The day before lockdown I rushed to my local pet shop and brought six shiny goldfish.

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I had decided the weekend before to unearth a huge pond that had been lying covered up in the back yard.

(I always do the weirdest things at the weirdest times).

I have two other small ponds with fish in the garden, so I moved all the fish into the new big pond to give them more space to swim freely.

So, I’ve been feeding and watching my new youngsters grow and adapt to their uncharted  surroundings, and frolic with their new googly-eyed friends.

Even Sam, my rescue, loves to wade in the pond, and nibble on the water plants.

It’s incredible what happens when you bring water into your garden – it attracts birds, dragonflies, frogs and as I have recently discovered… a colourful KINGFISHER or three.

The kingfisher lets out a most distinctive sound when it announces its arrival in the garden.

And that’s when I excitedly rush into the garden to get a glimpse of it.

In between trying to photograph the mesmerizing kingfishers and everything else I started to notice my fish were disappearing one by one.

At first I thought perhaps my fish were taking lockdown seriously and hiding under the water plants.

But now that we have the new visitors to the garden, I have a sneaky suspicion they might be snacking on some sashimi.

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