The seven Coot chicks from the nest in the Italian Garden fountain came out of the irises to be fed. The fountains are the best nest site in the park, seldom visited by predators of any kind, and have a high survival rate.
However, the two nests on the lake below are in danger from the large pike that lurk at the north end of the Long Water, and few chicks get through. This nest is in a reed bed ...
... and these are the chicks from the nest on the Mute Swans' nesting island.
There are two new swans' nests, one by the landing stage at the Diana fountain ...
... and the other hidden in the reeds at the east end of the Serpentine.
The single Egyptian gosling from the south side of the lake was out on the water with its mother. It looked agitated when a Herring Gull passed, but it's too big to grab now.
One of these Manadarin drakes at the Vista has a mate who is nesting in a tree on the far side of the lake. The other is single. Usually when females are nesting the drakes get together peacefully, just to have company.
Pigeon Eater and his mate, resting side by side on the roof of the Dell restaurant, were annoyed when a young Herring Gull buzzed them.
A pair of Herring Gulls moaned softly to each other on the boat hire platform. There is a big nest site near the park on the flat roof of a building near Paddington Station.
The pair of Mistle Thrushes nesting north of the Flower Walk were rattling at a Magpie which had come near their nest. I don't know where the nest is, because the thrushes always do their scolding in a different place to mislead predators.
The male Blackbird who sings so well in the Rose Garden stared down from a branch.
A Blackcap sang in a tree by the bridge.
A Starling shone in the daisies by the Round Pond.
Despite the sunshine it was windy, especially at the exposed pond, and the Little Owls would have been sheltering in their new hole.
A Dunnock perched boldly on the railings at Mount Gate, and came down to pick up pine nuts from the path.
So did one of the Robins, collecting two. His mate wasn't visible and is probably on her nest now.
A Robin in the Rose Garden was eclipsed by gaudy tulips.
A Speckled Wood butterfly by the Serpentine Lodge had been fighting and had a torn wing ...
... but another on a patch of comfrey in the Rose Garden was in much worse shape. They seem to be unusually quarrelsome this year.