We think that the kingfisher chicks have hatched at the Kingfisher Hide as visitors have seen fish being taken into the bank!

Adults start taking fish into the bank once that eggs have hatched. Each chick can eat 12-18 fish a day, and are fed in rotation - once a chick is fed, it moves to the back of the nest to digest it's meal, causing the others to move forward.

Woohoo!

 

The best time to see the kingfishers is when they are feeding young as they can be in and out every ten minutes or so bringing in fish for the hungry young. At the moment the chicks will be very small so can't eat too many fish, but they'll grow quickly and soon be eating lots!

  Kingfisher picture by Peter Hewitt