Thursday 9 August 2012

Olympic Birds?

Nice when a bit of natural history enters the olympics. In the Women's 10k open water swim in London's Serpentine, the pundits argued about the identity of an interferring waterfowl. It was clearly a Coot (Fulica atra) and not a Moorhen!

1 comment:

Caroline Gill said...

What a stunning header photo, Paul!

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