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great northern diver

n
(Animals) a large northern bird, Gavia immer, with a black-and-white chequered back and a black head and neck in summer: family Gaviidae (divers)
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great northern diver

n (Zool) → tuffatore m dei ghiacci
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| The Menai Strait's Red-necked Grebe reappeared off Bangor Pier on Sunday, while Great Northern Divers were off both Orme headlands and a Little Gull was off Rhos Point in the weekend's storms.
Great northern divers are dotted around our coast this winter.
Three Great Northern Divers passed the Great Orme at the weekend and one flew over Bangor Pier on Monday.
More great northern divers were off Moelfre, Holyhead harbour and Penrhos Country Park, where four Slavonian grebes fed on Sunday.
| Best sightings this week come from Anglesey's Holy Island where a Black-throated and two Red-throated Divers are in Holyhead Bay, three Slavonian Grebes in Beddmanarch Bay and two Great Northern Divers are with Scaup and Long-tailed Duck on the Inland Sea.
Great northern divers have been found across the region, with birds close inshore off Colwyn Bay, Puffin Island, Cemlyn, Holyhead and Moelfre, where seven gathered on Sunday.
| Anglesey dominated the sightings news through the week, with up to five Water Pipits at RSPB Cors Ddyga, Lesser Scaup at Llyn Llygeirian, Great Northern Divers off Point Lynas and Moelfre, and another with Slavonian Grebes and Greater Scaup on the Inland Sea.
On the sea, great northern divers were close inshore at Rhos Point and Holyhead harbour and two velvet scoters are at Llanddulas.
On Saturday, 89 Great Northern Divers were on calm seas off Pontllyfni, surely one of the biggest ever counts in Wales?
The gathering of great northern divers off the Llyn saw a count of 43 off Dinas Dinlle, while 10 Slavonian grebes remain off Llanfairfechan.
Six slavonian grebes and two great northern divers cheered seawatchers at Llanfairfechan, with more at Beddmanarch Bay and Benllech.
Long-stayers include a Glaucous Gull at Llanddulas, Slavonian Grebes and Great Northern Divers on Anglesey's Inland Sea, and 50 Twite at Connah's Quay.

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