Some Mute Swans came hastily under the bridge from the Long Water, as the dominant male cruised up behind with wings raised in threat.
A small group of Red-Crested Pochards were dozing next to the island.
A pair of Great Crested Grebes were alternately fishing and saluting each other on the Serpentine.
One of them caught a fish.
A Moorhen climbed to the top of a reed raft at the east end of the lake.
Whatever these shaggy plants are, they are quite stiff. A Grey Heron, which weighs about 3 lb, can stand on them too.
The usual Lesser Black-Backed Gull was enjoying a early lunch of a late pigeon.
A Black-Headed Gull was struggling with a less appetising meal, a piece of sliced bread that was so stale that it was completely rigid.
A Wood Pigeon was bathing in the little pool at the top of the Dell waterfall.
A Song Thrush visited the rowan tree on Buck Hill ...
... joining the more usual Mistle Thrushes ...
... and a solitary Ring-Necked Parakeet.
The female Little Owl at the Albert Memorial had come out on to a branch of the oak tree.
I didn't know that Cormorants were so great high jump athletes.
ReplyDeleteThe Great Crested Grebes pair appears to wish to form a heart shape with ther necks and heads. Very pretty, and no less meaningful.
The picture with the swans high-tailing it out of the dominant swan's turf looks like something out of a battleship movie!
The Cormorants really have quite a hard time getting on to the posts. When jumping up from the water, they fall off more than they succeed. And they are even worse at flying on to a post. I am not sure how they manage with the tall posts along the river, but at least these are bigger and easier to land on.
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