Black-throated Diver (Gavia arctica) | Species | ||||||||||||||||
 (1/400th sec at f13. Click image for larger version. © David Hastings) DescriptionL: 63 - 75 cm; WS: 100 - 122 cm Generally a smaller bird than the Great Northern Diver. In winter it is mostly black and white. In breeding plumage it has a grey head and neck, a wide black throat patch and white blocking on its back. It can be found in north-west Scotland during the breeding season. Birds spend the winter on the coast. It breeds on clear, fish-holding freshwater lakes, and builds its nests on small islets near the waterline. Black-throated Divers are often gregarious in winter. Amber status. Up to 250 pairs breed in the UK, and about 560 birds over-winter here. Sightings
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