{"id":2057233,"date":"2019-03-13T19:59:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T18:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2057233"},"modified":"2026-06-04T08:15:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:15:57","slug":"just-kingfishers-in-suffolk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/just-kingfishers-in-suffolk\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Kingfishers in Suffolk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whilst visiting a local nature reserve in Norfolk\u00a0\u00a0we met another visitor who recommended a visit to Lackford Lakes. This is a\u00a0 reserve run by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0that has a good record of Kingfisher sightings. It is just across the border in Suffolk so not too far from our home.\u00a0 With the prospect of clear skies and sunshine, ideal for some good photo opportunities, we made an early start and drove over to Lackford.\u00a0 It is free to enter although they appreciate a donation. There is a visitors’ centre with a \u00a0small cafe\u00a0 which is open 9 – 5 , although the actual park stays open until dusk.<\/p>\n

More images and details\u00a0 about our visit at :-<\/h2>\n

\u00a0\u00a0A Day at Lackford Lakes<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Kingfisher arrives at the pool in front of Bernard\u2019s hide<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kingfishers<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Taking the aptly named Kingfisher trail we soon reached the hide that has the reputation for the sightings. After a short wait we were provided with excellent photo opportunities of the first of two\u00a0\u00a0kingfishers.\u00a0 <\/b>It was a\u00a0female showing the orange\u00a0lower mandible. She was feeding in the pool and resting on a couple of well positioned logs. Over the next 30 to 40 minutes she returned to the pool each time successfully catching and swallowing fish.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It was amazing at how quickly she disposed of the catch. Chatting to some of the other birders and photographers\u00a0it appears this particular Kingfisher seems to be a regular visitor. She was often accompanied by her mate at this time of the year.<\/p>\n

This is definitively a place to see Kingfishers and worth visiting again. Next time we would take on the challenge of trying to capture these colourful birds in flight as they hover above the pool.<\/p>\n

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\"Female<\/a>

Female Kingfisher at Lackford Lakes<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Female<\/a>

Kingfisher with its prey<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Female<\/a>

Female Kingfisher preparing its meal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kingfisher<\/a>

Kingfisher beating the fish to break the bones for easier swallowing<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kingfisher<\/a>

Juggling the fish in its beak she swallows the fish headfirst, to avoid getting its throat scraped by the scales <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kingfisher<\/a>

Going, Going, Gone !!<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whilst visiting a local nature reserve in Norfolk\u00a0\u00a0we met another visitor who recommended a visit to Lackford Lakes. This is a\u00a0 reserve run by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust\u00a0\u00a0that has a good record of Kingfisher sightings. It is just across the border in Suffolk so not too far from our home.\u00a0 With the prospect of clear […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1942,"featured_media":2149223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6984,5],"tags":[875,1719,7758],"class_list":["post-2057233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-wildlife","tag-common-kingfisher","tag-kingfishers","tag-wild-birds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1942"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2057233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2149223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2057233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2057233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2057233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}