Moorhen?

[difflock]

We appear to have a couple of new residents in the pond.

They also appear to like the present  "weather for ducks!" we are experiencing.

Image taken from inside the garden Room.

Edited May 25, 2022 by difflock

[Stubby]

21 minutes ago, difflock said:

We appear to have a couple of new residents in the pond.

They also appear to like the present  "weather for ducks!" we are experiencing.

Image taken from inside the garden Room.

Yep .

[Mick Dempsey]

Look like a pair of Osprey to me.

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Look like a pair of Osprey to me.

You daft wanker Mick 😁

[Mick Dempsey]

True.

[Mick Dempsey]

Moorhen in French is Poule d’eau, literally water chicken which sums them up really.

Always had a soft spot for these daft buggers, adaptable survivors who eke out a living in the most difficult of circumstances, preyed on by just about everything, and bottom of the ladder to ducks, coots and everything else that calls the waterways their home.

 

My Jack Russell ‘Pirate’ was obsessed by them and the way they sought refuge under the banks of ponds.

Dont think he ever caught one.

[Stubby]

When I used to shoot sporting clays some times a stand was trying to replicate  " Floppy  More Hen " . More often than not it was the most missed stand on offer . Deceptively slow when evading prey and there fore surviving when predated . I have a soft spot for the little fellas . 

[organic guy]

a pair on my pond with six young, being watched very closely by 4 ravens. They have survived for 4 days so far!

[Mick Dempsey]

3 minutes ago, organic guy said:

a pair on my pond with six young, being watched very closely by 4 ravens. They have survived for 4 days so far!

Fingers crossed for them 🤞

[difflock]

I am hoping to see  some young ones, if not this year perhaps next year. The Moorhen appear to be well settled in and virtually ignore our presnce. Perhaps I will start feeding them.