My observations tell me that moorhens tend to drive other waterfowl away.
I want to make it perfectly clear that the moorhen and the coot are totally different birds.
I pity the poor village policeman who might have to haul a lot of small boys before the court for stealing moorhen's eggs.
There is no evidence before the advisory committee of any shortage of moorhen in the country.
That is not an argument that will be met by licensed or unlicensed moorhens.
We are talking about damage and the habits of the moorhen.
The moorhen should not appear in schedule 2.
The poor old moorhen is not really a quarry species.