Kingfisher population halved in cold winter
The long period of frost this winter killed around half the Netherlands’ kingfishers because they were unable to catch fish and water insects, reports news agency ANP, quoting the bird monitoring body Sovon.
Kingfishers are dependent on open water for food. As well as fish, they eat larvae and young frogs.
In Dutch kingfishers are called ijsvogels, or ice birds.
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