I asked him if he had seen anything interesting that day and he said not, so I raised the subject of kingfishers. I have seen a few bird spotter types over the years walking these meadows and they have often told me of the kingfishers they have seen.
Now I have been walking these water meadows everyday for nearly 20 years and I told him I had never seen one of these beautiful but elusive birds. He replied that they were often to be seen at this very spot. I said I would keep my eyes open in future.
So today at that very spot this is what I saw. Apologies for the small size and poor quality but I was not in possession of the same level of equipment that the chap was carrying yesterday!
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/pgyGnVQl.jpg)