The Long-Tailed Tits nesting in the gorse bush were busily coming and going.

They have still not completely closed the top of their nest. Probably having a hole in the top makes it quicker to enter and leave than the small side entrance as they finish off the inside by lining it with feathers. Sorry about the conversation on the sound track. There were several people here and you can't just tell them to shut up while you're shooting.

I was happily proved wrong about the Redwings having left. There were some in a patch of old grass on the Parade Ground which had not been replaced, and was therefore a better place to find worms than the new turf.

The Robin in the olive tree at the Lido was in good form, and in a better place than usual for filming.

Another Robin was hopping around under an alder tree beside the Long Water.

A tree beside the Serpentine was loaded with Starlings chattering fit to bust.

The two Coal Tits near the bridge were hungry and came again and again to collect pine nuts.

The Grey Heron in the nest on the south side of the island was shifting about restlessly. There really must be some chicks here by now, but so far I've failed to see a spiky little head poking above the rim of the nest.

The heron in the other occupied nest was peacefully dozing.

A Black-Headed Gull had found a piece of bread too large to swallow, and was looking puzzled.

A Great Crested Grebe mooched around elegantly under the bridge.

The Coots at the Dell restaurant have restarted work on their big nest, after several days when the water was too rough for building.

There were no Cormorants on the lake yesterday or the day before, but five turned up today on the Long Water. They didn't seem to be catching anything. The lake has been almost stripped of suitable sized fish.

A Buff-Tailed Bumblebee probed a flower in the hedge at the back of the Lido.