Yesterday, when I was walking round the lake in London's Battersea Park, I came across a Coot family. The larger of the youngsters was swimming around and around in the water with it's parents.
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| Coot youngster |
As is normal when trying to photograph wildlife, only one Coot parent was obliging enough to appear in my photograph. The other was there, but kept well away.
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| Parent Coot with young |
The larger youngster had a small sibling who was wise enough to stay put in the nest and just watch the day's activities. It rather looks as though the nest is in a cage, but it is just in front of some railings that are in the water.
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| Smal baby Coot sitting in the nest |
This nest is very attractive, being made out of lots of sticks, green leaves and algae. Some Coot nests that I have seen in my travels have looked absolutely disgusting, having been constructed mainly out of our plastic waste that stupid people have thoughtlessly thrown into the waterways.
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