Clays Field, Steyning. Nothing else quite like them so easy to ID. Male and females look the same. They are aggressive characters.

Coot (Fulica atra) (27/12/2004) Clays Field, Steyning. Nothing else quite like them so easy to ID. Male and females look the same. They are aggressive characters.

Coot (Fulica atra) (27/12/2004) Clays Field, Steyning. And quite nasty as will go for Moorhen chicks and try to eat them.

Coot (Fulica atra) (11/03/2006) Arundel Wildfowl and Wetlands.

Coot (Fulica atra) (08/04/2007) Arundel Wildfowl and Wetlands.

Coot (Fulica atra) (08/04/2007) Arundel Wildfowl and Wetlands. With babies.