{"id":4039,"date":"2026-10-18T15:28:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T14:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/?p=4039"},"modified":"2026-10-18T15:28:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T14:28:21","slug":"kingfishers-return-to-widewater-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/?p=4039","title":{"rendered":"Kingfishers return to Widewater"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"543\" src=\"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5396.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4040\" style=\"width:793px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5396.png 724w, https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5396-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s lovely to see that Kingfishers are back again to brighten up our days here at Widewater this autumn. I am very fortunate to live in one of the houses which back onto the lagoon and the beautiful birds regularly sit on mine and many other garden walls as well as the Tamarisk bushes east of the footbridge.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"543\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5392.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5392.png 543w, https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5392-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I have lived here for about 6 years and from my experience, Kingfishers can be spotted in this area between September and February.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"811\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5393.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4042\" style=\"width:766px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5393.png 811w, https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5393-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5393-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 811px) 100vw, 811px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days ago, I was lucky enough to have my camera close at hand to take the photos I have published with this post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5386-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4043\" style=\"width:773px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5386-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5386-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5386-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5386-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5386-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5386-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s lovely to see that Kingfishers are back again to brighten up our days here at Widewater this autumn. 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