BIRDWATCHING: Little Grebes Lamprey Diet.

http://www.wildirishswan.com - Irish Wildlife, Filmed by Paul Hughes. Copyright (c) Paul Hughes, Wildlife Photography and Videography. Copyright Notice: This film can only be viewed via YouTube and by the YouTube embed feature. For viewing usage and licensing, contact Paul Hughes at the above website address. The Little Grebe caught this River Lamprey in Dublin Ireland. The Little Grebe can be seen fishing throughout Ireland.It likes to dive under the water to chase and catch its prey. Here the Grebe has caught this struggling River Lamprey, the Lamprey fights for its life before finally being swalloed alive and whole.

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Pets & Animals

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• Grebe
• Birdwatching
• Birdwatch
• Birdwatcher
• Birds
• Water
• Fish
• Fishing
• Diet
• Little

[wildirishswan]

Thanks for all the positive comments on the videos, it's great to know people are enjoying them.This Grebe was fishing on the river Dodder.

Paul Hughes.

[curriegc]

Amazing Video, National Geographic eat your heart out. Unstagged - Hint Hint

[coldcapsicum]

That lamprey actually got away in the end, but he just decided on a different escape route. If you'd had an underwater camera, you would've seen it.

[coldcapsicum]

He needs to chase that sucker down with some antacids, does the trick for me.

[simplyguys]

wildlife is hard.

[sodjs]

Impressive

[zinokc]

interesting footage... that lamprey sure had a lot of fight in him.

[songofyesterday]

Nature has to work so hard for its meals...step1: get in belly! step2: keep it there.. step3: keep it there...aww step4: repeat steps 1 & 2

[TheBigfishcatcher01]

great video,what river was that in