The Kingfishers are Back

9th March 2026

Great to see the Kingfishers back at Rye Meads. They have had a bad couple of years especially at the Kingfisher Hub where birds had gone missing. A Sparrowhawk was suspected as a pile of Kingfisher feathers was found on a track nearby. However a new pair have arrived on site and are currently sampling both Kingfisher banks at the Draper Hide and the Kingfisher Hub. Let's hope they choose the Kingfisher Hub as viewing is so much easier there.

They were quite active at the Kingfisher Hub when I was there in the afternoon, but unfortunately only the male ventured onto the nearest perch.

The problem is that when he landed on the perch he immediately turned round to face the nest bank so most of my shots were back view only, although that turquoise blue is quite amazing.

This is the female on the far post with her characteristic lipstick on the lower mandible.................

......................and by the nest bank.

And here are a couple of shots of the male with sand on his bill where he had been investagting the various nest burrows.

Well that's a good start so...................WATCH THIS SPACE!!!!!!