Common Moorhen

Have a look at the beautifully high nest of this Common Moorhen. It looks like a safe place. The mother was breeding already. She was defending her home against other ducks and looks a bit excited. Unfortunately, the breeding was no success. We had massive rains shortly after this picture was taken. The next day the nest was totally gone, not even a hint of it remaining after the flooding. But I think it keeps going as I observed a similar looking individual being busy building another nest a bit further back. It might be a less exposed place too. So, let's wish it luck.

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P.S. We had returned to this place to make sure the Little Pied Cormorant (see yesterday's post) was ok or to see if it would make sense to call-in animal rescue. I took lots of photos of all the cormorants around but they were all free of fishing line. So, the cormorant we had observed is either free of fishing line or has moved on somewhere else. But we are glad that at least we checked.