The Diana fountain was deserted on a rainy day. A Pied Wagtail was trotting confidently over one of the little bridges across the channel.

A young Herring Gull had taken advantage of the peaceful scene. The carefully filtered water is the best drink in the park, and gulls, like children, enjoy paddling in the rapids.

A Black-Headed Gull had caught another rat-tailed maggot near the bridge, and another gull was chasing it, trying to make it drop its meal.

The older brood of Great Crested Grebes on the Long Water are now trying to fly. This one almost got airborne for a moment.

The younger ones were practising, or playing at, fishing. This one had caught a stick, which it quickly discarded and dived again.

A Grey Heron had found that the fallen poplar branch at Peter Pan is a good place to stand.

The odd couple of a Canada-Greylag hybrid and a pure Greylag were walking around together at the back of the Lido. They have been together for several years and seems devoted to each other.

The female Little Owl was out in the drizzle on last year's nest tree.

The bed of wood chips under the plane trees near the Physical Engery statue continues to produce a fine crop of Stubble Rosegill mushrooms, Volvariella gliocephala. The second word means 'glue-headed', and you can see that debris is sticking to the cap. I tried to pull the larger bits off to make a better picture, but they wouldn't come away.