Kingfisher on Caldon Canal and Dunnocks singing.

This morning I recorded winter thrushes for the BTO survey. My survey route takes me  along the Caldon Canal towpath to Stockton Brook and back along footpaths through Stanley Moss, and then back through the John Emery land and the disused railway line. Didn't see many winter thrushes; just 5 Blackbirds, 2 Mistle Thrushes flying over, and about 14 Redwings feeding on Hawthorn berries in hedgerows.

However I did see a Kingfisher perched on a hawthorn bush growing alongside the canal and heard two Dunnocks singing against each other. The Kingfisher is just visible in this photo.