A rare case of Great Crested Grebes preying on Common Chiffchaffs in Spain has provided fresh insight into the opportunistic feeding behaviour of this waterbird species.

Ornithologists from St Petersburg University, Elmira Zaynagutdinova and Yuriy Mikhailov, studied the features of the great crested grebes (Podiceps cristatus) nesting in the nature reserve 'North ...

A conservation programme aiming to control non-native mink has helped to boost the numbers of the great crested grebe, a wildlife trust has claimed. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust said efforts to ...

In this novel, Priscilla Boot — sister of nature writer William Boot — mischievously meddles with one of William's newspaper columns, swapping “badger” throughout for “great crested grebe”. The essay ...

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Joyce J M Garden also takes a look at the barnacle goose which were once considered to be shellfish rather than birds.

Some bird species, such as the great-crested grebe (pictured), hunt underwater for fish and have red eyes. The red colouring is presumably beneficial to these diving birds, but in what way? If it does ...