Great
Crested Grebe are something of a rarity in Øygarden,
though this is
partly due to observer coverage. As a winter species this bird turns up
at a time when relatively few birders cover the area and as such there
are
barely even a handful of records for the area. A Great crested Grebe
will invariably provoke something of a "twitch" among county year
listers
.
Above and below: A
winter
plumaged bird at Herdlevær,
Øygarden, January 2013
For flight identification of grebes you can't really beat this book:
