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Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) Hide 2024 blog#1:
Exmoor photography kingfisher hide (exmoorphotographycourse.co.uk)
Great start to our kingfisher season, all customers have had plenty of visits and photo opportunities.
One client (Geoff) captured a diving sequence in and out of the river (we are not set up for ‘dive tank’ shots and don’t advertise this), branched shots, flight shots, fish bashing, a pellet ‘cough up’ and a brief encounter between 2 birds all in one session!To be honest this was an exceptional session but was hugely helped by him getting into the ‘zone’, keeping very quiet and totally immersing himself in the bird’s activity as well as some luck and superb timing on the camera ‘trigger’. This was the second of 2 consecutive sessions (days) Geoff did and I was so impressed with the effort he put into his camera settings and watching how the Kingfishers behave. He did say that my advice on settings etc also helped which was very nice of him.

Read his review here:
https://www.exmoorphotographycourse.co.uk/reviews
Activity at the hide has picked up and I now have up to 5 juveniles visiting our stretch of river at different times, 4 juvenile females and 1 juvenile male. A visiting adult female occasional pops to my stretch of river and she is still catching small fish to feed young! Although I know where the nest site is we are at the edge of the territory and nowhere near it for obvious reasons.
Thanks to everyone so far who has behaved appropriately in the hide, resulting in no disturbance and lots of visits. Ethical wildlife photography is a big part of what we are all about. The birds always come first not the photography.
Juvenile Kingfishers: Female has smaller orange bib on lower beak, often referred to as its lipstick and muddy orange/black feet.
Male has black beak and muddy orange/black feet. Both young juveniles have white tips on their beaks.
Enjoy
Jack
Exmoor Photography Ltd
We still have a couple of hide days available August Only.
https://www.exmoorphotographycourse.co.uk/kingfisher-special
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