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Podiceps cristatus

1 Great Crested Grebe at Splitters Creek, NSW

Podiceps cristatus at Splitters Creek, NSW - 10 Sep 2023
Podiceps cristatus at Splitters Creek, NSW - 10 Sep 2023
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Identification history

Podiceps cristatus 12 Sep 2023 Darcy
Podiceps cristatus 12 Sep 2023 CarbonAI
Podiceps cristatus 12 Sep 2023 KylieWaldon

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User's notes

bit hard for them to drop a nest with the water so high. They were way over the other side of the pond. They were together when I first came round the bend but quickly separated.

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Nearby sightings

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Microcarbo melanoleucos (Little Pied Cormorant) at Splitters Creek, NSW - 25 Feb 2023 by KylieWaldon Elseyornis melanops (Black-fronted Dotterel) at Splitters Creek, NSW - 23 May 2021 by PaulF Podiceps cristatus (Great Crested Grebe) at Splitters Creek, NSW - 29 Nov 2020 by Kyliegw Petaurus norfolcensis (Squirrel Glider) at Splitters Creek, NSW - 24 Aug 2020 by WingsToWander
Microcarbo melanoleucos (Little Pied Cormorant) at Splitters Creek, NSW - 25 Feb 2023 by KylieWaldon
Elseyornis melanops (Black-fronted Dotterel) at Splitters Creek, NSW - 23 May 2021 by PaulF
Podiceps cristatus (Great Crested Grebe) at Splitters Creek, NSW - 29 Nov 2020 by Kyliegw
Petaurus norfolcensis (Squirrel Glider) at Splitters Creek, NSW - 24 Aug 2020 by WingsToWander

Location information

Species information

  • Podiceps cristatus Scientific name
  • Great Crested Grebe Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Rare or uncommon Native
  • Non-Invasive

Sighting information

  • 2 Abundance
  • 10 Sep 2023 10:39 AM Recorded on
  • KylieWaldon Recorded by

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