A summer of Kingfishers and drought.
It's been quite a while since my last blog, as although I have been busy with the camera, I have simply not got around to writing anything about it on here. It's a shame, as this summer has been one of the hottest on record and the difference in the behaviour of our wildlife has been noticable! Even in our small region of France, global warming is having an effect, with many of our regular garden birds arriving earlier in the year, along with seeing new species, that would normally only be seen a long way further south. Equally, some birds that would normally be seen here, have already found new pastures further north! Fortunately, the Kingfishers that I have been photographing for the past few years, are still in situ, although for how long, is difficult to tell, as the water levels in their lake, are now at dangerously low levels, never seen before. My hide which was positioned at the very waters edge of the lake, is now marooned some 10 meters away from the waters edge. This...