The Moorhen Pond Comments

In Spring in pond in grove by the old streamlet amongst the reeds the moorhen built her nest
A bulky mass just above the water level of flags and long dried grass the material she liked best
On which to lay her six to ten buff eggs with light brown speckles she and her partner busy every day
Feeding their first clutch of dark chicks with ruddy faces who hatched out in the early days of May.
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