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Coot chicks or should that be cute chicks!

Coots are territorial and will swim menacingly towards any intruders on their patch. They are closely related to moorhens and, though found in the same highly vegetated lakes and ponds, the two species do not compete for food. Coots dive below the surface, to depths of up to two metres, searching insect larvae and other food.

Nestlings are black and downy with a reddish-orange head and neck with a ruff of yellow feathers around the neck.

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