This week the local pair of Moorhens have been mating. Females in Moorhens and Coots, and presumably other rails, have a curious way of in...

There are now two Moorhen pairs in the park. They own each one end of the pond, a pair owns the island and the other the 'rock' wi...

Two of the coots have stayed in the park and today my suspicions that they were a pair were confirmed. They have shown a lot of interest o...

I wrote about the visiting coot a few posts ago, but there has been new developments in the local park, a few days ago two coots were pres...

We have a visiting Coot in our local park. It is quite used to people and a good photographic subject. Coots dive for a few seconds - they...

This coot called my attention due to the large size of the frontal shield. She came quite close to the shore in a local park and I was ab...

Coots are the odd ones out in their family. Unlike other rails, they are bold, noisy and aggressive birds. Instead of searching for co...