I have recently been attempting to capture photographs of the Kingfisher which has taken up winter residency on the spit and has been seen by many admiring Pagham locals. However, although seen quite regularly, it is a wary bird and not usually easy to approach before it darts away like an emerald jewel. Today was no exception but the light was good and I watched it firstly on one of his favourite perches on the rusty metalwork.
As I watched it suddenly flew off and hovered momentarily before plunging into the water immediately returning to its perch. It did this a couple of times but it happened so quickly that I missed it both times! It was a fair way away and I didn't have the 800mm lens with me so the following photos are very heavily cropped and lacking in detail but it did give me the satisfaction of capturing these flight pictures.
It then returned to another of its favourite perches on the sea wall but photographing it in this position as I hung precipitously over the wall was tricky!
Hopefully on another day I will be more successful and obtain some better quality photos rather than just 'record' shots!
