A few cold, wet days in a west of Scotland winter are sufficient reasons for thinking of warmer climes and their inhabitants. This Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus) posed for us in Sigiriya, Sri Lanka in November 2013. During the winter they are a common winter visitor, migrating there after breeding in northern India, although I read that some some stay for the summer on the east coast of the island where they breed.
Bee-eaters brighten any day except for the large insects on which they prey.
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