 
MOORHEN,COOT AND WATER RAIL IN VICTORIAN DISPLAY CASE.
EXTREMELY RARE BALLIONS CRAKE FROM 1885
CORNCRAKES(CREX CREX) IN VICTORIAN DIAORAMA CASE,FORMERLEY COMMON BUT DESTRUCTION BY MODERN FARMING TECHNIQUES,COMBINE HARVESTER,HEDGEROW REMOVAL TO MAKE LARGE FIELDS,AND MECHANICAL DEVICES,DRAINAGE ECT,HAVE REDUCED ITS NUMBERS DRAMATICALLY SINCE WORLD WAR 2,NOW RESTRICTED TO IRELAND AND WESTERN SCOTLAND AND ISLANDS WHERE MORE TRADITIONAL FARMING SURVIVES.
CORNCRAKES(CREX CREX)SUPER LITTLE CASE OF TWO PERFECT CORNCRAKES FROM 1907
COOT(FULCIA ATRA)COMMON WATERBIRD,VEREY TERRITORIAL DURING BREEDING BUT SOCIABLY IN LARGE NUMBERS IN WINTER ON RESERVOIRS AND LAKES.INCREASED IN NUMBERS SINCE CREATION OF GRAVEL PITS WITH ISLANDS FOR SAFE NESTING SITES.
CORNCRAKES(CREX CREX)PAIR SET IN CORNFIELD SETTING,COMMON VICTORIAN BIRD,WHOSE NUMBERS WERE DECIMATED BY MECHANISED FARM MACHINERY AND HUMAN DISTURBANCE,STRONGHOLDS ARE WHERE TRADITIONAL FEARMING METHODS SURVIVE.
CORNCRAKE(CREX CREX)
CORNCRAKE IN SUMMER PLUMAGE
CORNCRAKE(CREX CREX)
SPOTTED CRAKE
CORNCRAKE(CREX CREX)
SPOTTED CRAKE(PORZANA PORZANA)ONE OF BRITAIND MOST SECRETIVE AND RAREST BIRDS,A BIRD OF DEEP SEDGE AND FEN,FORMERLEY MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD WITH A MAXIMUM OF 80 PAIRS NESTING,AND OLESS THAN A THE BREEDING NUMBER RECORDED AS MIGRANTS.BEST INDICATOR OF BIRDS PRESENCE IS THE CALL HEAR AT NIGHT
SPOTTEDCRAKE(PORZANA PORZANA)IN GLASS DOME
SPOTTED CRAKE(PORZANA PORZANA)
SPOTTED CRAKE IN DOME
WATER RAIL AND FOREIGN RAIL
WATER RAIL(RALLUS AQUATICUS)ONCE A COMMON BIRD IN BRITAINS WETLANDS BUT,NUMBERS REDUCED THROUGH DRAINAGE OF FENLAND AND INLAND MARSHES,BREEDING CAN BE RUINED BY NEST FLOODING,AND IN HARSH WINTERS NUMBERS CAN ALSO SUFFER ,A SHY RETIRING BIRD,BUT CAN BE SEEN AT CLOSE QUARTERS IN THICK SEDGE,AND FEED WITHIN A FEW FEET,AND HAVE SPOTTED THEM IN STREAMS WITHIN A MILE OF A MAJOR TOWN,PICKING UP INSECTS DISTURBED BY FORAGING MALLARDS.
MOORHEN
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