Converse of object

• see: Swans and ducks approach the side of the boats and keen eyed visitors may see moorhens and cormorants.

• nest: The pond was an ideal habitat for nesting moorhens, coots and grebes.

• include: As well as improving standards of sewage treatment, the reeds should offer shelter for bird species including moorhens, coots, and warblers.

Modifies a noun

• female: Describe how the tactic of the bird laying the egg differs from that used by the moorhen female.

• gallinula: Moorhen Gallinula chloropus - Four at Oued Massa on the 15th.

• chloropus: Moorhen Gallinula chloropus - Four at Oued Massa on the 15th.

• chick: Along the canal, there were moorhen chicks of varying ages, some still tiny bundles of fluff, others half grown and independent.

• nest: First there were newts and tadpoles to find, then moorhens nests and wild ducks.

Noun used with modifier

• baby: There are lots of ducklings, goslings, cygnets and baby moorhens and coots.

• resident: Over the wall is the old farm pool, with a resident moorhen.