A cover of Coots - Cosmeston Lakes
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Image: © Mick Lobb Taken: 9 Sep 2009
............ or a commotion, a covert, a flock, a fleet, a pod, a raft, rasp or swarm depending one assumes as to whether they are on land or water. Cover seems appropriate in this case as they forage at the edge of it.