Great Northern Diver

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Latest photos

Photo of Great Northern Diver at Queen Mother Reservoir, Berkshire. Taken by Chris Heard on 7th December 2025.
Photo of Great Northern Diver at Queen Mother Reservoir, Berkshire. Taken by Marek Walford on 2nd November 2025.
Photo of Great Northern Diver at Queen Mother Reservoir, Berkshire. Taken by Peter Newbound on 25th January 2025.
Photo of Great Northern Diver at Main Pit, Theale GPs, Berkshire. Taken by Andy Tomczynski on 3rd November 2023.
Photo of Great Northern Diver at Main Pit, Theale GPs, Berkshire. Taken by Andy Tomczynski on 3rd November 2023.
Photo of Great Northern Diver at Main Pit, Theale GPs, Berkshire. Taken by Marek Walford on 3rd November 2023.
Photo of Great Northern Diver at Queen Mother Reservoir, Berkshire. Taken by Chris Heard on 9th October 2022.
Photo of Great Northern Diver at Queen Mother Reservoir, Berkshire. Taken by Chris Heard on 9th October 2022.
Photo of Great Northern Diver at Queen Mother Reservoir, Berkshire. Taken by Andy Tomczynski on 23rd April 2021.
Photo of Great Northern Diver at Queen Mother Reservoir, Berkshire. Taken by Andy Tomczynski on 23rd April 2021.
Photo of Great Northern Diver at Pangbourne, Berkshire. Taken by Richard Marsh on 8th January 2019.
Photo of Great Northern Diver at Pangbourne, Berkshire. Taken by Marek Walford on 6th January 2019.
Photo of Great Northern Diver at Beale Park, Berkshire. Taken by Rik Addison on 6th January 2019.
Photo of Great Northern Diver at Beale Park, Berkshire. Taken by Andy Tomczynski on 24th December 2018.
Photo of Great Northern Diver at Beale Park, Berkshire. Taken by Andy Tomczynski on 24th December 2018.

Records

YearDetails
2023Great Northern Diver, Woolhampton GPs, 15th-21st December. (J B Taylor)
2023Great Northern Diver, Theale GPs, juvenile, 3rd November to 22nd December. (A B Merrick)
2023Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, 25th February. (C D R Heard)
2022Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, 2CY, 8th-21st November. (C D R Heard)
2022Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, adult, 8th-16th October. (C D R Heard)
2021Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, 23rd April. (C D R Heard, M F Walford)
2020Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, 29th October. (C D R Heard)
2019Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, winter-plumage adult, 10th November. (C D R Heard)
2019Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, 4th May. (C D R Heard, P J Newbound)
2019Great Northern Diver, Beale Park, 1st-17th January. (N J Bucknell)
2018Great Northern Diver, Beale Park, 22nd-31st December. (N J Bucknell)
2018Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, 10th May. (C D R Heard)
2018Great Northern Diver, Woolhampton GPs, 17th January to 3rd February. (G E Wilson)
2017Great Northern Diver, Theale GPs, 5th February. (K E Moore)
2016Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, 30th January to 10th February, same as Horton GPs. (C D R Heard)
2016Great Northern Diver, Horton GPs, winter-plumage adult, 19th-28th January. (C D R Heard)
2015Great Northern Diver, Theale GPs, juvenile, 2nd January to 17th April. (K E Moore)
2014Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, juvenile, 9th-11th November. (C D R Heard)
2014Great Northern Diver, Theale GPs, winter-plumage adult, 15th October to 29th November. (A V Lawson)
2013Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, juvenile/first-summer, 26th March. (C D R Heard)
2012Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, juvenile, 16th-20th December. (M J McKee)
2012Great Northern Diver, Theale GPs, 4th-18th November.
2012Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, juvenile and first-summer, 3rd February to 14th April, first-summer present from 12th February, one bird present from 14th-24th April. (C D R Heard)
2012Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, juvenile, 12th January. (C D R Heard)
2011Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, juveniles, 24th November to 18th December, one bird 24th-30th November, two birds 1st December, one bird 2nd-18th December. (C D R Heard)
2011Great Northern Diver, Horton GPs, 13th-14th March, same as QMR. (C D R Heard)
2011Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, two first-summer, 3rd March to 27th April, one same as Arthur Jacob present until 17th March, two birds 17th March to 25th April, one bird 26th-27th April. (C D R Heard, M J McKee)
2011Great Northern Diver, Arthur Jacob Nature Reserve, juvenile>first-summer, 3rd March. (C D R Heard)
2010Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, juvenile, 15th-20th April. (C D R Heard)
2010Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, juvenile, 2nd-25th March. (C D R Heard)
2009Great Northern Diver, Brimpton GP, 9th-12th December. (G E Wilson)
2009Great Northern Diver, Horton GPs, 20th November, same as QMR. (C D R Heard)
2009Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, juvenile, 17th-30th November. (F J Mareovic)
2009Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, juvenile, 13th February to 20th March. (C D R Heard)
2008Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, juvenile, 10th November to 1st January 2009. (C D R Heard)
2008Great Northern Diver, Theale GPs, two juveniles, 9th November. (M F Walford)
2007Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, juvenile, 12th November to 1st May 2008. (C D R Heard)
2006Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, juvenile, 6th-7th December. (R J Burness)
2006Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, 4th December. (C D R Heard)
2006Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, two juveniles, 1st December to 30th March 2007, one bird Dec 1st-6th, two birds from 7th December, then 1-2 to the end of the month, and one to the end of March 2007. (C D R Heard)
2003Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, winter-plumage adult, 17th May. (J A Simpson)
2003Great Northern Diver, Theale GPs, winter-plumage, 2nd May. (R H Stansfield)
2001Great Northern Diver, Twyford GPs, first-winter, 23rd December to 2nd January 2002. (B T Bennett)
<2000Great Northern Diver, Confidential.