Alcedo atthis
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Back and tail electric blue, flashing as a bright pale-blue streak as it skims the water
Underparts and ear-coverts orange-chestnut, with white throat and neck-side patches
Disproportionately long dagger-shaped bill; female has an orange base to the lower mandible, male's is all black
Slightly bigger than a sparrow, dumpy, with an almost absent tail; perches motionless over water
Hovers over the water then plunge-dives bill-first, returning to the perch with a fish
