Kingfisher  (Alcedo atthis)

Species information

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Threats

The kingfisher population undergoes fluctuations, but there is no long-term trend in numbers. It is vulnerable to spells of severe winter weather, since when water bodies freeze over kingfishers are unable to feed (6).

Conservation

The kingfisher is fully protected under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981 (3).

There may be further information about this species available via the National Biodiversity Network Gateway.
View information on this species at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
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