As I got to the River Rea I could hear 2 Kingfisher calling each other from Pershore Road. Over a hundred metres from the river. They were continuously calling each other! I knew I was in for a treat. I was running so did not have the camera but this enabled me to keep up with them as they chased each other along the river, stopping off at perches, sometimes the same perch, sometimes nearby, sometimes then joining each other at the same perch. They were never far apart. I was able to see them from three bridges over the river. At one bridge I used a bush as camouflage and had 2 long tail tits feeding the bush, one metre away. The kingfishers pursued each other for up to a mile in distance, I watched them for 30 minutes. They got so far down the Rea before they turned back and flew up the River. They caught fish, they checked out the bank, each taking a look, I presume looking for nest sites. It was a thrilling site. Last year I was lucky to see a pair on the River Cole, now seen a pair on the River Rea. Great!
After the Saturday treat I checked out the River Cole the next Sunday and suprise, surprise another kingfisher pair. At first I thought it was one kingfisher sat on a favoured perch. I got a bad photo before getting closer and seeing it fly off, up and over into the trees and bushes behind that I know it uses to take cover in. It was only as it flew off, I saw another where it flew from and I realised another kingfisher pair. Great!!. I have to say they were not making as much noise as the Rea pair and they did fly off quickly but maybe I was too close. The previous year the pair did not fly off so quickly and allowed me to get these photo's
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