Kingfisher Diary (with photos)

[JeffH]

Originally Posted by eeyore

very nice stuff jeff - you dont mind if the next wab meet is in your living room do you

I could see one of those as calendar material

Cheers Pete. As for the WAB meet, well the wife has always fancied running a tea room............I'll have a word

Jeff

[Wild-Woman]

Breath-taking stuff Jeff. That's some garden visitor. Let's hope that the pair bring along their family later. Have you considered contacting Springwatch?

Jules

PS-Thank you for taking the time sharing this lovely story with us.

[JeffH]

Originally Posted by JeffH

Thanks again for all the kind words - I'm delighted to be able to share the pleasure with so many of you.

The shots I described in my last posting as "...a whole sequence of half decent rapid-fire shots of the male passing a fish to the female..." actually turned out rather better than I expected and so, if anyone's interested, I've just posted 3 of them to the Gallery, though I expect it'll take a little while for them to appear.

I think shots of a fish pass between Kingfishers is a Gallery first so I hope you all like them

Jeff

I'm pleased to report that the sequence of 3 fish pass shots I mentioned in last night's posting have now appeared in the Gallery, if anyone's interested.

Jeff

[jennyb]

Jeff, I have just looked in the Gallery. What an amazing series of shots. Well done.

Jenny

[John]

Originally Posted by jennyb

Jeff, I have just looked in the Gallery. What an amazing series of shots. Well done.

Jenny

I second that. Good stuff Jeff. Keem them coming.

John

[rlchew]

How lucky are you Jeff having all this going on in your garden and being able to photograph it?

Excellent stuff .... please do keep us all up to date.

Richard

[JeffH]

Originally Posted by rlchew

How lucky are you Jeff having all this going on in your garden and being able to photograph it?
Excellent stuff .... please do keep us all up to date.
Richard

Thanks Richard (and everyone else) but I fear I may not have explained the situation quite as well as I might have
Please allow me to clarify to avoid any further misunderstandings - whilst the female continues to visit my garden regularly, [b][u]all[b][u] of the activities and observations reported in this thread took place not in my garden but just a couple of hundred metres away near the area of water mentioned in my original post. Similarly, the accompanying photos were all taken there.
I'm sorry if this wasn't as clear as it could have been in my earlier posts and certainly wouldn't want to deceive anyone.

Jeff

[rlchew]

Originally Posted by JeffH

Thanks Richard (and everyone else) but I fear I may not have explained the situation quite as well as I might have
Please allow me to clarify to avoid any further misunderstandings - whilst the female continues to visit my garden regularly, [b][u]all[b][u] of the activities and observations reported in this thread took place not in my garden but just a couple of hundred metres away near the area of water mentioned in my original post. Similarly, the accompanying photos were all taken there.
I'm sorry if this wasn't as clear as it could have been in my earlier posts and certainly wouldn't want to deceive anyone.

Jeff

No problem Jeff .... it is me not reading your posts properly .

Having said that, please do keep posting your accounts and photos.

Richard

[JeffH]

Cheers Richard - will do.

Jeff

[richardkm]

Wow, great photos.

Just one point, I believe it's illegal to photograph kingfishers at or near the nest without a licence, although I could be out of date on this. If I am right, it should be okay around your pond, but not if you follow them to where they are nesting, but I would guess its a moot point if they are nesting within sight of a public right of way!