Congratulations to Jacob Flynn, whose lovely photo has been selected as this week's Basingstoke Gazette Camera Club 'Picture of the Week'. The photo shows a watchful moorhen nestled among a tangle of ...

Hermitage Stream, Langstone, Hampshire: One agitated moorhen was corralling four skittish chicks on the far bank, while the other frantically zigzagged after a fifth As we walked alongside the ...

Of all Britain's birds, few are as common and widespread, and yet so often taken for granted, as the moorhen. This humble little waterbird goes quietly about its business, eking out a life on the ...

A moorhen is about 32-35 cm long with a wing span of 50-55cm. They are a common breeding species found here, typically on wetland, all year round. Both sexes look similar and a moor hen is smaller ...

The Maltese moorhen has escaped the normal zeal of hunters and is happily flourishing in increasing numbers on the island. Although the moorhen, or gallozz, is inedible, it has been hunted regularly ...

24 x 16.5 cm. (9.4 x 6.5 in.) ...