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'Seeing red'. Great Northern Divers can dive as deep as 60 metres per dive! remaining underwater for 3 minutes at a time. The red in their eyes helps them see underwater. I photographed this Great Northern Diver in first winter plumage diving and foraging on Loch Na Keal, The Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
Historic evidence suggests that Great Northern Divers have been around for at least 20,000,000 years, making them the oldest and most primitive example of a bird alive today.
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Great Northern Diver Notes and Information:
This hefty diving bird is a winter visitor to the UK, where it can be seen around the coast or occasionally on large inland lakes.
Category: Grebes and divers
Statistics
Length: around 80cm
Wingspan: 122-148cm
Conservation status
Classified in the UK as Amber under the Birds of Conservation Concern 4: the Red List for Birds (2015).
When to see: Most likely to be seen in winter, or on migration in autumn and spring.
About
The great northern diver is a large water bird, which is mostly a winter visitor to the UK. Great northern divers breed in Greenland, Iceland and North America, where they're called common loons. There have been occasional records of them breeding in Scotland, but these are very rare.
They breed on large woodland lakes or pools on tundra, with the male and female working together to build the nest on an island or shoreline.. They are excellent swimmers, using their large feet to chase after small fish under the water.
Great Northern Divers usually spend the winter on the sea, favouring shallow areas close to shore. They can sometimes be seen migrating along the coast singly or in small flocks.
How to identify
Divers look a little bit like cormorants, swimming with their large bodies low in the water and their long neck held upright. The great northern diver is a hefty bird, with a thick neck and a large, heavy bill. They often look as if they have a big bump on the forehead.
In their winter plumage, adults have a plain black back, neck and head, with a white throat and belly, and a darker half-collar at the base of the neck. In their summer breeding plumage, they have a dark black head and neck with a black-and-white-striped patch on the side of the neck, and a black back with a white chequered pattern.
Distribution
In winter, great northern divers can most often be found off the coast of Scotland, northern, eastern and south-west England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. They can sometimes be found on inland lakes and reservoirs.
Habitats: CoastalWetlands
Did you know?
Great northern divers have a haunting call that is often used in films and television shows to add a wild or spooky atmosphere to a scene. It's often used in locations where divers aren't even found! WT Notes.
Name: Great Northern Diver, Common Loon, Great Northern Loon (Gavia immer)
Length: 60 to 100 cm.
Weight: 1.5 to 8 (average 4) kg.
Location: Summers – U.K., Iceland, Greenland, North America. Winters – Coastlines of south North America and Europe, north-west Africa.
Conservation status: Least Concern.
Diet: Fish.
Appearance: Breeding appearance – black head, white underparts, checkered mantle (upper back and shoulders).
Non-breeding appearance – brown with white fore-neck and chin. Red eyes.
Are Great Northern Divers social?
Great Northern Diver adults will pair up to form a monogamous couple, both of which will defend their staked territory from other invading Great Northern Divers.
Aside from defending their home stake they will occasionally form slightly larger groups for group feeding in a neutral territory.
How fast do Great Northern Divers fly?
Great Northern Divers can reach speeds of 120 km per hour.
What are Great Northern Diver birthing rituals like?
Great Northern Divers arrive at their breeding grounds in April through May.
Nests consist of mounds of dirt or vegetation with the middle hollowed out. The male will choose the location for the nest, then both members of the couple will help to build it.
The female will lay 1 to 3 eggs. Both parents take turns incubating the eggs for the span of about 1 month. They then take turns feeding the young once they’ve hatched for the next 2 months.
The chicks will ride around on their parent’s back for its first explorations of the area. This is thought to both help keep it warm and to avoid predation.
Chicks are able to dive only 2 days after hatching. They are competitive with each other for food, and the fights can occasionally lead to a death.
How long do Great Northern Divers live?
Great Northern Divers can live as long as 30 years in the wild.
How many Great Northern Divers are there today?
A rough estimate puts the worldwide Great Northern Diver population at a little over 525,000 individuals.
Do Great Northern Divers have any natural predators?
Eggs and young are vulnerable to a number of predators – large fish, foxes, minks, gulls, corvidae (a bird family including crows, ravens, jays, and magpies), raccoons, skunks, and snapping turtles.
Adults are occasionally preyed upon by bald eagles and sea otters.
Grand Great Northern Diver Facts…
The genus name Gavia is a Latin word that was originally used to describe the Smew, a small sea duck. The two birds are scientifically unrelated but both are black-and-white divers.
Immer is thought to have one of two possible origins. The first is the Latin word immergo meaning immersed, related to the bird’s diving. The other possible source is an old Swedish word emmer or immer which means “ashes”, relating to the bird’s dark colouring.
“Loon” has an interesting origin too – it comes from Scandinavian words for “lame” like the Swedish lam and it describes how the loon’s large webbed feet, placed at the rear of its body, make it less than graceful on land.
Unlike most birds, Great Northern Divers have a number of solid bones (as opposed to hollow) that add weight to help them dive. However this makes it harder for them to take off, meaning that they have to use a “runway” approach of flapping and skimming along the water for a bit before they can manage to get into the air.
When attacked or when defending their young Great Northern Divers have been known to rush their attackers in an attempt to impale them.
Great Northern Divers appear on the Canadian $1 coin which is known as the “Loonie.” (A $2 coin is called the “Two-nie.”)
Adult Great Northern Divers can host up to 40 different types of body parasite.
Neue Version.
I took a similar picture 2 weeks ago, but the light then was hard and horrible. So I decided to do it again, and this time I made use of Nikon's wireless flash mode.
Statue von Fedo Ertl
Immer auf der Flucht
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immer wieder schön - so schön dass letztens sogar ein Artikel in der FAZ über ihn erschien: www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/wohnen/garten/prinz-georg-...
Auf dem Bild sieht man das Prinz Georg Palais und dahinter St. Elisabeth.
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Nikon D750
Lensbaby Composer Pro Edge 80
Immer wieder Sturm und Regen, das machte die Situation so reizvoll
Again and again storm and rain, that is what makes the situation so appealing
Common Loon at Lucky Peak Reservoir near Boise, Idaho
"Loons are well equipped for their submarine maneuvers to catch fish. Unlike most birds, loons have solid bones that make them less buoyant and better at diving. They can quickly blow air out of their lungs and flatten their feathers to expel air within their plumage, so they can dive quickly and swim fast underwater. Once below the surface, the loon’s heart slows down to conserve oxygen."
Immer wieder drängen 112er in die Umläufe des RE1 zwischen Magdeburg/Brandenburg und Frankfurt(Oder), die sonst mit BR182 fahren.
typical german railways local set as used between the above mentioned cities every 30 minutes
Ein Fotograf ist immer unterwegs ! Day and night !
A photographer is always on the go!
Südost Oberbayern, Bayern, Germany , Europa !
Southeastern Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe!
Might still be there! Another inland rarity!
www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/greatnortherndi...
The largest of the UK's divers, it has a bigger, heavier head and bill than its commoner relatives. It is largely a winter visitor to our shores although some non-breeding birds stay off northern coasts in the summer.
Overview
Latin name
Gavia immer
Family
Divers (Gaviidae)
Where to see them
Around coasts where it is usually solitary, often farther out to sea than other divers. Occasionally seen inland on reservoirs. Largest numbers off the Northern and Western Isles of Scotland and also the Cornish coast.
When to see them
They start to arrive offshore in August and birds move back to their largely Icelandic breeding grounds in April and May.
What they eat
Fish and crustaceans
UK Wintering:- 2,600 birds
Lors de ma toute première visite à cet endroit rêvé pour l'observation d'oies des neiges, quel ne fut pas ma surprise de tomber sur ce plongeon juvénile qui a passé tout le temps de ma présence à se goinfrer de poissons.
Peut-être qu'il profite de la multitude d'oies qui lui assurent un endroit sans compétition.
Mes prochaines images débuteront une série qui mettra en évidence les différences d'aspect des oies présentes au réservoir Beaudet. Tout à fait surprenantes, ces différences de plumage.
Mais là, place à mon Lifer, le plongeon huard juvénile avec son poisson.
This is my very first visit to the Beaudet Reservoir in Victoriaville to admire the multitude of snow geese stopping over during their migratory voyage. Very surprised to find this juvenile loon happily fishing among a great number of geese and probably enjoying the protection of their non-competitive company .
This will be the opening shot of a series on one day at the reservoir and its elusive population of snow geese focusing on their plumage differences but first a shot of what turns out to be a Lifer for me, a juvenile loon with a nice catch.
Jolie oiseau qui est possible de voir sur les Lacs du Québec. Il a beaucoup plus de soufle que moi c'est certain en plus que l'eau est froide. Il n'a pas laissé beaucoup de truite pour nous...
Allongé hors de vue des oiseau j'ai eu la change de surprendre un hard qui est ressortie d'une plongée juste à côté de moi.
Immer wieder erstaunlich wie sensibel diese alten Objektive auf Gegenlicht reagieren. Aber mir gefällt es :)
Kamera: Canon EOS 600D
Objektiv: Helios 44-2 2/58
Brennweite: 58mm
Blende: f2
Belichtung: 1/60 sec
Immer noch gibt es Güterverkehr mit der SGP Thyristolokomotive 1144 in Tirol . Hier fährt ÖBB 1144.033 durch Wiesing am 13.02.2026
Freight traffic using the SGP thyristolocomotive 1144 still operates in Tyrol. Here, ÖBB 1144.033 passes through Wiesing on February 13, 2026.
Immer wenn ich bei HYUNDAI bin und mir die TOP-Modelle N-Line anschaue .. dann sehe ich ein Stück BMW. Klar, denn Albert Biermann und Peter Schreyer sind zu HYUNDAI übergelaufen .. ein Jammer! Aber so einen Hyundai IONIQ 5 N ab 57.650,00 EUR (in den Showroooms stehen sie preisreduziert für ungefähr 75.000€ ) .. müssen die auch erstmal an den Mann bringen. Denn für 75.000€ .. bekomme ich auch schon einen schönen BMW M3 mit 480 PS .. natürlich nur zum Freundschafts-Preis .. 😎👍
Whenever I'm at HYUNDAI and look at the top N-Line models... I see a piece of BMW. Of course, because Albert Biermann and Peter Schreyer have defected to HYUNDAI... what a shame! But they have to sell a Hyundai IONIQ 5 N from EUR 57,650.00 (in the showrooms they are reduced to around EUR 75,000). Because for EUR 75,000... I can get a nice BMW M3 with 480 HP... only at a friend's price, of course... 😎👍
I'm excited to announce my upcoming solo exhibition "In Limbo" with Haven Gallery of Northport, New York. Limited edition prints, unique embellished pieces, drawings, and sculpture will be displayed. A 9 x 9 photobook is available for presale through the gallery. The exhibition opens February 23rd (reception 6-8pm) and will remain until March 31st 2019. Please contact info@havenartgallery.com for photobook presale updates and to be placed on their advanced collector preview list.
A behind the scenes process video of this piece is featured on my IGTV: @nicolasbruno
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Immer wenn ich bei HYUNDAI bin und mir die TOP-Modelle N-Line anschaue .. dann sehe ich ein Stück BMW. Klar, denn Albert Biermann und Peter Schreyer sind zu HYUNDAI übergelaufen .. ein Jammer! Aber so einen Hyundai IONIQ 5 N ab 57.650,00 EUR (in den Showroooms stehen sie preisreduziert für ungefähr 75.000€ ) .. müssen die auch erstmal an den Mann bringen. Denn für 75.000€ .. bekomme ich auch schon einen schönen BMW M3 mit 480 PS .. natürlich nur zum Freundschafts-Preis .. 😎👍
Whenever I'm at HYUNDAI and look at the top N-Line models... I see a piece of BMW. Of course, because Albert Biermann and Peter Schreyer have defected to HYUNDAI... what a shame! But they have to sell a Hyundai IONIQ 5 N from EUR 57,650.00 (in the showrooms they are reduced to around EUR 75,000). Because for EUR 75,000... I can get a nice BMW M3 with 480 HP... only at a friend's price, of course... 😎👍
The loons (Gavia immer) were late to arrive to the lake this year, usually appearing on the very day of ice-out...and actually, it was not in the plural, as for a few weeks the calls of only one resounded across the water. This concerned me as loons are known to mate for life and had always appeared as a pair before. Perhaps misfortune fell upon one of them.
Thus, I was pleased to finally hear the calls of two announcing their presence in their unmistakable and frankly thrilling way. Somehow, however, slightly different which I've decided is indicative of a new pairing. For those who have never heard the calls of the loon, I can assure you, that it is an experience you would never forget. These are large creatures (28-36"; 71-90cm) with an equally large voice which echoes across the lake in a variety of sounds throughout the night. For those interested, I've included some links of these remarkable calls, tho they can't compare to the reality, which dominate the northwood nighttime.
Possibly another indication of the new pairing is a new location for their nest, previously on the other side of the lake. Since the male picks the nest site, perhaps it is he that is the new partner. In any event, yesterday I slipped the canoe quietly into the reeds adjacent for this view, while the other partner (below) emerged on the other side of my craft, taking a break from its fishing activities, and keeping a watchful eye on the proceedings.
www.loon.org/voice-loon.php (With some good additional information)