Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) landing on a thistle (Cirsium vulgare), England

alcedo atthis cirsium lanceolatum cirsium vulgare summer adult male thorn land to flap wings fly to profile shot overview piscivore england common kingfisher alcedo atthis wild flower herbaceous plant colorful alcedo cirsium common thistle cirsium vulgare biennial plant least concern iucn lc august flower plant anatomy nobody adults males thorns spiny spiney landing touching down landings touch down flapping wings flaps wings flutter in flight flight flights flying profile sights profile sight profile shots profile view profile views side view overviews global sight global sights full length ichtyophage piscivores ichtyophagous common kingfishers alcedo atthis wild flowers colourful rudy colorfully colored bull thistles cirsium lanceolatum common thistles cirsium lanceolatum bull thistle cirsium lanceolatum biennial plants biannual plant biannual plants least concern species with nobody temperate season seasons atmosphere stage of development individual morphology botany morphology organism locomotion motion shot diet pattern species great britain united kingdom european union europe kingfisher martin pêcheur coraciiforme bird wild animal animal flower flora colour alcedinidae coraciiformes aves tetrapoda vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota compositae / asteraceae asterales dicotyledoneae angiospermae spermatophyta / phanerogamae tracheophyta embryophyta chlorobionta archaeplastida thistle cirsium sp thistle compositae / sunflowers asterales order dicotyledon flowering plant spermatophyte growing cycle species particularity low risk iucn lr iucn red list of threatened species inflorescence