Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Status at Longham Lakes
Common resident, with small numbers breeding sporadically.
First recorded April 20th 2002.
Breeding:
2009: 1 fully grown juvenile on LR North on 17th July.
2010: 2 chicks on 8th July (Trevor Thorpe). 1 chick on 23rd July (Chris Parnell).
2011: 1 nest on LR South with 1 egg, 1st May. 1 nest on LR South, 6th June (Trevor Thorpe).
2015: A pair with 3 young on 14th July 2015 (Trevor Wilkinson).
MAXIMUM NUMBERS PER MONTH
Most of these are Wetland Bird Survey (WEBs) counts organised by the BTO and carried out by Trevor Thorpe and Robin Trundle. Many thanks to the counters.
Maximum numbers per month:
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2003 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2004 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2005 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 2009 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 21 | 34 | 45 | 33 | 28 | 16 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 36 | 63 | 49 | 51 | 12 | 20 |
| 2012 | 32 | 24 | 34 | 24 | 30 | 41 | 31 | 32 | 19 | 59 | 23 | 10 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 12 |
| 2014 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 24 | 26 |
| 2015 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 31 | 67 | 82 | 52 | 68 | 27 |
| 2016 | 11 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 29 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 6 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 21 | 14 |
Birds of Longham Lakes
