Kingfisher's perfect piscatory perch

Photo: Jonathon Need/Rex Features

Common Kingfisher

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This male Common Kingfisher was photographed by Jonathon Need on a 'PRIVATE FISHING' signpost in Dumfries and Galloway,  in south-western Scotland.

                                   'It was the rainbow gave thee birth
                                   And left thee all her lovely hues...'

 ~ from The Kingfisher by William Henry Davis 

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