Some photos from a couple of visits to the bottom of Shipley Glen, to Crag Hebble Dam, again.
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A Fishing Kingfisher
The header image is from my visit on Saturday, as is the photo of the Turkey Tail fungus.
On both Saturday and Sunday I spent a bit of time watching a female Kingfisher. I was quite surprised how successful it was at catching fish and also how often it did it. Admittedly the fish were small but then so is the Kingfisher.
I am looking forward to getting down there when the Sun is a bit higher in the sky and the light is better. Considering how much practice I have had and how much light there was I am pleased with the results.
The photo of the reed reflection in the water shows a splash at the top left where the Kingfisher is diving in. The next ones show the Kingfisher with fish. It whacked the fish on the branch a few times before swallowing it head first.
The Turkey Tail fungus is all over a tree stump near the dam. A little further up the slope, near the gate to Trench Meadow SSSI, is a fallen Silver Birch with several large Birch Polypore fungi that have been there a while now. I normally think of a fungus only lasting a few days but they are still looking very firm and healthy. You can see some photos of them in a previous posting called Kingfishers and Polypores
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