Posted by T. E. Jancek on 01/10/00 from northrup-tty11.slic.com:
In Reply to: Great Northern? posted by Ian Wright on January 09, 2000 at 01:32:32:
[B]reeds throughout the northeastern part of Canada, in Greenland and in Iceland. It has been said to do so in Scotland as well as in Norway, but the assertion seems to lack positive proof....Alfred Newton, "Diver," The Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th edition (1910)
It is interesting to speculate which species of bird may well become established as regular nesters in the wild state [in Britain] during the next quarter of a century. They might include the great northern diver ... [which has] nested in recent times.Eric Sims, A Natural History of British Birds (1983)
Great Northern Diver. Mostly migrant. Has bred Scotland....R. T. Peterson, G. Mountfort, and P. A. D. Hollom. A Field Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe, 5th edition (1993).