Quest for Great Northern Diver at Budworth Mere 25th January 2013
I had been reading about the appearance of a juvenile Great Northern Diver that was showing at Budworth Mere so we headed off there on a cold, cold morning. When we arrived there we went to the main hide where we could see that the mere was substantially frozen over. We decided that there wasn’t much chance of seeing the bird from here – despite it showing right in front of the hide a few days before – so we walked down the path past the small boathouse looking for some open water.