Alison Bujić, e-mail 22nd April 2016: Last September swimming in Zavala in the Stari Grad Bay in the early evening I saw a kingfisher diving repeatedly from a rock.  I have only ever seen them fish in freshwater rivers before and was very surprised.  A friend told me she had seen one (possibly the same bird) at Siroki Rot a few days earlier.  I would like to know how unusual this is.

Reply from Steve Jones, 23rd April 2016: In answer to Kingfisher question - they will take fish from the salt water, as in this case.

Photo of Common Kingfisher, taken in Marburg, Germany by Andreas Trepte, reproduced according to the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.5 generic license, with thanks.