For the first few days after hatching, young Red-throated Loons are fed aquatic insects and small crustaceans by both parents.

The area around Sila Lodge is also home to an astonishing array of birds: red-throated loons, king eider, sandpipers, gulls and falcons.

Red-throated loons fly in from the East and West Coasts, while American golden plovers log 10,000 miles from Central and South America.

Golden eagles, Peregrine Falcons, Merlins, Boreal Owls, Great Gray Owls, Red-throated Loons, Red-necked Grebes, Scoters, and Jaegers (also known as Skuas) are just some of the birds that can be seen during migration.

John told me that it was a red-throated diver; and those lovely creatures have remained favourites of mine ever since.

Unlike their more common cousins, red-throated diver, these birds require larger expanses of water upon which to take off and land.

The species with the shortest ranges were the red-throated diver and little tern, which cover just 9-11km.

Only the Red-throated Diver (G. stellata) can take off from land.

The surrounding area is a breeding ground of Red-throated Divers, and as the name suggests, there are many otters in the area.

Red-throated divers and shags feed a lot on young saithe and also on sand-eel.

Anyhow, I've got the greenshank breedin' regularly and the red-throated diver, and half a dozen rare duck.

There are plenty of birds to be seen: near the salmon cages a red-throated diver patters along the surface with its feet as it gets airborne.

The main birds were maritime, as you might expect: the red-throated diver, the black-throated diver, and the gannet.

On Tusenøyaene is a core area featuring red-throated divers, brent goose, eider ducks and arctic terns.

Red-throated Divers have been recorded in every month except July and are the most frequently recorded divers in the winter months.

There were some World Wildlife Fund posters and a carving of a red-throated diver he had once bought in Orkney.

Breeding birds include great artic skuas which dive at your head as you walk near their territories, rock doves, ringed plovers and red-throated divers.

The area south of Southladie Flo is an important feeding area for locally breeding Red-throated Divers.

Feathers of Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata)

Red-throated Divers are usually on the sea, and Brent Geese feed on sea lettuce and other green algae.

In the modern era avian life includes the corncrake, red-throated diver, kittiwake, tystie, Atlantic puffin, goldeneye and golden eagle.

The common fauna of the park includes the Red-throated Diver, the Eurasian Lynx, the moose, many owls and several galliformes.

The genus is known from the Early Miocene onwards, and the oldest members them are rather small (some are smaller than the Red-throated Diver).

The northern part of the island is an RSPB reserve due to its importance for birdlife, particularly Great skuas and red-throated divers.

The Red-throated Loon or Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata) is a migratory aquatic bird found in the northern hemisphere.

The project's biggest obstacle may come in the form of a small waterfowl related to the American loon, the red-throated diver, which feeds in and around some of the sites.

The amber-listed Black and Red-throated Diver's freshwater breeding strongholds in the British Isles are in the north and west of Scotland.

Birds found on the islands include Atlantic Puffin, Storm-petrel, Red-throated Diver, Northern Gannet and Bonxie.

Birds that can sometimes be spotted at the bay include the Whooper Swan, Brent Goose, Red-throated Diver and the Black-tailed Godwit.