KINGFISHERS

Dave's links are not working for me either Vince. Mum did the RSPB bird count a couple of weekends ago. I keep wondering about joining but I've just this week paid for the NT for us both.

Where did the parakeet come from I wonder ? Someone's pet I expect and they'll be worried sick. 

 No, round here there are colonies of them thriving in the wild going 30 odd years. Every day they fly over in groups with their squeeky squark and fly back the other way in the evening and often stop off at gardens with feeders for a pit stop. One rumour is that Jimi Hendrix let a pair go back in the day but I take that with a pnch of salt. There are a number of theories how they settled but not sure of the basis. 

There is a page on the RSPB web -  " Ring necked parakeet" and they are green.

         Thanks for the help tonight, better dive off now, back up at 6.30 in the morning. 

I didn't know that, another thing learnt on POE. I'll have a look at the RSPB page.

I'm away too now, catch you tomorrow, or should I say later today.

Seems like our illustrious leaders have adjusted my links, so you should be able to access them now, Thanks guys.  Obviously I had not done something correctly 

 Dave many thanks for the links- some I have seen and others have already discovered.

Some interesting reading there and quite an education. I now understand why the section of the Mole where the kingfishers nest is not able to be accessed at all. The Schedule 1 license is not handed out ad lib, one has to earn the right to be permited to be granted one with skill, knowledge and empathy with the natural world. If a Schedule 1 bird lands in your garden , no problem but respect for your subject still applies and one should NEVER startle the subject- it could still be caring for young back at the nest and the young would suffer if the parent is frightened and abandons the nest. The watchword here is RESPECT so I think a few trips to the Nature reserve with it's hides is my project for 2015.