One of the pair of Dunnocks which live near the ticket office of the Lido came out on the tarmac. This is the first time I've seen one here since the bushes under which they liked to skulk were severely cut back.

Another shy bird was unusually visible, a Treecreeper in the leaf yard.

Goldcrests are not shy of people, but tend to stay inside the yew trees they like. This one was on the west side of the Long Water.

The young Grey Wagtail was hunting along the edge of the Serpentine near the small boathouses ...

... and so was a Pied Wagtail.

Tom fed this pair of Rose-Ringed Parakeets near the Italian Garden, so they followed him all the way along the east side of the Long Water to the bridge. Once you start feeding these insistent birds they will be all over you.

A Carrion Crow was calling loud and long in the Dell, for no apparent reason. There is a Welsh saying, Digrif gan bob aderyn ei lais ei hun, 'Amusing to every bird is his own voice.'

(I thought it ought to have been pob rather than bob and llais rather than lais, but that's what it says on the web. Maybe a Welsh reader will set this to rights.)

The Black Swan was on the Serpentine with both girlfriends at different times. He decided to eat some grass on the shore. He is not exactly graceful on his feet, but his gait is much more nimble than the heavy waddle of Mute Swans.

The broken horse chestnut tree on the west side of the Long Water near the bridge has a pretty yellow bracket fungus on it. As usual, I don't know what it is. It seems too thick and round to be a Chicken of the Woods.

It's impossible to keep squirrels from taking food intended for the birds.

Several people have asked me to point out that putting plastic nets in the trees is not just unsightly, but dangerous to small birds which can catch their feet in the netting and be left hanging. Also, woodpeckers can get their long beaks and tongues caught. If you see anyone putting these nets in the trees, please ask them to present their food in a safe way.