Coot | Fulica atra | Foulque macroule | Blasshuhn | Folaga | Focha común | Meerkoet
Ferry Meadows Country Park, Peterborough. 09.12.2004. Original blog post.

Not hugely exciting or even very sharp, but I like the Coot's strange bathing behaviour, its red eye and the splashing water. Another Lynch Lake special - the best place for digiscoping [tolerant, common] waterbirds in the area.

Bogbumper > birds > crakes & rails > Coot 1 | 2

Digiscoped with Leica Apo Televid 62 with 16x eyepiece + Nikon Coolpix 995