coot watch

Glad to see the coot chick is still going strong, and is now almost as big as the adults (although still clearly a chick with its fluffy plumage). I now feel confident it is large enough to hold its own and not be picked off as something's breakfast. Although I had a moment of panic this morning when I could only see the adults... until I heard the now familiar peep peep (audible in some of this clip) and the chick came into view.

The one chick out of ten who made it!  The first five eggs all disappeared before hatching. I was delighted to see that the coots managed a second nestful of five, four of which hatched, one of which survives ... Here were the four who hatched out - not sure which our survivor is!