Kingfisher

[Dave B]

Being fairly new to bird-watching I am really keen to observe a kingfisher - start with a difficult one I say!!.

Any detailed locations(s) would be appreciated.:confused:

[Emma]

Talk about a million-dollar question!

Canals, lakes, lowland rivers ...

Whereabouts in Wales are you? Do you have a local nature reserve or RSPB reserve?

[Dave B]

Hi Emma, I live in Wrexham and have recently followed up 'locations' given to me by people I have met but without success. Locations need to be precise and not, for example - on the River Severn in Shrewsbury -

Tough question I know but perhaps someone out there has an answer.

Cheers

[Emma]

I did a quick search on Google:

It suggested Treetops Fly Fishery near Wrexham (I used to live in Chester!)

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?pc=LL11+5HR&title=Tree+Tops+Fly+Fishery&scale=25000

[Dave B]

Many thanks - you are obviously much more experienced with the web than I am - can I ask you a further favour...

I have been attempting to obtain colour photographs of birds - books are not the answer and the photos for sale by the RSPB are prohibitively expensive.

I was given a web address named "subbuteo" but all I get is the "football game"!!

The name "subbuteo" is a supplier of books and, supposedly, photographs. Have you ever heard of them?

Cheers

[Emma]

Hi Dave,

I think this is what you are looking for:

http://www.wildlifebooks.com/data.php?page=home

That is the Subbuteo Natural History Books website - not sure about photograph side of things, though.

[Emma]

Dave,

This might be of help if you are willing to go through the list:

http://www.graphicsngraphicdesign.com/freestockphotos-graphicdesigners/

Scroll down a little bit until you see "LINKS TO FREE STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY SITES ON THE NET". Then there's big list of websites with free-to-use images.
That's not to say any of them will have bird photographs - but you never know.

[Shamal]

Are you looking for photographic prints of birds or just photos for your computer monitor? Most photographers will charge depending upon size of print you need.
Here's a few of my friend's sites where they sell prints
http://www.majorwildlife.co.uk/index.htm Major Gilbert
http://www.nature-pictures.co.uk/ Roger Wilmshurst
http://www.nigelblake.co.uk/ Nigel Blake
http://www.digiscoped.com/birdgalleryhome.html Andy Bright

If you simply want a photo on your monitor (for personal use only), a simple google image search should present more photos than you could ever imagine

[Dave B]

Many thanks for all your help