Kingfisher Chick has Just Hatched | Discover Wildlife | Robert E Fuller

Watch as a 2nd kingfisher chick hatches - and its tidy kingfisher mum quickly carries away the now-defunct egg shell.

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Kingfisher chicks

And then there were two.. Kingfisher chicks hatch out featherless and helpless. In fact they look almost alien with dark wide spots where their eyes will be. They are unable to hold their heads, up - watch how the first chick rests on an egg for support - and are entirely dependent on their parents to keep them warm and feed them. They also tidy up!

Common kingfisher

This is a common kingfisher, a species widespread in Europe. The male and female share incubation duties and eggs are laid roughly every 24 hours, but the chicks all hatch on the same day.

Secret underground world

Kingfishers normally lay their eggs in underground nests, dug using their long beaks out of muddy river banks. I made an aritificial alternative, as close a replica to the bird's original design except with cameras hidden inside, and waited for a kingfisher pair to use it.

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[CMK]

Looks like the parent walked back in like 😀

[jo-annaricciuti]

What I find amazing is not only the incredible fact you captured the hatchlings but your able to have cameras in all these nests while the settings are all so natural.

[candycautionby]

beautiful, wonderful and I can't stop crying .

[jasperherr]

The mum is like: "oh my baby is hatched.. but first let me clean up this place a little" - proceeds to throw shell out of the nest 😅 she's tidy

[heather_smallwood]

Ahhh, a pair of tweezers is coming to get the baby! Oh. Nevermind. It's just mom. 

On a serious note, it was absolutely precious to see how carefully mama arranged herself over her eggs and newly-hatched baby and seconds later another was born. Baby birds never cease to amaze me. And mama is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing, as always.

[robertapuentes]

Thank you for this amazing video of Mama and baby kingfishers!!! SQUEAL of delight. Excellent job. So special.

[delilahboa]

It always amazes me how something so vulnerable and tiny can survive……incredible footage Robert, the work you put in to watch these amazing birds was outstanding and so dedicated xx

[anunknownentity]

Amazing how beautiful these birds look

[ViolentRainbow]

I love the way they waddle out the door

[colesbackyardcoop]

Congrats to the Kingfishers! The parent is so gentle with the babies and tidy up the nest! Thanks for sharing! 🐦😍

[joycelloyd]

Absolutely so precious and beautiful ❤️

[roberttirado]

So beautiful. The gentleness is awesome. Thank You!

[titicatfollies]

So beautiful and so precious a sight for most of us, who have little access to the natural world! Thank you so much!

[suzannehall]

How cool to be able to see this. Awesome video.

[AE-sebl]

Wonderful to watch! Thanks for sharing these precious moments with us 💖

[sheilanalliannan]

Absolutely beautiful, looking at the whole process is amazing . Thank you for making it possible for us to see it all in detail.

[nigelmorley]

Stunning footage and fieldcraft as usual Robert

[corneliaarendsen]

What a wonderful channel. I subscribe.

[RB-ytrx]

Beautiful animals! Thanks so much for sharing this unseen part of nature :)