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josaphine32 | 16:38 Sun 13th Apr 2008 | Animals & Nature
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Hi, we are on holiday at the moment, miles away from the sea but there are 17 lakes, there is this bird ( aquatic) that is on the lake infront of me that is basicaly brown with red and has a white throat with tuffty feathers coming out the back of its head, this bird is a diver i personaly thought it was a sea bird can anyone tell me what it is please.

many thanks
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possibly a Goosander
sorry, meant to ask - did it have a red bill?
It's either a female Goosander as yogasun has said, or a female Red Breasted Merganser.

Both similar colouring in females. The only way to be sure is if you had a close up look and could see the definite white eye stripe of the Merganser.
I immediately thought of the Great Crested Grebe

See this picture here:

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/oceandog33/images/gr eat-crested-grebe-1.jpg

or Google for alternatives.
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it is a great crested grebe thank you gen2

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