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Thu January 8, 2009 4:50pm
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PeterD
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Registered: February 2008
Location: Portsmouth
Posts: 1,256
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Lovely shot of, for me, a very unusual bird. Looked it up in my guide and find that is VERY local but with a wider range than the Red-knobbed Coot.
The beak size is very heavy looking and probly the red colouring makes it look more so.
Thanks for posting this Colin.
Peter
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PeterD
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Sat January 10, 2009 1:58pm
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Joe stockwell
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Registered: January 2008
Location: Andover
Posts: 531
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i still think "purple swamp hen" is such a .... name for such a wonderfull looking bird
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Joseph
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Sat January 10, 2009 6:25pm
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PeterD
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Registered: February 2008
Location: Portsmouth
Posts: 1,256
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This is also called Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio). It is under rare species in the DK RSPB Birds of Britain and Europe.
Peter
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Sat February 7, 2009 3:11am
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Kenwin5
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Registered: January 2009
Posts: 146
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I agree it's a beautiful looking bird, particularly with the sun on it, and I agree that the "swamp hen" name sounds awful. My books call it Gallinule. My wife failed to get her tongue round this to start with and kept calling it "Galliano". We both know what she's talking about, and I think it sounds great!
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Bobolink44
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Registered: November 2007
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