Kingfisher nesting tree

The call of the kingfisher is heard throughout the gully at this time of the year. They have very particular nesting requirements, boring holes into either clay banks or rotten tree trunks. As clay banks are rare in the gully, rotten tree trunks are the prime source of nesting. It is therefore important that these are left standing and are not “tidied up” as a perceived eyesore. An old dead twisted willow with a known (by a gully neighbour) active kingfisher nesting hole was cut down recently by a contractor.