For the purposes of our bird news services, this species is classed as Common: common species, including species that are certain or probable escapees from captivity when occurring in the British Isles. (Note that rarity levels are currently applied nationally and may not reflect local variations in abundance.)

India 13/04/13	India 05/04/13	Greece 21/04/13	Sri Lanka 10/05/13	Forest Farm, Glamorgan 15/11/12
Iraq 28/05/12	Forest Farm, Glamorgan 04/02/13	Forest Farm, Glamorgan 04/02/13	Sri Lanka 27/01/13	Forest Farm, Glamorgan 04/02/13
Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancs 02/03/13	Mere Sands Wood LWT, Lancs 23/02/13	Clara Vale LNR, Durham 17/02/13	Forest Farm, Glamorgan 15/02/13	Forest Farm, Glamorgan 15/02/13
Forest Farm, Glamorgan 30/01/13	Forest Farm, Glamorgan 30/01/13	Forest Farm, Glamorgan 31/01/13	Forest Farm, Glamorgan 06/02/13	Forest Farm, Glamorgan 27/01/13
Forest Farm, Glamorgan 04/02/13	Hay-a-Park GPs, N Yorks 05/02/13	Forest Farm, Glamorgan 04/02/13	Clara Vale LNR, Durham 04/02/13	Clara Vale LNR, Durham 04/02/13

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Kingfisher breeds in the following countries (Bird News Extra subscribers will see population statistics and information on trends for each country, and a map of population densities):

Albania
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lichtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Moldova
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine

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	Halcyon days	Sunday 19th December 2010
	Bob's chance encounter with a Kingfisher started him on the trail of the bird's history.   read on
	BirdWatch Ireland: Tracking that flash of blue	Tuesday 5th October 2010
	BirdWatch Ireland report on some of the results from their recent Kingfisher survey.   read on
	BTO: Kingfisher killed by credit crunch!	Thursday 5th March 2009
	A sad statistic from the BTO ringing unit.   read on
	The Kingfisher	Thursday 26th June 2003
	One of the most colourful species to be encountered in the UK, a Kingfisher can always be relied upon to brighten the dullest day. Peter Woodruff recounts observations on his own patch in Lancashire and reveals a number of interesting facts about your local Kingfishers.

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