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Morning all How are you? So I posted a couple of pictures I took over our 10th Birthday Bash, but I thought I would give you a few more pictures and tell you all that happened over the weekend! So the exciting news was that the baby kingfishers at the Kingfisher hide fledged that morning...

Afternoon all, how are you? Quick post - the kingfishers fledged this morning! We've seen two babies in the surrounding bushes! Woohoo!

Hi everyone, Just wanted to say SORRY to Malcolm - I miss labeled one of his photos... This is actually Malcolm Housden's stunning shot of kingfisher: He took another lovely shot on Thursday: Thanks for sharing Malcolm!

If you would like the amazing opportunity to see kingfishers (and all the other lovely wildlife at the reserve) before our opening times have a read of this: Great shot by Malcolm Housden Rye Meads nature reserve is opening early for 10 lucky pe ople on Sunday 26 August from 7-10 am (although you...

Good morning kingfisher fans! how are you? I just wanted to share a couple of pictures that a visitors took over the weekend. The kingfishers (from the Kingfisher Hide) are feeding young - which is very exciting as it is a good time to see these amazing birds! Over the weekend they were feeding...

Hi all, I have a confession to make.. you may have noticed in my last blog I had written weekend highlights 11 and 12 July ... I meant AUGUST! Woops! Sorry! Just to confirm - The kingfishers have hatched at the Kingfisher hide, and the adults have been going in and out of the bank taking...

Morning! How are you all today? Enjoying the sun shine? Remember to drink lots of water and make sure you've got suncream on! I thought I would share some of the wildlife highlights for the day! There was at least 50 lapwings , 2 green sandpiper , little egret , common tern , and loads...

Afternoon all, How are you? Over the weekend the young fledged. On Saturday a few people saw the male giving the female a fish - but also heading into one of the bushes along side the bank (even taking fish into the bush so there could have been a young one in there somewhere.) By Sunday the...

Ooh it looks like the kingfishers have started/ have fledged! Visitors have seen one of the adults passing fish to another kingfisher - lots of people hvae seen this today, so it sounds like the adult is feeding the baby/ babies! We're not sure if just one has fledged or if they all have and they've...

Image taken from the Tern hide

Male makes final approach to perch after taking a dip...

The female seems to like this perch quite a lot

Male taking a brief respite after quick dip

Both Kingfishers were quite active yesterday morning.

Male Kingfisher takes a dip