A wonderful set of photographs for the new year!
These were taken by my son, posted on Facebook and with his permission reproduced here.
A Kingfisher!
Taken at the Moat, at Bishop’s Palace, Wells, U.K.
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From the Royal Society of Protection for Birds (RSPB) website:
Kingfishers have stout bodies, very short tails, short, rounded wings, large heads and long, dagger-like bills.
Their feet are very small, with the two outer toes partly fused together. They nest in holes tunnelled into earth banks. There is only one UK species, but many more worldwide, most of which are dry-land birds rather than waterside ones like the UK kingfisher.
Beautiful!
Learning from Dogs 
What a spectacularly colorful bird!
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Yes, Susan, they are a magnificent bird, and very shy. I suspect that Alex had some difficulty in getting these photographs.
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Great photos of this beautiful bird, Paul 😀
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Aren’t they perfect, Irene.
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Yes, they are.
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So exquisite! Thank you for sharing.
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Wonderful! I’m sure Alex is reading these comments as well!
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