In winter plumage, the head is mainly white except for the crest; the reddish-brown feathers and "flaps" are breeding plumage only (male & female).

Great Crested Grebes

Grebe on nest (possibly old coot's nest)

The amazing shadow (coot's shadow looks like grebe's head)

Courtship

A double bad hair day

Mum carries her striped young chicks on her back

and feeds them there

Family group

Grebe chick

Mum with chick