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little grebe

NOUN
  1. small European grebe

How To Use little grebe In A Sentence

  • A pair of coots, some moorhens, a little grebe and a single Little Egret rounded out the waterbirds.
  • Little grebes may be expected in the vicinity of Breydon Water all year; up to 20 breeding pairs occupy reedy dykes at Berney and alongside the south wall.
  • Smallest of the grebes, the little grebe, or dabchick, is considerably rounder and more dumpy than its congeners.
  • The little grebes are also duller after the moult. Times, Sunday Times
  • Kingfisher, heron and little grebe are also now a common sight.
  • Little grebes breed on ponds, small lakes and meres, flooded gravel pits and beet factory settling ponds.
  • A pair of coots, some moorhens, a little grebe and a single Little Egret rounded out the waterbirds.
  • Bird species to be seen include ringed plover, oystercatcher, redshank and little grebe.
  • The cause of the disturbance: a sparrowhawk sweeping low across the tideway and heading straight for a little grebe swimming in the main channel.
  • Under the shade of a banyan, we train our binoculars on the far side of the lake and Little grebes, Grey herons, godwits, coots and sandpipers resolve themselves into view.
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