The thaw has set in, and the Long Water is now partly ice-free. I was rocked by the chilly wind while filming this.

But there's some way to go yet. This ice-encased grass was at the top of the Dell waterfall.

The thin covering of snow doesn't prevent Greylag Geese from feeding. They take turns to act as lookout to warn the flock of danger.

The Great Crested Grebe pair at the east end of the Serpentine were forced out  by the ice, but have now returned and were preening and fishing in their usual place.

A few yards away it was business as usual for the resident Grey Heron ...

... and a pair of Mute Swans were courting.

There are still lots of Gadwalls on both lakes.

A Carrion Crow at the Dell restaurant found a piece of toast, and wanted it all for itself. I think the other crow was its mate, but it still didn't get any.

A Blackbird on the other side of the fence found a snow-covered worm ...

... and a small flock of Long-Tailed Tits crossed the path.

A Great Tit in the leaf yard stared at the camera, impatient to be fed ...

... and the usual Jackdaws stopped digging in the snow and trotted up to be given peanuts.

The park was full of very hungry Robins, which have become much bolder than usual. This one, which I'm sure I've never fed before, came to my feet in the middle of the Vista and looked at me appealingly, then flew up to my hand to take as many pine nuts as it could cram in.

Usually small birds don't like landing on gloves -- they have got used to hands but this is different. However, today they were too hungry to be scrupulous about their landing ground. It made feeding them much more comfortable.

A last Robin picture: the one at the feeder in the Rose Garden has paired up with a mate. When I last saw these two together a week ago, they were chasing each other.

Tom was at Rainham Marshes, where he found at least a dozen Jack Snipe in the reeds. They were very distant, but he managed to get a picture by holding his smartphone to the eyepiece of a friend's scope.