Pied-billed Grebe: In order to keep the self fladulating twitter warriors at bay, I have to continually explain my movements and whereabouts. Some folk enjoy twitter shaming as ifs like some sort of pathetic, preadolescent sport.
As I've mentioned before Dawn is from Carnforth and her 92 year old Gran lives in Warton. So when she reached out to us for some help with groceries I was happy to help and thought it would be a good opportunity to take the 10 minute detour off the M6 near Lancaster to see this rare bird.
The bird showed really well, if a little distant as it fed furiously close to the island in the middle of the lake.
This is my 3rd PBG I've seen in the UK and the 2nd one I've had in Lancashire, but the fisrt that showed pretty well.
