I've often harped on about old crazy feet, but I appreciate the effectivenes of the design, good propellants on both water and land.

But, how can a moorhen swim so fast with those feet, there seems to be hardly anything about those feet that can offer any purchase to give them such swimming power.

Also, do Moorhens actually roost in trees? I'm sure that I've seen some in Stafford, it was dark, so I can't be absolutely sure that they were Moorhens.