Sri Lanka - the place for Kingfishers

[Byker28i]

Unbeliveable - they are everywhere. After struggling to get close in the UK, you're spoilt for sightings. Interestingly, they take insects as well as fish, and can be often seen perched in fields.

In a restaurant - no crop, taken with my 24-105 lens at 105mm!

it then flew onto the roof

 

[purpleclouds]

Blimey! They must be the equivalent of pigeons in Britain

Our British ones will take insects too, there are some farmers fields near me, which have drainage ditches...they can often be seen flying up and down them! I've been told there are no fish in them, so no other reason why they would be there!

 

[mid_gen]

I'm not really a birder myself but I was in Sri Lanka a few weeks back. There really are Kingfishers everywhere, all sorts

 

[Byker28i]

5 different breeds apparently

 

[Richard Peters]

The shot of one at 105mm...thats crazy! I'd love to get some decent shots of them, guess I know where to go now! lol

 

[Phil Bennett]

Cracking pics

Phil