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Water Rail
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Taken
at Baron's Haugh on 7th December 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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| Taken at Doonfoot on 27th September 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. | |
| Taken at Figgate Park on 13th January 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. | |
| Taken at Baron's Haugh on 10th August 2018 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. | |
| Juvenile Taken at Baron's Haugh on 28th August 2014 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens. |
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| Water Rail |
| Species: Order: Family: Local Names: |
Rallus aquaticus. Gruiformes. Rallidae. |
| Site
Of Nest: Food: Plumage: Eggs: |
Wetland with still or slow-moving fresh or brackish water and dense, tall vegetation.
Off-white to pink-buff, with reddish-brown blotches at the broader end.Omnivores,although they mainly feed on animals including leeches, worms, gastropods, small crustaceans, spiders, and a wide range of both terrestrial and aquatic insects and their larvae. Small vertebrates such as amphibians, fish, birds and mammals may be killed or eaten as carrion. Wikipedia. Laying dates vary with location, from late March to June. |
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