Another satisfying afternoon at Warnham

                                             (A grass snake making it's way across the lake)

A very peaceful few hours spent yesterday in the kingfisher hide at Warnham. A real treat was seeing a grass snake (which is sometimes called the water snake) making it's way across the mill pond leaving a beautiful regular pattern in it's wake.






 


After a couple of hours the dazzling Kingfisher finally made an appearance sitting for a short while on one of the posts










He seemed quite happy there for about 15 minutes  before
taking off and flying out across the water. The only thing visible, an eye catching iridescent blue streak.















He then disappeared for about half an hour before he or another arrived, this time sitting in a branch of a tree right on the water's edge. He was the closest I've ever been to him (probably less than 20 feet), but he didn't seem fazed at all and stayed there for about half an hour with an occasional fishing dive into the water. Mesmerising.

                                          (On his perch in the tree)

 

                                          (Successful trip number one...)

                                          (Two......)


 

                                         (and three......)