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Cormorant drying its wings at the New River in Bowes Park, North London
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The next generation of young coots will be arriving very shortly at the New River (Hornsey water treatment works section). Play loud!
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The Moorhen's early morning brush-up routine #birdwatching #waterbird
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Cormorant drying its wings (New River, Whittington Road, North London)
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Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), Hampstead Heath
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Diving coot - this is not easy to photograph, because they do it so fast. Look closely, and the tip of the coot's bill is already in the water. And is that the reflection of the coot's eyes in the water? From Alexandra Palace boating lake, London, UK.
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Great crested grebe at Hornsey water treatment works, London, UK
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Mother and baby coot, Alexandra Park boating lake
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Salute the coot: nesting today at the Hornsey water treatment beds ...and turning their back to the audience, Miles Davis style!
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Here's a coot in the sludge at the New River in Harringay, London.
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A couple of moorhens with an egg in their nest (on the left) on the sludgy New River in Harringay, London. Moorhens like to nest in shallow water out of twigs and leaves, and with other found objects, such as the black plastic tray they have used here.
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Coot nesting at Hornsey water works in north London. The coot builds its nest in shallow water from a mixture of vegetation and synthetic materials, and usually in the shelter of vegetation - but sometimes in the open, as seen here.
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Coot nesting, Alexandra Palace. The coot builds its nest in shallow water from vegetation, and usually in the shelter of vegetation, as seen here.
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Everyday morning shake and stretch at the Alexandra Palace boating lake
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Yellow eye reflections of the tufted duck (there are twelve reflections of just one eye).
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A reflective coot with found objects (as ever) both natural and synthetic, on the Palmers Green section of the New River in North London. Coots love this kind of stuff.
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Heron on the New River (Palmers Green section)
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Majestic heron at the New River in Bowes Park, North London. This was at the perch just on the southside of the North Circular Road. These big birds love their perch, don't they - a place to show off a bit!
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The Kingfisher on its perch at the entrance to the tunnel on the New River at Myddleton Road, Bounds Green.
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The kingfisher at the entrance to the tunnel on the New River at Myddleton Road, Bounds Green, London, UK.
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The adult common Kingfisher (alcedo atthis), a very small bird - only 6 1⁄2 ins long, seen at the New River at Myddleton Road, Bounds Green this morning. With thanks to a fellow bird watcher. Otherwise I would have missed it, because it is so small.
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Cormormant in close-up (New River, Whittington Road, London)
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Egret striding at the extremely litter-strewn New River, Palmers Green, London
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Egret with reflection (New River, Palmers Green, London)
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Egret wading (New River, Palmers Green, London) with low water exposing mucky riverbanks
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Canada Goose on the New River in Bowes Park, North London
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Walking cormorant (with toes spread out) New River, Bowes Park, London
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Canada goose - Alexandra Palace Boating Lake, London, England. Water forms into droplets because of the surface tension of the liquid: the tendency of liquid surfaces at rest to shrink into the minimum surface area possible.
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Cormorant toilet break. With apologies on behalf of my friend. She/he does not do inhibition or propriety.
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Egyptian Goose, seen at the Alexandra Palace boating lake, North London
