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Kingfisher Update!

11th May 201811th May 2018Craig Rogers

This morning I sat at the river and watched a Kingfisher (or maybe Kingfishers) flying back and forth along the river. I’m almost certain that one of them was carrying a fish in its beak and I noticed that they/it was going back to the same location. This location is on the riverbank on our land, but very difficult to get a good view unless I swim!

I believe that there is a nest site here as they constantly flew back and forth, you could also sense they didn’t like my presence so I took a terrible picture and left them to it. There is a spot on the opposite side of the river that I can watch from a distance, however, it involves climbing a fence of someone else’s property. I will find the owner of the field and ask their permission first.

Here is the terrible picture, it was quick reactions, but either the Kingfisher is flying too fast for even 1/2500sec, or possible, the camera has missed the focus. I think it’s a combination of both. If I was sat here waiting, I would of pre-focused on part of the river and waited for the Kingfisher to fly into the focal plane.

New Kingfisher Perch Is Ready

9th May 20189th May 2018Craig Rogers

I’ve installed a new Perch in a perfect diving spot for the Kingfishers and also placed a Trail Cam to monitor it for any activity.

Hopefully, within the next few days we’ll see some Kingfishers landing on it.

Kingfishers are back!

8th May 20188th May 2018Craig Rogers

Remember Princessa? She was a young female Kingfisher that I initially discovered accidentally after setting a Trail Camera to capture Otters. This was in November but as the autumn rain never arrived the River Pool she was feeding from ran out of food, she probably went downstream in search of food.

Here is one of the photos from back then.

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Princessa Makes It Into Flickr’s “Your Best Shot 2017 – Bird” Gallery

1st January 201825th April 2020Craig Rogers

I use Flickr (UPDATE, I no longer use Flickr due to their price increases) to showcase my photos and don’t very often interact on the social side of it. However, this year I added this photo of Princessa, our resident Kingfisher to the “Your Best Shot 2017” just for fun and of course for more exposure.

Finally, A Substantial Deluge Of Rain

29th November 201729th December 2017Craig Rogers

Last night we finally had the rain that was promised and then some more to make sure.

It rained in almost Ark-building proportions. A persistent, heavy downpour for many hours. Although not enough to get the river flowing, it has had a very welcome change to the riverbed.

As you can see, Princessas´s (our resident Kingfisher) territory has been filled. The two water pools that she has been fishing in has turned into one very large pool. You can see the perch in the centre of the photo, the brown-coloured water shows the outline of the existing pool that was drying up. This is just dust that has washed in and will settle very quickly.

Is There More Than One Kingfisher At The River Pool?

14th November 201729th December 2017Craig Rogers

I just happened to look at the image I captured on the Bushnell NatureView tonight and noticed something…….

Take a look at these 2 images, what do you see differently?

Apart from the quality differences, there seems to be something very obvious, I don’t think they are the same Kingfisher.

The shot on the left from the Bushnell NatureView seems to clearly show a red lower beak whereas the shot on the right only has a slight colouring as I established this is a young female who’s beak is yet to turn red.

Kingfishers are very territorial so I suspect these photos are of mother and daughter. Only time will tell as I spend more time in the hide.

I’ll keep you updated.