Great Crested Grebe

[ChrisH]

At least I think they are - can anyone confirm this?

Taken on the River Thames, the mother and babies wait in the sunshine whilst the father fishes. Typically I was in the middle of changing lenses when the father retuned with a largish fish in its mouth and started to fee the young.

[rob marshall]

At least I think they are - can anyone confirm this?

Taken on the River Thames, the mother and babies wait in the sunshine whilst the father fishes. Typically I was in the middle of changing lenses when the father retuned with a largish fish in its mouth and started to fee the young.

It certainly looks like it http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/bird...ebe/index.aspx

Cute shot!

[Geoff F]

Typically I was in the middle of changing lenses when the father retuned with a largish fish in its mouth and started to feed the young.

That is also my trick. When things get a bit dull, change the lens or do something else to temporarily put your kit out of action and something really interesting occurs.

But you have still captured an interesting scene here.

[Dave Humphries]

At least I think they are - can anyone confirm this?

Taken on the River Thames, the mother and babies wait in the sunshine whilst the father fishes. Typically I was in the middle of changing lenses when the father retuned with a largish fish in its mouth and started to fee the young.

Definitely (I'd say).

I have yet to get a decent picture of one, they tend to stay a fair way off the bank, and as you will know, when hunting, they are on surface for <3 seconds then disappear for >30 seconds and pop up several metres away, by the time I have seen it, panned and focused, its gone again

They are also difficult to expose without blowing the white bit.
See what I mean;


... and my excuse for the warm WB was evening sunshine taken at 16:52 in late October

I must get out tomorrow and see what's about.