What was that diving bird (plate 34)? Competitors named it as: Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Black-necked Grebe P. nigricollis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Shag P. aristotelis Scaup Aythya marila Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus (22%) (21%) (16%) (14%) (13%) (6%) [respectively], with a few votes for Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica, Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, Socotra Cormorant P

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