Today's blog will be in two parts: a quick trip round the park, and then off to Rainham Marshes, where there's a late opening night. Part two should be up by late tonight. By the way, there's another late opening on Friday 8 September.

The Egyptian Geese have restarted their ritual of perching on trees and doing a noisy display. They will be at it all winter. It doesn't necessarily mean that they are about to nest, though Egyptians will breed at any time of year.

A pair of Gadwalls have arrived on the Serpentine, probably from Buckingham Palace. They come and go erratically in small numbers.

So do Red-Crested Pochards, of which there are a fair number at the moment. This one was drinking at the edge of the Serpentine.

A few yards up the shore, the Black Swan was scratching his ear.

A Cormorant drying its wings on a post looked glossy in the sunshine.

At Bluebird Boats there was a Coot on every outboard motor. Let's hope they don't try to build nests on the propellers.

A young Moorhen posed elegantly on a fallen kerbstone at Peter Pan.

A Robin sang in a hawthorn near the Queen's Temple.

A flock of Long-Tailed Tits were looking for insects lower in the same tree.

The rowan trees on Buck Hill were busy with at least a dozen Mistle Thrushes ...

... and several Starlings eating the berries.