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Plan B...
My first perch had disappeared, no doubt to the current taking it downstream on the river. So I looked for another, aiming for a more horizontal perch that could be used by more than one kingfisher at the same time. I found this one and promptly set it up in the same way, using rocks to anchor it in the river.
Once again I left a trail camera trained on the perch to see what happened...
A kingfisher on 'my' perch!1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00Sure enough, after a few days I started getting footage of the kingfisher pair using the perch - mainly for bashing fish before returning to their nest to feed to their young.
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