The kingfisher feels at home in the Floßgraben. According to the 2024 monitoring, the population was stable with two breeding territories. A similar population recovery after the collapse in 2021 and 2022 was recorded throughout Leipzig's alluvial forest. There was also an extraordinary breeding success, as Jens Kipping from the commissioned BioCart office reports: "One of the breeding pairs at Floßgraben bred four times in a row. This is the absolute record for a kingfisher pair ever documented for the Leipzig alluvial forest. The fledging of a total of 19 young birds from a breeding pair is an enormous physical feat for the animals."
A total of 31 inspections were carried out from mid-March to the beginning of September 2024 as part of the annual kingfisher monitoring at Floßgraben since 2013. In addition to the breeding pair at the traditional breeding site in the Floßgraben, which bred four times in a row, a breeding territory was found in the surrounding forest where the Floßgraben flows into the Pleiße. Fledged young birds were observed here several times. In addition to the breeding activities, disturbances caused by boat traffic and their effects on the broods were also documented. As a result, no significant impairments to the hunting and feeding behavior of the kingfishers or breeding tasks were identified. The exceptional breeding success also suggests this.
