Painterly photograph of a Common Kingfisher at Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve.
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The Common Kingfisher is a sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill. It feeds mainly on fish, caught by diving, and has special visual adaptations to enable it to see prey under water. The glossy white eggs are laid in a nest at the end of a burrow in a riverbank.
Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve used to be a series of lifeless gravel pits, now transformed to provide a haven for wildlife. Popular with bird watchers there are several lakes and 8km of gravel paths which wind through woodland and grassland to the get you to the hides. In winter time there are reckoned to be up to 5,000 birds with many having flown here from Scandinavia. Find out more here:
https://www.hiwwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/blashford-lakes-nature-reserve
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