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Not too much to report today, around 10 days in to nest building. Both birds were carrying on as previous days with each bird spending time in the nest but never remaining in there  together.  Nesting material consisted mainly of moss and I have not seen too much evidence of leaf carrying as yet.  Nests are said to be lined with oak leaves or beech and last year I saw leaves carried, a few days before the first egg was laid, both birds brought leaves to the nest.  I am therefore  assuming that we still have several more days of building before completion and the arrival of eggs.<br />I managed to take up a prone position under a cam net at water level and it gave me a different angle of the nest and the favourite boulder.  The birds were again oblivious of me and carried on unconcerned.  I managed to get some better shots of the birds in flight and there has been an improvement which is good.  At one point a Kingfisher arrived near the nest and perched tantalisingly close to me, I didn't have the camera assembled so couldn't get a picture. It is the first time this year that a Kingfisher has landed nearby.  When it had moved on and before I left, I went to see if there was a hole and a Kingfisher nest, that would have been too much to hope for, so no.

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