me, I don't know.

I'm quite sure it's a Grebe but which one I can't say. Nice job of getting these. At least you have open water. We haven't seen much open water on this side of the pond, for some time.

Joe F.N. wrote in post #9353193
I'm quite sure it's a Grebe but which one I can't say. Nice job of getting these. At least you have open water. We haven't seen much open water on this side of the pond, for some time.

Just looked it up, seems to be the Little Grebe in winter plumage. Very nice

Nice shots, yep it is a little Grebe, or Dabchick. Good news for them in this weather, the Scottish Government has put a temporary shooting ban in effect for all waterfowl and most gamebirds, but it will take more than that to help them survive this severe weather.

Colin, All nice considering the conditions but #3 is really great.