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Moorhen @ WWT

They have, in a side view, rounded bodies, remarkably narrow end-on, helping them slip easily through reeds. Two commoner species in the UK, the moorhen and the coot, are larger and less secretive, living at the water’s edge or swimming on open water. One, the corncrake, lives in much drier habitat, where tall grass replaces similar waterside plants.

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Uploaded on February 6, 2020
Taken on January 25, 2020