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Originally Posted by vinnychameleon  Wow  a Water rail eating a dunnock. musta been really cold weather for it to do that especially as a Water Rail isn't much bigger than a dunnock. |
well I've only seen three water rails in my life - all randomly flushed from wet reed fringed ditches as I was walking along - but they are a bit bigger than a dunnock, more the size of a small moorhen or a little grebe. but still yes the dunnock a fair old size for it!!