On 30th August 1993, at Eavestone Lake, North Yorkshire, I observed a family of two adult and two juvenile Common Coots Fulica atra feeding at the edge of a small clump of reeds. Between 08.45 and 09.30 BST, a Stoat Alustela erminea made repeated attempts to entice the juveniles on to land by characteristic 'dancing' among the reeds. Each time the young were attracted towards the Stoat, one of the a
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