As any fule no, so far this year I haven't spotted any kingfishers inside my dinky 3K. Here's the " kingfisher" tally of kingfisher sighting that I compiled 1992 - 1995 when I was a specky-four-eyes- counting-everything sort of gink "living" in Lancaster. And as you can see, winter is much the best time to get them.... ..but until yesterday ,not a single one had I spotted .... but then. a miracle .... as I strolled homewards ( adref in your actual Welsh) there was one conveniently sat on an overhanging branch. Woo! It flashed its beaky beak about a bit, and it was a male. As am I ... As yew orl no, the wily Kingfisher is NOT on my house list. I wondered if I should stick my head out of my office window when I got home, on the off-chance that it would whizz by .... which I did ... but it didn't. Bah !! That handy chart is but a tiny tinky-winky fraction of a much bigger thing that I've wrote ... .. it's the one on the left .... a mighty 26-page magnum copious ...... ... and seeing as it looks like we're all doomed to be confined to our tiny hovels for the nest 20 years, we should try to occupy ourselves somehow or other until, er, some future time. So here's something for you to think about ... .... the Robin has three bits of its name that you can colour in ... a harmless task ! .... the top bit of the "R" , the "o" , and the bottom roundy bit of the b . ..So ..which UK bird/birds have/has the biggest " colouring-in" number ? ... tough stuff eh ? ...but here's something tuffer .. if you're up for it ... ... what is the LONGEST UK bird name that can't be coloured in at all ???? ... Crikey !! What a cranium-crunching corollary that is ! ... if the Cliff-lift-Swift actually existed, that could be a candidate. ... but it isn't ..... it was one of many such birds that I invented . 51-the-cliff-lift-swift-and-other-mythical-birds.html ... I'm a prolific old Hector !! And here's Pinkerton's Assorted Colours in all their monochromatic glory ...
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