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Tweet Take 5 : Coot and Moorhen

An extended edition of Tweet of the Day featuring the coot and its cousin the moorhen with Chris Packham, Dominic Couzens and Stephen Moss.

Coots are one of those birds easy to ignore, yet they are worth a second glance. These all-black birds are somewhat larger than its cousin, the moorhen, and easily identified on open water by a distinctive white beak and 'shield' above the beak, which gave rise to the phrase "as bald as a coot". Moorhens while looking similar have more colour about them, with a red and yellow beak and long, green legs, they prefer smaller bodies of water and wet areas too. As we'll find out in this extended Tweet of the Day, featuring wildlife presenter Chris Packham, ornithologist Dominic Couzens and nature writer Stephen Moss.

Produced for 麻豆社 Audio in Bristol by Andrew Dawes

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Thu 21 Oct 2021 02:50

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