Friday 12 April 2019

A Blackcap sang in a tree beside the Long Water.


A Reed Warbler sang from deep inside a bush beside the Serpentine, impossible to see from any angle. It has been here for three days, in sight of a fair-sized reed bed on the other side of the lake which you would have thought it would prefer.


A hastily snatched and brief video of a Wren singing in the Rose Garden.


A Blue Tit probed leaf buds, looking for insects.


A Long-Tailed Tit paused for a moment on a twig in the Dell.


This Blackbird at the foot of Buck Hill has just discovered that I will give it sultanas if it appears.


It's necessary to have a picture of a Robin from time to time.


One of the three Jays that hang around the bridge has pink eyes rather than the usual blue-grey.


The female Little Owl near the Albert Memorial was outside what I am fairly sure is her new nest hole. It's on the other side of the branch, and can't be seen from the ground -- you just see the owl disappearing.


One of the young Grey Herons was looking for food on the shore of the island.


Another was on a basket. It didn't know what to make of a Coot.


Farther along the line of baskets, a nesting Great Crested Grebe scolded a Mute Swan that wanted to go past. The swan went past anyway.


While I was filming the Great Crested Grebes' fight yesterday, Tom was taking stills, and got this excellent shot of the two locked beak to beak trying to tip each other over.


A Coot brought its mate a twig in the nest under the bridge.


Swans' big messy nests are full of bugs, and a good hunting ground for Moorhens.


Blue, white and mauve bluebells beside the Serpentine.

2 comments:

  1. The Coot seems ready to fly at the Heron if provoked. Not backing down, nosiree.

    The Blue Tit shows excellent form in its pullups. A very athletic bird.

    The Blackbird looks as if it asking, why didn't anyone tell me before?!

    Why does the Jay have a pink eye? Is it a disease?

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    1. It's easy to do pull-ups if you only weigh 11 grams.

      The Jay seems perfectly healthy. I think it's a lack of pigment in its irises, letting the basic pink show through.

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