I saw a black neck gliding across the water in Swindon. It dived, then popped up again a distance away. Then it walked out of the lake. I only had a slight glimpse and it looked a similar shape to a heron, but smaller and black. There wasn't any orange on its head so not a grebe.
I found a photo on Google and can't see that they are usually in the UK, so I'm thinking this might be very rare?
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It has just dived where the ripples are, Then it pops up further away. It's like a tiny Loch Ness Monster!
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