Birds of the World

Podicipedidae : Grebes

Little Grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Adult winter - Norfolk, England - September 2002

This diminutive grebe is a common resident throughout the British Isles, except the extreme north.  It's preferred habitat is shallow water with dense submerged and emergent vegetation where small fish and aquatic invertebrates are present.

Adult summer - Norfolk, England - September 2003