KINGFISHERS. By David Chandler. RSPB Spotlight series.

2017 1st edition. 8vo paperback (148 x 210mm). Pp128. Colour photographs throughout, brief bibliography.

In this book, "Usually observed as a flash of blue and orange from a riverbank, most people are aware of kingfishers, but few of us are familiar with the intricacies of their day-to-day lives." This book gives a concise and well-illustrated account of the biology and habits of this splendid bird. Chapters include: Meet the kingfisher; The kingfisher family; Home and away, habitat and movements; Catching fish, and more; Finding and keeping a territory; A mate and a tunnel; From egg to adult; Life and death on the riverbank; Past imperfect, future tense?: How to see a kingfisher.