Hey nice one Simon!! And good photo as well!!
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Essex Kingfishers (1 Viewer)
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Hey nice one Simon!! And good photo as well!!
Viv Connett
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One on the main fishing lake at Chigborough Saturday afternoon
There are so many lakes there - but that takes some time to cover!
Viv Connett
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There are - but there's only one main fishing lake!!! It's the big one at the Fisheries in Chigborough Road, first on the left after you turn in from Goldhanger Road. It was at the end near the visitor hut.
The Kingfisher at Langdon lake, is warming to humans, it was perched in a tree just down from a fisherman, it then flew to the island and over to the opposite corner when disturbed by some noisy gulls. We found it taking cover in some bushes and it didn't fly off, it just moved higher up a tree.
vangerover
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I saw a Kingfisher in the stretch of water called The Sluice at Gloucester Park fishing lake today at 1245 for about 10 mins. The Sluice is at the western end of the lake. The bird flew from the east and perched up in willow near the brick wall. It then flew back east but disappeared although not flying too far. Some fisherman said that they hadn't seen a Kingfisher there for years. A Dunnock was also seen at the Sporting Village end of the park.
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Hi Vangerover - good to hear it's still there!! I saw it on the 20th December in the same spot, my sighting is further up this page. I shall have to take another look. Thanks for this.
vangerover
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Thank you, it was your information that put me on to the location. I had a spare hour whilst my wife was in the town so I went over there. It's a pity that you can only park at the Sporting Village because of that new development|
|best wishes
Terry
We'd not seen a kingfisher at Langdon Lake, NR for a couple weeks but finally saw one today. It flew from the sluice side to the island and then off round the island. We thought it had gone off elsewhere!! Also good to see was loads of blackbirds everywhere I looked, must have well into double figures, same for the number of tufted ducks on the lake.
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13/02/14 - I'm on a bit of a role with my kingfisher sightings - last weeks sightings of a kingfisher in Essex on the Thursday, then one in Banbury on the Friday and a pair in Birmingham on the Sunday it was great to see my local Essex one again today. It was a quick sighting as it flew from the Langdon lake island to some bushes at the edge where my mate saw it through his bins. I then saw it in some bushes next to the path, before it flew off in the direction of the pond on the NR.
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Linfordbirder
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Good views of one at EWT Chafford Gorges on Thursday. Viewed from the pathway on the west bank looking back at the reeds under the path down from the visitor centre.
The sniper
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We have a regular one at Thames Chase,pike lane upminster.Seen most days on the brook or golf course pond reedbeds next to the brook or sometimes on the scrape the other side of the M25,perched on a large concrete outfall pipe that gives decent views
Yes I was interested to see this one reported on ebws. I shall take a look when the evenings get even more brighter and I can get over there in time. Also interested to know if it stays or goes for the breeding season.
Yeah, I visited last year and was lucky enough to see one fly past in the distance. Are they known to be resident?
Yeah, did you report this on Southend RSPB? I saw it reported there. I've visited Chelmsford a few times now to have a look for one but not got lucky. It's funny like that as other places I've checked out I've found one almost instantly or usually with some persistence.
Fozzybear
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I did indeed. Here it can be rather hit and miss with Kingfishers but they do turn up pretty often. You can rarely predict when you'll see one though.
The sniper
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My guess is that it will go for the breeding season as I am not sure of suitable nesting habitats but you never know
