The Coots' nest in a very exposed place on the platform of Bluebird Boats has hatched out, to people's amazement. Two of the chicks were eaten by gulls yesterday, but at least one survives. Here it was sheltering under the platform as a pedalo swept past inches away.

The foolish Egyptian Geese on the Long Water still have three young after several days. After a decade of utter failure, maybe they are beginning to learn how to look after their brood, but I'm not hopeful.

Meanwhile, their adopted offspring is growing into an elegant adult who will not be quite as blonde as her mother.

The Canada Goose family from the Long Water island were taken on a tour of the lake by their parents, finishing with a begging session at Peter Pan.

The Mute Swans on the Serpentine were jealously guarding their two cygnets, even shooing away a harmless Mallard which came too near.

There are young Pied Wagtails around both lakes and the Round Pond. Here for a change is an adult male searching for insects in the algae at the edge of the Dell restaurant terrace.

It was the male Little Owl's turn to perch on the pair's favourite branch in the chestnut tree near the Leaf Yard.

The insect-rich patch of scrub near the bridge yielded a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly.

A honeybee was collecting pollen on one of the clumps of purple loosestrife in the Italian Garden ponds.