{"id":3310,"date":"2016-09-15T18:22:47","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T18:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/?p=3310"},"modified":"2018-12-26T14:55:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T14:55:34","slug":"august-kingfishers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/august-kingfishers\/","title":{"rendered":"August Kingfishers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Such a good time to see kingfishers when this year&#8217;s young have left the nest and are learning to fish.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3313\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/august-kingfishers\/kingfisher1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/kingfisher1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,654\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Expression 11000XL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kingfisher1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/kingfisher1-275x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/kingfisher1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3313\" src=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/kingfisher1.jpg\" alt=\"kingfisher1\" width=\"600\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/kingfisher1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/kingfisher1-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My favourite place to watch\u00a0them is along the edges of the estuary and by the outfalls from the rhynes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3366\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/august-kingfishers\/kingfisher4-copycrop1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/KINGFISHER4-copycrop1.png\" data-orig-size=\"702,627\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/KINGFISHER4-copycrop3.png 549w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/KINGFISHER4-copycrop3-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/KINGFISHER4-copycrop3-305x300.png 305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3314\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/august-kingfishers\/kingfisher3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/kingfisher3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,662\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Expression 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