Coot from the Rallidae family

---

Coot swimming towards me on Linlithgow loch late February

---

Size: 7360px × 4912px
Location: Linlithgow loch west Lothian Scotland
Photo credit: © Adrian Plumb / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: 300mm, adapted, aggressive, aggressively, aquatic, atra, beak, bird, birds, birdwatching, black, blue, body, carl, coloured, coot, covert, d810, dark, distinctive, diving, eyes, family, featherless, feathers, feeders, feet, flaps, flyer, freshwater, frontal, fulica, genus, gregarious, habitats, inland, lakes, large, lens, linlithgow, linnaeus, lobed, loch, long, moorhen, naturalist, nikon, open, park, photograph, ponds, prime, prominent, rallidae, red, relatives, ripples, rivers, scientific, scotland, scottish, shield, shields, skin, socially, soft, surfaces, swedish, swimming, territorial, toes, underwater, uneven, valley, watching, water, water., waterbird, webbed, wetland, white, wildlife