...talking of which splendid essay by Ian in this month's issue of Birding North West. Some great pics and cover bird too.

Photographs of the Pied-billed Grebe at Rossleague in County Cork, Southern Ireland today seems to hint at it being the same individual as the Hollingworth Lake bird. The bill 'stripe' fits as does the Hollingworth bird's broad eyering particularly on the upper-front section. Could it be? A few hundred miles closer to home if so