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Great Crested Grebe
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Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Lakes, reservoirs.
Diet: Fish.
Best time to spot: Spring weed-dance display.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in Bird migration in Britain.
How rare is it?
The Great Crested Grebe sits in our Common tier for the UK: one of the birds you can expect on most days out in the right habitat. It is not on the Red or Amber lists in Birds of Conservation Concern 5.
Recent UK sightings
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Similar birds
- Black-necked GrebeRare · Reservoirs
- Red-necked GrebeRare · Coastal seas (winter)
- Slavonian GrebeRare · Highland lochs (summer)
- Eurasian CootCommon · Lakes
- Tufted DuckCommon · Lakes
- Common PochardUncommon · Reservoirs
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