Further to my last post about our local Great Crested Grebes with views of the birds’ eggs.

Turning her eggs.

Counting down the time we first saw birds sitting to the time the eggs should have hatched we returned to take a look this morning. The eggs hatch after 27 to 29 days. The young are cared for and fed by both parents. Young grebes are capable of swimming and diving almost at hatching. We were not disappointed and very young birds which look like little humbugs! – were riding on the backs of the parent birds safely under their wings occasionally, popping their heads up to take a look at their world.