Belted Kingfisher hovering above the water just in front of me.

The hovering went on for around 10 seconds.

This was a great opportunity to get some good in-flight shots of this species.

When I looked through the results I noticed the bee which joined in!

Here it is turning to dive.

One of the species that I have been anxious to photograph on this trip is the Belted Kingfisher. I am extremely interested in Kingfishers and hoping to eventually have a book to publish on the subject. I have now photographed 6 different Kingfishers, only about 84 to go!. The Belted Kingfisher is a hard one to get to grips with because they are alert and easily put to flight. Males are less colourful, the females sport a tan/orange belly band.  They are not the most attractive of birds but in flight they have attractive barred markings on the wings and tail.