Common Kingfisher

A Kingfisher with catch. Kingfishers have to eat around 60% of their body weight daily, so by necessity become very territorial of their stretch of river.

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Kingfisher

This is the same Kingfisher I posted a photo of back in May, which was photographed back in February this year.

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Kingfisher

A female Kingfisher surveying the river for fish, photographed a couple of months ago. The hungry brood of a Kingfisher can demand over 100 fish a day from their parents, which they dive for at the surprisingly low speed of about 10mph. This will likely be the last update to this blog for a month or so, until I'm back from working on Springwatch at RSPB Minsmere.

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