HI All
Just a quick update on the kingfishers, to say currently we don't know whats going on!!
Last week we were sure that incubation had started although the female did seem very reluctant to leave the nest chamber when the male came to do a change over. And we had calculated hatching to be around 12-14 April. However yesterday at 3.30 and again this morning we have seen the pair mating. Once a clutch is laid and incubation has started the pair no longer mate, they both spend time incubating while the other feeds for the 19-21 day incubation. Therefore either we miss read the signs (the pair were changing over for some other reason) and they had not finished laying the clutch or something has happened to the clutch.
We will keep an eye on activity over the next few days and let you know once we are sure whats going on.
Thanks very much
Vicky