Who has seen a kingfisher?

[kempiejon]

The species I'd never seen until recently in our area is Egrets, there are now at least 3 or 4 around what seems to be permanently.

Little or Great White? I often hang about near water and Little Egrets rarer and Herons are fairly common, I don't think I've seen a Great Egret but I'm not sure I can be sure as they are heron sized just cleaner.

[dionaeamuscipula]

The species I'd never seen until recently in our area is Egrets, there are now at least 3 or 4 around what seems to be permanently.

Little or Great White? I often hang about near water and Little Egrets rarer and Herons are fairly common, I don't think I've seen a Great Egret but I'm not sure I can be sure as they are heron sized just cleaner.

Little. Three at a nearby lake and one about a mile upstream on a feeder which may or not be one of the three at the lake. In pleasant suburbia about 4 miles from the city centre.

DM

[XFool]

No kingfishers but, Easter 1988, Brent Cross Reservoir, North London: I saw an osprey fishing

[Rhyd6]

See kingfishers quite regularly when walking by the River Alyn in Caergwrle when visiting friends. I have a childhood memory of an otter hunt in the same area, I mainly remember my father being very angry at the sight of these men in red coats. We lived near the river then and he and my uncle and a couple of others went along the banks of the river making a hell of a din, no doubt any otters vanished very quickly.

R6

[Hallucigenia]

halcyon days

You're wasted on this lot....

The species I'd never seen until recently in our area is Egrets, there are now at least 3 or 4 around what seems to be permanently.

I don't see kingfishers that often, but funnily enough the last time I did see one was followed about 5 minutes later by the only little egret I've seen in the UK.

My dad had a kingfisher perch on his fishing rod once, on the edge of the Peak District.

[Leothebear]

Best I can do is a flash of that blue at Hammer Pond Horsham. No doubt though, it was a Kingfisher. More unusual recently was a pair of White Tailed
eagles seen over Pulborough Brooks, an RSPB site. (I of W not that far off).

[Mike4]

halcyon days

You're wasted on this lot....

We should have him stuffed and mounted, don'tcher think?

The species I'd never seen until recently in our area is Egrets, there are now at least 3 or 4 around what seems to be permanently.

I don't see kingfishers that often, but funnily enough the last time I did see one was followed about 5 minutes later by the only little egret I've seen in the UK.

My dad had a kingfisher perch on his fishing rod once, on the edge of the Peak District.

I had one perch on the tee-stud of my narrow boat once, three feet away from me sitting on the foredeck reading a book.

I didn't notice it but Her Indoors was inside the cabin and sharp enough to spot it, grab the camera and take a pic through the glass before it spotted her move. This was 40 years ago so can't post it here. A real photo, printed on photographic paper and probably in an album in a loft somewhere now!

[servodude]

I had one perch on the tee-stud of my narrow boat once, three feet away from me sitting on the foredeck reading a book.

...I didn't know they could read

[bungeejumper]

The species I'd never seen until recently in our area is Egrets, there are now at least 3 or 4 around what seems to be permanently.

[sings] "No, no egrets. No, we shall 'ave no egrets."

All right, I'll get me coat. But if you're looking for a great white, I'm sorry to tell you it ate the egrets.

BJ

[redsturgeon]

Funny thing is though that was my first kingfisher, I see an egret most days I walk this time of year. I am sure there is one that return every year from some other place. No sure whether it is big or little though.

[redsturgeon]

Saw these three today.

[scotview]

Little Egret earlier this week at our local RSPB wetland, NE Scotland. We also had four Bewick swans which are quite rare visitors for this part of the country.

[redsturgeon]

Aha, so my chappie was a little egret then. Nice photo, i must take a camera out with me next time to get some better shots.

[Dicky99]

I was treated to two kingfishers today while walking along the Grand Union. What surprised me was how vocal they were, possibly a bit of courtship going on.
The sound was a high pitched chirrup...chirrup...chirrup
It was distinctive enough that I'm pretty sure I'd recognise it if I hear it again

[scotia]

I was treated to two kingfishers today while walking along the Grand Union. What surprised me was how vocal they were, possibly a bit of courtship going on.
The sound was a high pitched chirrup...chirrup...chirrup
It was distinctive enough that I'm pretty sure I'd recognise it if I hear it again

I usually hear them before I have spotted them, then often the sight will be of a fast moving splash of iridescent colour.

[FanciThat]

My favourite bird, I have been taking photos of them for over 10 years now. Many people won't even know they are there when out walking, it pays to be observant

Here's an album of my kingfisher photos on Flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/gp/fancithat/6z66U578p3

Cheers, FT

[XFool]

Kookaburra spotted living in Suffolk countryside

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-suffolk-68345409

"A kookaburra has been spotted living wild in the Suffolk countryside.

The bird, which is a member of the kingfisher family, is native to Australia and is an unusual sight in the UK.

It has been spotted near Sudbury."

[scotia]

Kookaburra spotted living in Suffolk countryside

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-suffolk-68345409

"A kookaburra has been spotted living wild in the Suffolk countryside.

The bird, which is a member of the kingfisher family, is native to Australia and is an unusual sight in the UK.

It has been spotted near Sudbury."

That should bring an inundation of twitchers

[bungeejumper]

The bird, which is a member of the kingfisher family, is native to Australia and is an unusual sight in the UK.It has been spotted near Sudbury.[/i]"

That should bring an inundation of twitchers

One of our relatives is the chief warden at a nature reserve on the south coast, and he used to get very annoyed about the twitcher word. No, he said, we're birders, we don't twitch.

Mind you, he twitched quite a bit when we told him about our holiday in the Pyrenees, where the weather had been unseasonably foggy (for August) and where we'd had to drive carefully becaue there had been hundreds (nay, thousands) of Skops owls hoofing about on seemingly every twisting bend in the road, and we didn't want to kill them. "Bloody hell My goodness," he said, "I drove three hundred sodding very interesting miles to see one of those in Lincolnshire."

BJ

[brightncheerful]

Long ago, I used to go rowing on Sunday mornings early on the Serpentine in London. Invariably there was a kingfisher sitting on a branch 'enjoying' the last of the dawn peace before the crowds of people arrived.