Common loon in the Netherlands, video

This 6 December 2015 video is by Elma Vonk in the Netherlands. It shows a common loon in winter plumage, cleaning its feathers, on a lake in Ooijpolder nature reserve in Gelderland province. Behind the loon swim black-headed gulls and great crested grebes, all also in winter plumage.

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