Lilac breasted roller

Another shot from our recent weekend in The Cotswolds. We have been lucky enough to see these beautiful birds in their natural habitats. I believe they are called "rollers" because of the nature of their flight in their courtship ritual.

[judith deacon]

My all time favourite African bird, this is a lovely study.

[Lynn]

I hadn’t heard of these before, what beautiful plumage!

[FBailey]

How fabulous ...

[Lynda McG]

Beautiful- fav

[Rosie Kind]

In the Cotswolds??? I have only seen these in Kenya. Lovely shot Fav

[Peter H]

@rosiekind Thank you Rosie. These were in a bird sanctuary! 😀

[Monique]

Never seen those beautiful birds before 👍

[Bep]

Lovely shot, what a beautiful bird!

[SandraD]

Nice shot, beautiful colours on the bird.

[Annie-Sue]

only just noticed there are two of them! What wonderful colours you've captured

[haskar]

Fabulous shot and wonderful birds.

[Lesley Aldridge]

How beautiful.

[amyK]

Wonderful focus and detail

[Fr1da]

Exquisite plumage colours !

[Louise]

Very pretty! Great shot.

[Helen K]

Such fabulous colour

[Wendy Telford]

Will be touring the Cotswolds in April. I’ll look for the bird sanctuary. Beautiful picture.

[Peter H]

@wendytel Wendy, it's Birdland in Bourton-on-the-Water. Worth the trip.