One for Jeff H perhaps?

[FUDGEY]

Jeff do you or any one else for that matter know how much fish per day a Kingfisher needs to sustain its self? At a guess Id say a dozen avg sized fish, but like I said that is a guess.

[JeffH]

Originally Posted by FUDGEY

Jeff do you or any one else for that matter know how much fish per day a Kingfisher needs to sustain its self? At a guess Id say a dozen avg sized fish, but like I said that is a guess.

Hi Fudgey,

Kingfishers need to consume roughly their own bodyweight in fish/other prey each day, ie. about 38 - 40 gms.

In terms of numbers of fish I guess it depends what you mean by "avg sized" and they can, of course, cope with fish of various sizes - as these photos demonstrate:-

Small -


Medium -

or Large!


I hope this answers your question satisfactorily

Jeff
(Schedule 1 Licence holder for Kingfishers, Barn Owls and Avocets)

[FUDGEY]

Answers it better than I could have wished for Jeff thanks so much. That last photos incredible!!!!!!! Never seen the likes

[FUDGEY]

As a mater of interest did it manage to swallow that Rudd or Roach? :0

[Dogghound]

The fish is a rudd, nice photo's Jeff.

[FUDGEY]

Im an X fisherman and your a better man than me IDing that Dogghound Id have thought you could have only told by the lip on a fish that size and if I was to choose one guess Id have said it was more Roach like????

[JeffH]

Originally Posted by FUDGEY

Answers it better than I could have wished for Jeff thanks so much. That last photos incredible!!!!!!! Never seen the likes

Originally Posted by FUDGEY

As a mater of interest did it manage to swallow that Rudd or Roach? :0

You're welcome Fudgey and yes, it did swallow it .......eventually

Originally Posted by Dogghound

The fish is a rudd, nice photo's Jeff.

Cheers Dogghound

Jeff
(Schedule 1 Licence holder for Kingfishers, Barn Owls and Avocets)

[Dogghound]

Originally Posted by JeffH

Originally Posted by FUDGEY

Im an X fisherman and your a better man than me IDing that Dogghound Id have thought you could have only told by the lip on a fish that size and if I was to choose one guess Id have said it was more Roach like????

If you look carefully it does have an upturned bottom lip, however better features are available on this one. The dorsal fin is set quite far back, if you look at the pelvic fins (bottom in the middle) the front of the dorsal fin is set behind the front of the pelic fin. In roach they are about even. The eye of a rudd is much larger and more golden with less red than a roach. The fins are a much richer blood red colour they are more of a washed out yellow/red in roach. This is quite a young fish as they age they get a deeper profile, more golden colour and more red in the dorsal fin, such an amazing photo.

[JeffH]

Originally Posted by Dogghound

If you look carefully it does have an upturned bottom lip, however better features are available on this one. The dorsal fin is set quite far back, if you look at the pelvic fins (bottom in the middle) the front of the dorsal fin is set behind the front of the pelic fin. In roach they are about even. The eye of a rudd is much larger and more golden with less red than a roach. The fins are a much richer blood red colour they are more of a washed out yellow/red in roach. This is quite a young fish as they age they get a deeper profile, more golden colour and more red in the dorsal fin.....

Many thanks for the detailed ID of the fish Dogghound

Originally Posted by Dogghound

......such an amazing photo.

And thanks again for your kind words about the photo - it's certainly one of the images that prompts a 'WOW' from the audiences when I show it during my illustrated talks on Kingfishers, as most people seem to think they take only small fish like Minnows and Sticklebacks

Jeff
(Schedule 1 Licence holder for Kingfishers, Barn Owls and Avocets)

[FUDGEY]

Ty Dogghound I loked at the lip and thought it wasnt upturned My eyes aint what they used to be, ty for the ID mate