We have two resident Moorhens, who have been there each time we have visited the pond this year. We have never seen them fly, they are there regardless of the times we go (night-time, early morning etc), they have nested and reared their young and are basically a permanent fixture at our pond. Moorhens are…
Category: Bird Study: Moorhen
One Year Pond Study Week 23: A Mystery at the Pond
Our pond this week: When we arrived at our pond for our weekly study, we were not expecting anything out of the norm. Everything at first glance looked the same, everything sounded the same. Really, everything was the same as it always had been. We did our usual walking around the perimeter of the pond,…
One Year Pond Study Week 20: Checking in on the Chicks
Welcome to week 20 of our one year pond study. For the rest of the posts in this series please see here. This week I was astounded by the change in our Moorhen chicks - they have grown so big so quickly, changing from a fluffy black chick, to a sleek brown - grey chick to one…
One Year Pond Study Week 16: Moorhen Chicks
This week at the pond we whiled away a happy hour or so watching our newly hatched Moorhen chicks. The last few times we had visited the pond the nest had been empty and the Moor hens seemed to be going about their business, sans chicks. We assumed they either hadn't hatched or they had…