Aren't they stunning, Jake? MrG loved Kingfishers.....to thank all the people who helped during his illness I hired a narrow boat for a day out.
We were drifting along when four kingfishers flew in front of us and swooped for such a long time.....as if they were accompanying us....quite magical.
The last pit I worked at was out in the country and we often had to go to the pump house by the local river and if we were going to be all day we'd take our "snap" with us and sit by the river to eat it. For years a family of kingfishers nested in the bank and some days there seemed to be hundreds of them skimming the water.