0 a small, dark bird that lives near rivers and lakes
1 an old man who has an unusual or slightly crazy way of behaving :
Interrelationships of heterozygosity, growth rate and heterozygote deficiencies in the coot clam.
Coot are a common breeder on the reserve but are often less successful.
At 36-43cm in, it is a mid-sized species of coot.
The oldest known coot lived to be 22 years old.
On the little islands in the lake, birds like coot and red-necked grebe make their nests.
Breeding bird species of local importance include the great crested grebe, tufted duck, coot, little ringed plover, sedge warbler and the reed warbler.
The lagoon attracts a wide variety of water birds including storks, ibis, ducks, coot, gulls and tern.
Waterfowl hunting is available in the region for duck, geese, coot, and teal.
