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Bird ID - please

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  • 25-12-2010 2:52pm
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    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭


    Found this bird dead on the road this morning, any ideas?


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    mgwhelan
    Registered Users Posts: 328 ✭✭mgwhelan


    it's a moor hen a lot of them die on the roads


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    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    why is that?

    do they live near river banks? are they trying to get away from the cold by moving inland?


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    mgwhelan
    Registered Users Posts: 328 ✭✭mgwhelan


    not sure you usally see them in ponds and lakes, i seen two dead on the road myself on different occasions


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