Feather maintenance

One of the Canterbury kingfishers doing some preening.

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Dive!

A successful fishing expedition for one of the River Lea male kingfishers at Hackney.

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Back on his favourite hogweed this morning.

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Sunset

Last of the light on a male kingfisher at Walthamstow Wetlands.

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Through the gaps.

Kingfisher looking for breakfast on the Lea at Hackney.

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Conflict - with neither #kingfisher backing down, they fought briefly, locking bills, as you can see in the video.

It did not last long as they were spooked by a crow, and both appeared unharmed and headed off in different directions.

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Stand off - at this point the two males were about 5 metres apart and were trying to intimidate each other.

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Communicating

Listen as this male calls, and the other nearby responds.

Not long after, things escalated!

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Preening time

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Watch as this kingfisher reacts to another flying past.

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