Every year I see kingfishers, occasionally static on a branch overlooking water, but too far away to have a decent shot, or as a fleeting image as it shoots past me over the water, its short call often giving me warning that it is passing. A difficult bird to photograph.
Yesterday, I spent a couple of hours in the hide at Wilstone Reservoir. Nothing much happening, but enjoying the Lapwings squabbles, Teal, Common Terns and a couple of juvenile Little Ringed Plover.
Then a very keen young birder, showed me a kingfisher sitting on a stick in the water about 25m away. Over half an hour I managed to get these images of this beautifully marked bird, which I think is a juvenile, as its bill appears to have a white tip, although this may be a trick reflection. Otherwise it was a male with a black bill.
I will definitely be back again, but later in the day when the sun will have moved so that the side of the bird facing me will not be in shadow. These photos are a little grainy for me.
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