White-billed Diver: My third white-billed diver (WBD), and the best one I've seen so far, the one that came the closest and showed the best!
WBD's are rare winter visitor to the UK, with around 20 to 30 birds recorded annually, primarily off the coast of northern Scotland, including Shetland, the Outer Hebrides, and Moray.
WBD's are the largest of the UK divers, distinguished by a massive, pale, ivory coloured bill. Breeding adults have black-and-white checkered backs; in winter, they are paler than great northern divers with a light, "fluffy" rear end
There appears to be a bit of an influx of these bird this winter, with several in Scotland and along the East Coast in recent weeks.
