Grove Ferry again, nice Kingfisher

Not sure where to go today so we head to Kent & end up at Grove Ferry, Brian was hoping to get a nice photo of a Kingfisher.
First we have a look for the Crake from the mound, no sign so Brian & myself leave Jimmy & head for the hide to look for the Kingfisher.
We give it a good shot but all we get is a single Water Rail.
We meet up with Jimmy again & he has had a quick view of the Crake, so we have another look,
while on the mound we meet up with a couple of old faces & they tell us the Crake has just been seen at the far hide.
We have got to give it a try before we leave, so we all trail down to the hide, this is a better place to see it if it comes out .
We had all ready seen the bird last week so no panic, after a short time we get a view of it but it's not going to come out of the grass for a great view but a view is a view,
As we head back Brian gets us to pop back into the other hide, bingo the Kingfisher is sitting on a post a few yards in front of us, so cameras get clicking & the bird hangs about for a fair while so photos in the bag it's off to Margate to have a look for anything that might be about today.
As it turns out we get no more ticks for the year today but still a great day out with the boys.
We finish off we a trip to Recolver for a bag of chips from the cafe by the car park.

The nearest I have been to a sitting Kingfisher.