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Birds seen on lakes rivers and reservoirs in the UK: Moorhen |
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Ashley Crombet-Beolens - Common
Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus http://www.beolens.co.uk/digiscoping/galleries/Moorhen/ View two colour photographs that confirms adequate camouflage for this colourful bird when it is in its natural environment. |
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British Garden Birds - Moorhen http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/moorhen.htm Enjoy sample of the moorhen’s call. Also read about conservation status, description, feeding, and breeding. |
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British Trust for Ornithology -
Moorhen http://www.bto.org/birdtrends2004/wcrmoorh.htm Registers status and long-term trends in Britain together with actual numbers expressed as graphs and tables. View colour photograph of moorhen on nest beside river. |
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BTO - Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus http://blx1.bto.org/atlases/MH-atlas.html British Trust for Ornithology presents three maps covering the disbursement of moorhens across UK. Colour-coded to indicate density of breeding birds. |
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Isle of Man Birding - Moorhen http://www.homepages.mcb.net/wormwell/pages/moorhen.htm States that the moorhen can be sighted just about anywhere there is water on this small UK island. Also provides four colour images of bird on ground and nest. |
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Kenya Birds - Common Moorhen http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/moorhen.htm Explains distribution and a very mixed diet of the common moorhen across most countries in the world. Also offers colour picture of adult with tiny chicks. |
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Moorhen Home Page http://www.moorhen.demon.co.uk/ Peruse this virtual journal that’s designed almost exclusively for moorhens. See colour image of adult bird feeding two chicks. |
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Photos.jibble.org: Photos of -
Moorhen Chicks http://photos.jibble.org/Moorhenchicks/ Familiarise yourself with the moorhen and chicks with this set of twenty-three colour images of moorhen family. Provides name of photographer. |
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RSPB - Moorhen, Gallinula
chloropus http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/m/moorhen/ Check out fact file from The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Read description, breeding, diet, and distinctive call. |
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Tiscali Reference - Moorhen http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0007355.html Learn about member of the rail family that can be seen almost anywhere in UK where there is water. Describes visual appearance, eggs, and where they build nest. |
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