Intruder alert!
The male heard the call of an intruding kingfisher, and responded by standing tall and calling back, and shortly after flew off to chase the unwelcome guest.
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Bl**dy twig!
You can't get always get a perfect shot, but just to get so close to a kingfisher which seems content with you being just a few metres away is such a treat.
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Warm spring sunshine beaming down on this female yesterday in Tower Hamlets, east London.
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Feeling threatened
This male kingfisher on Regent's Canal suddenly adopted a defensive posture.
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Breakfast time
Male kingfisher with a decent catch to start the day.
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A gloomy day, brightened by this sighting.
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It is more genuine, as most of the time, that is how we see the kingfisher.
Certainly enough to sustain the kingfishers. Whether the fish populations are healthy is not something I can really comment on.
On my patch in east London, it would appear so. Last year was a good year for breeding. Fingers crossed we get a repeat this year.
Mr and Mrs
Breeding season is now underway for kingfishers.
This is one of five pairs who appear to have been formed in various spots across east London.
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Signs of spring
The first new leaves unfurling on this bush this female kingfisher was perched up on along Regent's Canal this lunchtime.
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Within a few mins of this male flying off from this perch, a female landed on it.
Lovely scenes down on Hackney Marshes on the Lea.
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Down on the marshes
This male was interacting with a female on the River Lea at Hackney Marshes this afternoon.
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Mrs Kingfisher in the morning gloom at Victoria Park.
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Pellet ejection time.
Watch as the Hackney Marshes male kingfisher coughs up a pellet.
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In the morning gloom!
Just before sunrise spotted this male kingfisher in east London.
Can you spot a tell tale sign of what he has been up to?
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Lovely light on the male kingfisher on Regent's Canal. He shows no sign of leaving.
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Signs of spring
New buds on this branch which the kingfisher is perched up on.
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Cracking views of this east London female.
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Female kingfisher on Regent's Canal in east London.
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Chain reaction
Male kingfisher in Victoria Park this morning.
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Gleaming in the morning sun.
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Perched in the Alder.
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Male kingfisher on Regent's Canal.
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Eye to eye with the kingfisher.
Male kingfisher at the wetlands.
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Calling out
The female on Regent's Canal was regularly making soft contact calls, so I suspect her and the male are now courting.
Very exciting, but will they hang around, as I struggle to think where they can dig out a nest around here.
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Interesting to see this male keeping flying over Low Maynard at the wetlands - wonder where he is going, as this is new behaviour.
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Spring sunshine on the Regent's Canal female.
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Kingfisher mayhem
This morning at the wetlands we sat for two hours as 4 kingfishers chased each other around.
Watching them, we suspect there is one established pair and another who are in the courtship phase.
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Romance in the air?
The female kingfisher is sitting here on the same branch that the male normally sits on, they must have encountered each other at some point.
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