Jet Washer Grebe

Red-necked Grebe  -  04/05/2025

Update on the Red-necked Grebe that's been on tour around Lancashire / West Yorkshire areas, first seen in winter colours then eventually in almost summer plumage.

Noted on the inter web making an appearance on a reservoir in West Yorkshire at the end of 2024, I thought about a visit but ultimately didn't bother due to access, then, probably the same grebe relocating just over the boarder on another moorland reservoir about twenty miles west in Lancashire, which I eventually viewed several times.

The grebe finally departed locally a couple of weeks ago but today a RNG has been seen on the River Wharfe near Ilkely, which I would be very surprised if this wasn't the same grebe having moved back to West Yorkshire and only about thirty miles from the where I first noted at the end of 2024.

Below for interest is the timeline of the grebe's travels locally giving observers some great views over the last few months, safe journey to where ever.

Locations

Leeshaw Reservoir, Near Howarth, West Yorkshire...31/12/2024 - 26/02/2025
Clowbridge Reservoir, Near Burnley, Lancashire....01/03/2025 - 16/04/2025
River Wharfe, Near Ilkley, West Yorkshire....04/05/2025 - ?