Black-throated Diver (Arctic Loon) Gavia arctica

Fairly scarce in Norfolk, commoner around the north and west of the UK. This species was formerly treated as conspecific with Pacific Diver, a species that has recently been identified for the first (and second and third) time in the UK.

Black-throated Diver, Scotland, 30-Apr-07 Black-throated Diver, Scotland, 30-Apr-07

Black-throated Diver, undisclosed location (Scotland, UK), 30th April 2007

 

Black-throated Diver, Stornaway, 16-May-04 Black-throated Diver, Stornaway, 16-May-04

Black-throated Diver, Stornaway, Lewis (Outer Hebrides, UK), 16th May 2004

 

Black-throated Diver, Swanton Morley, 31-Jan-10 Black-throated Diver, Swanton Morley, 31-Jan-10
Black-throated Diver, Swanton Morley, 31-Jan-10 Black-throated Diver, Swanton Morley, 31-Jan-10
Black-throated Diver, Swanton Morley, 31-Jan-10 Black-throated Diver, Swanton Morley, 31-Jan-10
Black-throated Diver, Swanton Morley, 31-Jan-10 Black-throated Diver, Swanton Morley, 31-Jan-10
Black-throated Diver, Swanton Morley, 31-Jan-10 Black-throated Diver, Swanton Morley, 31-Jan-10
Black-throated Diver, Swanton Morley, 31-Jan-10 Black-throated Diver, Swanton Morley, 31-Jan-10
Black-throated Diver, Swanton Morley, 31-Jan-10 Black-throated Diver, Swanton Morley, 31-Jan-10

Black-throated Diver, Swanton Morley (Norfolk, UK), 31st January 2010

 

Black-throated Diver, Swanton Morley, 30-Jan-10 Black-throated Diver, Ormesby Little Broad, 5-Apr-09

Black-throated Diver, Swanton Morley (Norfolk, UK), 30th January 2010

 

first-winter Black-throated Diver, Ormesby Little Broad (Norfolk, UK), 5th April 2009

 

Black-throated Diver, Lowestoft, 30-Jan-10 Black-throated Diver, Lowestoft, 30-Jan-10
Black-throated Diver, Lowestoft, 30-Jan-10 Black-throated Diver, Lowestoft, 30-Jan-10

Black-throated Diver, Lake Lothing, Lowestoft (Suffolk, UK), 30th January 2010