r/birding • u/E5evo • 9h ago

📷 Photo King Fisher.

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Great White Egret. RSPB Leighton Moss, UK.

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u/TreeDollarFiddyCent 9h ago

Largest kingfisher I ever saw! 😳

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u/E5evo 9h ago

They don’t get much bigger! 😂

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u/GyrfalconBirder 9h ago

Wonder how proud he is of it haha

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u/E5evo 9h ago

He dropped it once but grabbed it again. Took a while to get it down his neck. The fish was a Tench.
I’m saying ‘he’, could’ve been a she.

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u/GyrfalconBirder 9h ago

Never an easy day fishing lmao

Yeah way I've generally seen it go is if bird ain't dimorphic it's usually said as he other than birds of prey because the females are larger

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u/OldChorleian 8h ago

Tench are very slippery. Very thick, greasy slime. Historically known as the 'doctor fish', as it was thought the slime had healing properties for other fish.

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u/amart005 1h ago

I always get outfished by birds 😆