122 BY THE WATERSIDE ‘ONCE MORE 
turbed behaviour. She had slipped quietly 
and quickly unnoticed by us into the water 
(as a moorhen on the nest does sometimes 
when approached) as soon as we turned the 
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XXI: Nest of the great crested grebe, with eggs 
(4, size). 
bend of the island in the boat, partly cover- 
ing her eggs with loose pieces of her nest 
when she did so (as many, especially 
water birds do). Not to disturb her more 
