moorhen

Standing on his size 14s.

climbing among the reeds

Opinions on quality please. New camera!

a little moorhen with his frog..

The water at Austin Roberts offers a variety of colours depending on the time of day/position of the sun.

A young Moorhen receiving foraging lessons from its parent in the mud at Strumpshaw Fen. Ron

This is mother moorhen taking the bolder chick out for a swim. Next day she had two chicks in the water, and stubborn chick still clinging to the reeds. So at least three in this hen's brood this year.

Next day I saw that this moorhen had at least three chicks - two in the water and stubborn chick still clinging to the reeds. But this first day I only saw her with two - stubborn chick and this bolder one out for a swim lesson.

Stubborn chick clung to the reeds, and finally the moorhen had to turn her attentions to the rest of the brood.

Through the "racket" of competing marsh wrens, I heard a soft cooing call, side-stepped for a different view of the marsh, and there was this moorhen trying to tempt her chicks out into the water. This one seemed to be clinging stubbornly to the reeds.

Noisy birds and very active!

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As the title suggests this is a garden life bird and No. 50 of the year. Been here for 4 hours now feeding and preening. It was disturbed from the front door step by the youngest who said "theres a big blackbird outside" it flew over the house to the back where it has been ever since.

The Common Moorhen, or Common Gallinule, (Gallinula chloropus) is a bird in the Rallidae family with an almost worldwide distribution. It lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands. The species is not found in the polar regions, or many tropical rainforests. But...

Our local Flickr group have started a series of weekly comps,and the theme for this week is "motion". I had taken this shot of the Moorhen as she flew through the barriers down into the lagoon.But only when editing for this comp(just a fun thing),I do quite like the blurred effect of...

The Moorhen is a distinctive species, with dark plumage apart from the white undertail, yellow legs and a red facial shield. The young are browner and lack the red shield. It has a wide range of gargling calls and will emit loud hisses when threatened.[3]

Hi Peeps, Well we managed to get a couple of hours in at Cley before the light went yesterday. Nothing much of any excitement about, so we are off to Titchwell this morning.

My family & I went to Crealy Adventure Park Nr Exeter in Devon on 27.10.2010. While my two lovely children were playing in the indoor play area i went for a walk around the boating lake.

Juvenile Moorhen