When Kingfishers attack
There’s a flash of electric blue and a Kingfisher arrows past on its intensely important mission. Coots beware!
2021 highlights of a wilder Devon life – part 2
Much of the nature I’ve enjoyed in Devon this year has been close to home. It’s been a short walk or cycle …
Kingfisher on the Lemon
The Dippers are resting so I decide to wander upstream and experience the sound of the water, the bubble of fish squirming …
2019 highlights of a wilder Italian life
My Italian life in 2019 started in January with a whale of a murmuration with a raptor on its tail. Just click …
When the Kingfisher paid a visit
There’s a female Kingfisher on a nearby branch. I can tell it’s a female because, as they say, “It’s wearing lipstick.” Female …
Before and after fish
This female Kingfisher is wonderful. She’s bobbing her head, calling and peering into the water below. We’ve heard her calling from across …
Queenfisher
I’ve just spent my birthday sitting in a small wooden shed. Last year we were here looking at Red Squirrels in the …
The King of Fishers
The views of Kingfishers I’ve had before were fleeting. A brief glimpse of a flash of a bluish-emerald jewel disappearing over the …
Martin the fisherman
I’m in Italy on the trail of some interesting birds. The signs are good, literally, as there’s a big three-dimensional sign with …