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So here goes&#8230; <br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/coots_0501115636.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/coots_0501115646.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/coots_0501115679.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/coots_0501115680.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/coots_0501115697.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/coots_0501115718.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/coots_0501115733.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>With such obvious stars on show, there&#39;s no room today for the geese (I will post some soon), but I do want to squeeze in some more shots to show that the coots are not the only battling birds around at the moment. Take magpies. These three were engaging in some localized fighting of their own.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/magpies_0501115496.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Which they continued in a nearby tree&#8230;<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/magpies_0501115516.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, overhead a local heron was being seen off by a belligerent crow (a passing pigeon is keeping a safe distance in this shot).<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/heron_crow_pigeon_0501115778.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>As for the rats&#8230; they were just running for cover. 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