Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatu
Canon 800mm f5.6 for 1/6400th @ iso500
A pair of Great Crested Grebes settle a territory, the fights are frenetic and can last for couple of minutes. The use of those dagger like beaks to inflict injury, or attempted drownings one bird holding the other by the neck and forcing it beneath the surface.
Quite often partners will join in the fight and as quickly as they start they will end.
A pair of Great Crested Grebes settle a territory, the fights are frenetic and can last for couple of minutes. The use of those dagger like beaks to inflict injury, or attempted drownings one bird holding the other by the neck and forcing it beneath the surface.
Quite often partners will join in the fight and as quickly as they start they will end.