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  1. North Yorks Red

    North Yorks Red Well-Known Member

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    Was well chuffed with these :)

    KF2 BBS.JPG KF3 BBS.JPG
     
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    Thank you for posting these photos, old mate. The kingfisher is without doubt my favourite bird.
     
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    I have only ever seen one once. At a canal near Leek.
     
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    Many years ago, I was walking on the road between the deer park towards Wigfield Farm. As it goes under the M1, there's a stream running parallel to the motorway. I noticed a kingfisher persistently dipping & diving into the water. I seemed to be there ages watching it, although I doubted there were any fish for it to feed on. It was stunningly beautiful.
     
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    Awesome Kingfishers. 309272_3658888586658_263419159_n.jpg
    This is one of Gary Uttley's (Shenk1). A Damselfly laying her eggs. This photo was in the 2012 RSPB calendar.. :)
     
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    Brilliant them mate. was lucky enough to see a pair near the navigation pub..awsome
     
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    A Kingfisher dive/entering the water is like the holy grail of wildlife photography.. :)
     
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    Used to sit for ages outside the Millers looking for the kingfisher.
    Was lucky to see it once.
    Maybe the Marstons blurred My vision the other times.
     
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    There's plenty around Worsbrough res and all down the river if you know where to look, there's a nesting pair further down from Lewden crossing.
     
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    You're welcome , they are my favourite too :)
    Its just that they are a bugger to get a good picture of, last week it all just clicked ( literally!)
     
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    Haverlands Lane?
     
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    There's trout all the way up that stream
     
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    That’s all good but have you a picture of a wood louse riding a snail ? I have look
     

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    Beautiful looking bird where do you find em.
     
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    Brilliant. Smiling like a smiley man.
     
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    We were down Norfolk last week, it was weird normally I am happy to see one but saw half a dozen in the space of a couple of hours!
     
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    I might be wrong, but I thought it was Round Green Lane up to the junction with Hound Hill Lane, before becoming Haverlands Lane?
     
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    You can encourage them by strategically placing a perch (not the fish). Kings are suckers for a perch. ( not the fish)..:)
     
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    A fair few years ago I canoed down the length of the River Wye.

    First day, OMG a Kingfisher, stop the boat, spend ages watching it, the most alluring and beautiful thing I've ever seen.

    Day 3. Oh, another kingfisher, wearily carry on paddling.
     
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