NATURAL ELTHAM
The King The
star of many people’s bird books is the kingfi sher, often
best described as a fl ash of electric-blue and orange.
Most people’s sightings are on lakes and rivers in the countryside but the lucky have seen them in SE9, most recently at The Tarn in Mottingham, also occasionally in Sutcliff e Park, and even more infrequently across the moat in Well Hall Pleasaunce.
Largely blue above and orange underneath, good views for the fortunate will reveal much hidden beauty. The otherwise blue head has an orange strip running just below the eye, fi nishing off with a whitish patch toward the neck. The underside of the neck is also whitish and the bill dark. The legs are a noticeable deep orange-red. The Kingfi sher is about the size of a house sparrow, being 16-17cm long with a
wing span of 24-26cm and weighing 35-50g.
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items aren't available then they will also go for tadpoles and other water-based insects. Nests are built along their usual riverbank habitat. The male and female scrape-out a tunnel with a larger dome at the end for the eggs. The resultant young require around 12 to 18 fi sh per day, and usually leave after 25 days or so. The British are known for orderly queuing – so too are kingfi shers! At feeding-time the young will form a line and take food from the parent, and will then head to the back of the queue. Only half of each of the three broods raised annually will out-live a fortnight.
A fantastic hunter, the kingfi sher has a diet of fi sh, of which minnow and sticklebacks form the staple. Its eyes are specially adapted to see both above the water and under with a binocular-style when chasing prey. If the main food
Clive Efford MP SURGERIES
Clive holds eight advice surgeries a month, where constituents can meet him in private. He will see everyone who comes along, but it is best to telephone beforehand so that you can get some indication of when you will be able to see Clive.
First Tuesday of the month 11.00am
Anstridge Community Centre, Anstridge Rd SE9 2LL First Friday of the month
11.00am
Horn Park Community Centre, 96 Sibthorpe Rd SE12 9DP Second Friday of the month
Second Saturday of the month
St Mary’s Community Centre, Eltham High Street SE9 Third Tuesday of the month
Coldharbour Library, William Barefoot Drive SE9 3AY Fourth Friday of the month
Shrewsbury House, Bushmoor Crescent SE18 3EG
132 Westmount Road, Eltham London SE9 1UT
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Middle Park Community Centre, 150 Middle Park Avenue SE9 5SD Third Friday of the month
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St Mary’s Community Centre, Eltham High Street SE9 Fourth Saturday of the month
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The chance of seeing them locally should increase as we head towards winter – as temperatures across the country reduce, birds are often brought back into towns as they are milder than the sites they are often resident in.
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