Divers at the Bridge

After a lot of continuous rain, the previous weend and Wednsday afternoon, it was good to get out on Saturday 16th December, parking along Commodore Road, I walked up to the Mutford Lock bridge and nice to see and catch up with Maurice B. Initially the Great Northern Diver was in the Lock just this side of the railway bridge, but much closer was the fine Black- throated Diver which fished in the water right in front of us before swimming towards the wooden jetty then away again. Later on, walking along Nicholas Everitt Park, I saw the Red- throated Diver along the far south- west of Oulton Broad fairly close to the reeds and swimming by the pink buoys, diving frequently it then swam towards the wooden posts. Back at Mutford Lock, the Black- throated Diver had swum east of the railway brdige and was more distant, whilst a Kingfisher flew in and settled for a second on a wooden post before flying off. 4 Little Grebes also seen. Walking along Lake Lothing, I saw diver south of the Cruising club for a split second, presumably the Black- throat again. Very nice to see all 3 species of Divers again, it would just be the icing on the cake to see them and photograph them in good light.