A dreary, drizzly and dark day weather wise, although not particularly cold. The weather aside, activities were curtailed by an episode of 'Boiler Man'. I have 2 buildings and 2 boilers. In the house the boiler was working but the underfloor heating had stopped and in the barn the boiler wasn't working and was tripping the electrics. The conclusion was that after 4 hours of 'Boiler Man' in attendance, by 3pm and not an insignificant chunk of change later, everything was working !
The upshot being very little else was achieved. However, the significant highlight was a Kingfisher in the pond, successfully fishing for newts for about 15 minutes at 1pm. 3 Raven flying over, a Grey Heron and the Grey Wagtail were other highlights today.
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| Kingfisher, using the reedmace as a perch |
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| Male Kingfisher with all black bill. |
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| I've had 3 previous records here, 2 in December one October |
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| They must be partial to the occasional newt |
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| Start of a dive |
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| .. and successful |
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.. and then away
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