161 NESTS AND EGGS OF LOCAL BIRDS (BURTON-ON-TRENT.) 
Anyone frequently passing over or along the banks of the Trent 
in this neighbourhood could not help but remark how the little 
grebes or dabchicks are increasing in numbers, and becoming less shy 
and retiring. A few years ago they were only known here as winter 
visitors, and even then sometimes few in numbers, whereas now they 
are almost as common as the well-known water-hen, and many 
pairs stay through the summer, finding good nesting sites in the 
numerous backwaters, &c. I have no record of nest or eggs of the 
little grebe being taken on the Trent in this locality previous to 1888. 
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