One-legged coot

No, not me; this little chap. After a fundraisers' meeting at Neurosupport, I took advantage of the lovely sunny weather to take a stroll in Sefton Park. The lake had a host of birds upon it - swans, coots, geese, black-headed gulls and lots of others I couldn't identify, and all busy doing whatever birds do: squabbling, preening, chilling, hissing at dogs and requesting food from passers-by. This one was hopping oddly along some submerged rocks on one huge foot. It then swam away in a wide circle....