KINGFISHERS DIVE FOR THEIR DINNER

THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner. With a splash, they dive down into the water to catch their next meal. The photographs were captured by Italian photographer Alessandro Rossini, 33, on the banks of the river Adda in Italy." In these pictures you can see how marvellous nature is,” says Alessandro, of Lissone.

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