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Flora & Fauna › Birds › Black-throated Diver
Gavia arctica, Black-throated Diver, Storlom. 64cm.
A summer visitor to high moorland lakes at, or above, the tree line.
They prefer to nest on an island or skerry. The nest is a spartan mound of available vegetation. They feed on fish, for which they can dive up to two minutes. They tend to occupy larger lakes than the red-throated diver.
The sexes are alike and have a black throat in the summer only. In the winter the plumage is plainer.