I`ve spent the last few months, on and off when time`s allowed, monitoring and keeping information on the breeding Kingfisher at WWT - all from a safe distance and under cover.
This year has been a odd one, with some unusual timings and different behaviours from `the norm`.
It also looks like the second brood might not have fledged successfully, with the adults almost immediately going from feeding to starting the next nest hole, a worry as to whether the young had been predated? Let`s hope that their third attempt, ongoing at the moment, will bring success.
They did have a least two young, possibly three, fledge from the first brood, so fingers-crossed that any young from attempt number three will fledge successfully soon.
Last year we had the first physical proof of a third successful brood for the first time for the Centre, with a `new` juvenile male photographed the third week in September 2023.
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This year the adults started earlier on the first brood, and the timings have all rolled forward in a similar way, so it`s possible that we might see some new birds in the next few weeks.
Here`s hoping.