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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Being semi-aquatic, they are able to catch waterfowl such as mallards and moorhens on the surface.
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Keep an eye out for large swans, herons and ducks, moorhens and kingfishers.
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Marion Petrie, of the University of East Anglia, watched moorhens over three seasons.
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The odd moorhen appeared; and a couple of mallards.