I have been photographing the rainbow bee eaters for a few years when they travel down to breed a few hours from my house. They are such joyful, colourful and acrobatic birds to watch. This was a photo I’d had in mind for a couple of years, I needed a cloudy day to capture it and a blank sky behind the bird to create a clean image.

This is one of my favourite photos of these beautiful birds.

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