Took over two hours of stalking and talking and just as we were leaving we saw him (pretty sure it is a male, Sue's photo with her big lens will confirm) perched in a favourite tree of his..
Well caught, they can be very elusive. However it looks like a female, a male beak is all black. This one would appear to have an orange lower mandible which is a diagnostic feature of a female Kingfisher.
@markp ahh thanks Mark, I thought females had red all the way to the cheek! @quietpurplehaze oh we had such an exciting time @ljmanning hmmmm had His 300mm lens and it was behind twigs @koalagardens it;s a privelage to see them @grammyn oh Katy we were speechless sometimes, they were so close, but so tantalising not close enough!
@joansmor thanks joan @salza oh it is a treat @wakelys best way to spend two hours in the cold sunshine, talking and stalking!! @ludwigsdiana I know!! so chuffed
@boxplayer sooo chuffed! Thank you @haskar I'm pleased @mcsiegle it's so wonderful to see them @randystreat thank you x @narayani I thought so @carole_sandford and when they do a Red Arrows fly past together it's even more exciting @kjarn she does!!! @pcoulson I neeeeed a bigger lens, but cannot justify £££ just for these birds!!
Thank you all so much, and to see her ( she is a she) on Curated Page has made my morning
What a fun couple of hours.
@quietpurplehaze oh we had such an exciting time
@ljmanning hmmmm had His 300mm lens and it was behind twigs
@koalagardens it;s a privelage to see them
@grammyn oh Katy we were speechless sometimes, they were so close, but so tantalising not close enough!
@joansmor thanks joan
@salza oh it is a treat
@wakelys best way to spend two hours in the cold sunshine, talking and stalking!!
@ludwigsdiana I know!! so chuffed
thank yu all for sharing my excitement
@haskar I'm pleased
@mcsiegle it's so wonderful to see them
@randystreat thank you x
@narayani I thought so
@carole_sandford and when they do a Red Arrows fly past together it's even more exciting
@kjarn she does!!!
@pcoulson I neeeeed a bigger lens, but cannot justify £££ just for these birds!!
Thank you all so much, and to see her ( she is a she) on Curated Page has made my morning