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Hampson Street, MANCHESTER, M26 4TN

Coots are medium-sized water birds that are members of the Rallidae (rail) family. They are close relatives of Image Coots, and are often seen swimming in open water such as here at the winding hole on the Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal at Radcliffe. Adults have predominantly black plumage and, in contrast to the moorhen, have a white bill and frontal face shield. The young chicks have orange-tipped plumes which make them very distinctive (and conspicuous to would-be predators such as foxes). The orange plumage usually begins to fade after about a week. This photograph shows an adult coot with two chicks which are approximately 2½ weeks old; the orange tips to their plumage have now almost disappeared but their bright orange beaks and lack of the white face shield means that they still look different to the parent. The brood originally consisted of 7 chicks but these two are all that remain following an attack by a stoat (or possibly a mink) a few days earlier. http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/name/c/coot/index.aspx RSPB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coot Wikipedia

Coots are medium-sized water birds that are members of the Rallidae (rail) family. They are close relatives of Image Coots, and are often seen swimming in open water such as here at the winding hole on the Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal at Radcliffe. Adults have predominantly black plumage and, in contrast to the moorhen, have a white bill and frontal face shield. The legs are greenish the eyes a beautiful red colour (but that is only seen at close quarters). The young chicks have orange-tipped plumes which make them very distinctive (and conspicuous to would-be predators such as foxes). The orange plumage usually begins to fade after about a week. This photograph shows an adult coot with two chicks which are approximately 2½ weeks old; the orange tips to their plumage have now almost completely disappeared but their bright orange beaks and lack of the white face shield means that they still look different to the parent. The brood originally consisted of 7 chicks but these two are all that remain following an attack by a stoat (or possibly a mink) a few days earlier. http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/name/c/coot/index.aspx RSPB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coot Wikipedia

Near the winding hole below the dropped bridge at Water Street.

On the towpath of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal.

The pub, on Water Street, was closed in May 2014 (http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/13780814.Troubled_pub_will_not_re_open_following_refusal_of_licence_application/ The Bolton News).

This distinctive building was formerly the Lord Raglan public house. It was closed and its licence revoked in 2015 (https://bit.ly/3gwwJdN Bolton News 14 May 2015 https://bit.ly/3fXJL4P Morning Advertiser 25 Nov 2016). It has since been converted to 6 apartments which were completed in 2019. The pub originally dated from Victorian times, it took its name from Lord Raglan who was Commander in Chief in the British Army during the Crimean War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FitzRoy_Somerset,_1st_Baron_Raglan.

Detail on the side of the former Lord Raglan pub (Image]) showing a relief portrait of Lord Raglan who was Commander in Chief in the British Army during the Crimean War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FitzRoy_Somerset,_1st_Baron_Raglan .

Section of the canal between Water Street and the Radcliffe Winding Hole.