More Kingfishers

The picture on my blog is the kingfisher from Breaches Pool, Halesowen. This is a recent, new sighting for me. I had visited a couple times but not believed there was a kingfisher (the site info claims kingfishers visit). But I didn't spend enough time looking or listening for the tell, tell signs i.e the call. I have now visited a few times and every time have found it, even if it's been the call, a sighting and then it flies off. Been lucky enough to see it fishing in a pool only a few metres from the path and with a dog who joined it in the pool. I usually expect the kingfisher to fly off but on Sunday the 13th January it spent some time just sitting in the tree. I think it used this time for some digestion. It then flew about looking for a perch to rest again. I wouldn't have seen it on the first perch with the naked eye as it was in some trees on the other side of the pool. But I heard the call and then searched for it in the trees using my zoom camera. It was best when if flew from perch to perch as the blue was stunning.