I was excited when I got out of bed this morning, the weather was fabulous and was set to be that way for the rest of the day. I just knew that I was going to have a good bird day. So, pretty soon after 9 I was sat in the hide in the Alphin Brook waiting, and hoping that the Kingfisher would come and perch. After what seemed just a short time I heard him, then saw him flash past me and I was disappointed for a few moments thinking, "Why didn't he stop here?" I needn't have worried because just a few seconds later he had! And there he was,  right in front of me, smack in the sun, dazzling me with his beauty. He pretty much did everything you would want a Kingfisher to do, He posed in the sun, preened his feathers had a good scratch and then proceeded to dive in and out of the water to bathe. I tried to get good shots of that but I have to confess to being a duffer when it came to action shots. All of a sudden he got very excited and flew around in front of me and I thought that was it. No it wasn't because I heard a splash and he  landed back where he was before butnow with a big fat minnow! I got very excited as I took photos of him beating the living daylights out of it. So much so that the minnow's stomach started to split open! I took photos of he action. He was with me for 20 minutes when all of a sudden another Kingfisher, probably the female, called in the distance. This really agitated him and he flew off calling angrily…………… another wow is in order!