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Description: | Although it is now widespread, the Great Crested Grebe was once a rare bird. The 19th Century fashion for feather hats led to the large scale slaughter of thousands of grebes across Europe. In 1860 there were just 42 breeding pairs left in England. However since protection was imposed shortly after this the British grebe population has been recovering, and is now several thousand breeding pairs. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | animals North East natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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