Coot on the Canal
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Coot on the Canal by David Dixon as part of the Geograph project.
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Coot on the Canal
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 3 Sep 2018
Not a duck, although often found along with its slightly smaller cousin the moorhen on the same patch of water as mallards. As well as being slightly larger in size, coots can be distinguished from moorhens by their all-black appearance and distinctive white beak and 'shield' above the beak from which we get the expression “bald as a …..”. (Compare with Image], taken a couple of hundred metres along the canal).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.564203
Longitude
-2.328191