A Long-Tailed Tit perched in the corkscrew hazel bush in the Dell.
A Green Woodpecker appeared on a tree near the Albert Memorial.
A Dunnock sang from a bush near the Queen's Temple.
A Wren sang inside a bush in the Flower Walk.
Another one looked warily out from under a plant in the Dell.
One of the Nuthatches in the leaf yard came out on a branch.
A small flock of Redwings hopped around in pursuit of worms on the Parade Ground.
A particularly large and resistant worm took some effort to haul up.
The female Little Owl near the Albert Memorial came out of her hole. It is a most awkward place to photograph, with twigs in the way wherever you stand, and an alder tree blocking the best angle.
One of the Peregrines was on the barracks tower.
The Grey Heron chicks are mostly keeping their heads down in the nest, but one popped up for a moment.
It was only a slightly warm day, but a Cormorant needed to pant and flutter its throat to cool down.
There was another Cormorant on the next post, and this one performed its odd courtship display. No doubt it is most attractive to other Cormorants.
A Black-Headed Gull got bored with playing with a stick and picked up a feather instead.
I really don't know what's going on here.
Ugh... some sort of futuristic undertakers, perhaps? Or a Masonic lodge parody?
ReplyDeleteThe Long-Tailed Tit chose very wisely the background the better to set off its pretty colouring. No doubt the Little Owl, though, did wish to play hard to get.
Baby herons have faces only a mother could love, I guess. Same goes for Cormorants' courting graces.
I think the people must be designs students from the Royal College of Art, which is just over the road, in their academic robes because it's an official photograph, and carrying their latest project, the mock-up of some unfeasible vehicle. But that is pure speculation.
DeleteHi there , I was just having a look at your blog because I have some spare time this afternoon before work and heard about the Kensington Garden Owls . I have not seen anything about the Tawny owls anymore , do you know if they are still in the park ? I m starting as an amateur photographer and owls are by far my favourites . I grew up with Barn owls in the church opposite my house and found quite a few chicks in my garden and the long eared and little owls were just a few meters away but I have never seen a tawny owl . Any info would be precious to me . Have a wonderful day .
ReplyDeleteThe regular Tawny Owl pair in Kensington Gardens vanished a few years ago when the branch with their nest hole fell off the tree, and since then Tawnies have only been seen occasionally. We had a serious night-time search for them a few days ago, and now know that there is a pair near the Long Water, but unfortunately they are probably based in a tree in a bit of woodland inaccessible to the public. Sorry to bring you this disappointing news.
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