Moorhen chick


Common Moorhen chick. The bird is usually referred to as a Moorhen, whether male, female or young. The words Moorcock and Moorchick are not used.			The chick has a blue and red head, long (for its size) black legs and a red beak with yellow tip similar to the adult (and unlike the juvenile)

	Mother Moorhen with chick

Chicks in nest (Photo by Lawrence Bard)	The nest is usually built in undergrowth on land (see above left) not in water like Coots' nests (this is probably an old Coots' nest)	Maureen gave the thumbs down to her new friend - "bald as a coot"

More of parent and chick

Moorhen chick	First stage of Moorhen juvenile with grey plumage, grey legs and still with yellow-tipped beak

The older juvenile Moorhen (above) looks less like the adult than the chick does, with mid-brown plumage and a brown beak; however, it has the yellow legs and white under-tail feathers of the adult.

	Face shield developing