The word Podiceps is the scientific name for members of the grebe family of birds.  I photographed a Black-necked Grebe yesterday and at one point I had a clear view of the unusual feet of this species.  It is obvious that when grebes were first assigned scientific names, the unusual feet were noted and reflected in the name which is  "Podiceps". Black-necked Grebe are known to breed in the UK in tiny numbers  but these breeding sites  are very secret as, apparently they are very very easily disturbed.  This is an odd fact because yesterday as I photographed this bird, I am certain that it was aware of me sitting quietly nearby but it wasnt disturbed enough to either stop fishing or move away.  I refer to "fishing" but it is more likely to have been feeding on shrimps or prawns. I say this because I had some excellent views of a female Kingfisher feeding and this bird had a large shrimp in it's beak.