Moorhen
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 19th January 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 3rd November 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 10th October 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at  Hogganfield Loch on 17th June 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Moorhen
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 11th September 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Moorhen
Hatchlings
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 12th May 2017 using a Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File


Taken at  Hogganfield Loch on 19th May 2021 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File

Juveniles
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 12th August 2024 using Nikon Coolpix P950
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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 10th October 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 24th September 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Moorhen
Lunch
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 9th June 2018 using a Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Moorhen.
Species:
Order:
Family:
Local names: 		Gallinula chloropus.
Gruiformes.
Rallidae.
Skitty Coot, Marsh Hen, River Chicken.
Site Of Nest:
Materials:
Food:
Plumage:


Length:
Nesting Period:
Eggs:		 Among vegetation in the water.
Vegetation and twigs.
Leaves, seeds, berries, worms, snails and fish, and also other birds' eggs.
Mostly black with brownish underparts with a white line across the flank. The forehead and bill are red with a yellow tip on the bill. A relative of the Coot, they are sometimes mistaken for the Coot, hence Skitty Coot.
30-35 cm.
Late March. Clutches: 1-3
2-21. Greyish-white to green with reddish-brown or grey markings.
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