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<\/a>Then more birders arrived, and the bird became wary and moved up the river quite a bit. We did walk upstream to catch up with the diver for final views before departing home. But eventually our best views were right at the start. Other than the diver we did not see much. A Kingfisher, some Yellowhammers and that’s all more or less.<\/p>\n As you may notice from all the images, some piece of string or net is dangling from either side of its huge bill. This piece of string was apparent since the bird had been found, though in some images by others it is not seen – check Rich’s photos for example. Today the net, or whatever it is, was very prominent. I don’t know what was the diver’s fishing success in previous days.<\/p>\n Today we did not see it catch a single fish or crustacean. I am sure that the net or string does not improve its fishing success. I hope its fate will be better than the famous 1996 bird just down the river.<\/p>\n Looks like a piece of net?<\/p>\n River Whitham<\/p>\n Thanks to Dave and Keith for the good company!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n