This bird is mostly a creature of freshwater, although a few gather on the Dee saltmarsh, 25 being flushed by high tide in winter 2006/ 07 at Gayton Sands (SJ27U). Copyright © 2008 David Norman on behalf of Cheshire and Wirral Ornithological Society A familiar black bird of our lakes, ponds and rivers, the Moorhen is widespread; look out for its large and untidy-looking nest on the water in spring.
Migration is the seasonal movement from one region to another. This pied bird,…. Common. An interesting comment on its behaviour in one upland tetrad, near Oakgrove (SJ96J), where the species does breed, came from Steve and Gill Barber: ‘on a cold morning after a heavy frost we watched this bird as it grazed an area of short (sheep-grazed) grass high on a gorsey hillside’. The proportion on linear watercourses (G6 to G10) from 17% in the breeding season to 24% in winter, spread evenly across ditches, streams, rivers and canals. Teeming with invertebrates, rich in plants and a haven for mammals, wetlands offer an unforgettable experience. The species is not found in the polar regions or many tropical rainforests. The common moorhen lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands. Attached was spotted roosting in a tree by a lake where the only real residents are mallard and moorhen. The largest flock was 71 at Gilroy Road Nature Reserve, West Kirby (SJ28I), counted by Chris Butterworth, double the next highest counts, 35 by Mary Prince and Susan Bastin on the Shropshire Union Canal at Christleton (SJ46M) and the same total by Alan Booth at Redes Mere (SJ87L). piece is being transported here with great urgency as you can A key species in the story of conservation, the avocet represents an amazing recovery of a bird once extinct in the UK. there were 5 eggs Nest building is a decidedly stop and start affair. adults had stopped incubating it during the day -
about as here - at other times the lot join in the melee. They were recorded in both seasons in 547 tetrads, in 38 in winter only, and in 44 only in the breeding season, half of these in a relatively small area in the centre of the county: the apparent absence in winter in parts of SJ56 and SJ66 merits further investigation.
The others hatch over the next day or so, including the Registered charity number 702484. Registered charity number 207238. Moorhens were frequently noted nesting on ponds in gardens, farms and on golf courses. (one is hidden). In the UK they breed in in lowland areas, especially in central and eastern England. Moorhens quite frequently venture out of water, especially in damp grassy areas, and observers in 55 tetrads recorded them on agricultural grassland; they scamper back to the safety of water when alarmed, sometimes submerging with just the tip of the bill showing.
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