A special visitor

I looked out of my window this morning and found this kingfisher in the garden sitting on a frosted EE.

Sorry about the quality of the photo, it was raining and I took it through the window with a lot of zoom.

 

WOW! what a shot, lucky you! we dont get anything like that in my neck of the woods.I saw a heron sitting at the side of our pond one day but didn't manage to get a pic of it. :(

 

A rare treat, I've only ever seen a Kingfisher on the river before, never in a garden.

 

Rich, thats great, I have one visit my garden pond when its frosty, but I've never been able to get a picture.

 

What an amazing sight! Kingfisher must be one of my favourite birds besides the humming bird but guess you wouldn't see one of those in our gardens!!!

 

Wow - magic bird, magic picture. A very special visitor indeed.

 

Must agree - amazing Rich!

 

Stunning picture Rich and so lucky to get such a shot through a window.

 

Lucky you to see one so close up and get a photo too. It's lovely! Well done!

 

You lucky thing, amazing that you were able to get such a clear picture; they are such a fantastic colour. I had one visit my pond in my previous house, I sat mesmerised watching it dive in a get some of my fish, it was such a rare site that I did not mind sacrifising some of them.

 

I wish I had seen it fishing, the pond has a lot of small rudd which I would happily have thinned out in this way.

 

At my parents in the lake district i used to have to leave for work at 5am and i once saw a huge Herron standing in our pond, the noise of the car engine made it fly away, i drove down the road to pick my fellow work mate up and she jumped in the car very excited saying she had just seen a huge herron flying by.

Ponds bring alsorts of walks of life to the garden.

 

WEll done Rich. When i've tried to take a picture through the window the results aren't very good. It's a picture to treasure.

 

Lovely photo just spotted it I have heard of herons coming into gardens for goldfish but not a kingfisher, well done.

 

Wow you lucky thing. I have never seen a kingfisher in the wild let alown in a garden, :eek: have chased a herron off from the pond.