Forest Farm Moorhen with Chicks

Gruiformes

Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 April 2018.

Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 April 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 July 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 August 2018.

[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]

The sound of the moorhen (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the moorhen across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).