First Record of Breeding Coots in Madeira

In Lugar de Baixo, on the 17th of May 2009 at 5:10 pm Hugo and Catarina observed and photographed a pair of Coots Fulica atra feeding 4 recently hatched young, bright red, bold crown, encircled with orange downy feathers and red bill, which proves to be the first breeding record for this species for the Madeira Archipelago. On the 18th of May a movie was made and a week later another movie was made with only 3 chicks this time...