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[frankiex]

what the best way to see a kingfisher is it just luck.a friend of mine said if you stick a branch in the bankside of a stream or beck where there is not many trees or bushes,then makeyourself scarse,you maybe lucky.

 

[IanF]

It's a well tried method of getting to see them. A Kingfisher territory on a stretch of water will cover a couple of miles or so making use of perches to feed from in likely looking areas. If a perch appears in an area where there are few natural ones then it may well make use of it. It might take a couple of weeks though for it to find it.

 

[StevieEvans]

what the best way to see a kingfisher is it just luck.a friend of mine said if you stick a branch in the bankside of a stream or beck where there is not many trees or bushes,then makeyourself scarse,you maybe lucky.

ears.
more often than not you'll hear one before you see it - dont assume it'll come past you flying over the water - they'll cut over fields between bends & fly through the woods (often at height ) paralell to the watercourse

resident birds use regular natural perches, you could stick a pole in the bankside, yet the bird could be sat for hours on end just round the next corner.....

in County Durham favourable running water courses with nesting pairs are generally between 600 & 1,000 metres apart.

Holiday Park down the Boyne ( at the confluence of the Browney & Deerness rivers, L'Moor )
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is as good a spot as any to try - the river is only yards from the car park, there is an easy walk downstream on level & mown ground with an excellent variety of other species too, including Dipper & Green Woodpecker.

The Browney is one of the best watercourses in Co.Durham for Kingfisher, although the beck very close to you has resident birds too.