The Mute Swans nesting at the east end of the Lido are now hatching their cygnets.

Three have emerged so far from the six eggs. The male swan was guarding the nest with furious vigilance. He killed another swan this morning before I arrived, by drowning it.

Greylag Geese were clearly considered to be big enough to present a threat. But in the water nearby, a Coot fed its chicks unmolested ...

... and a Great Crested Grebe loafed elegantly.

The other swan family were nowhere to be seen, and had probably made themselves scarce to avoid the angry male.

The Canadas had also taken their two goslings on to the Long Water ...

... though the Egyptians were unaware of danger and their six half-grown goslings rested in a heap in the middle of the path.

One of the Bar-Headed x Greylag Goose hybrids has now moulted most of its flight feathers and will be grounded for the next three weeks till it has grown new ones.

The Red-Crested Pochard gang of five has split into four plus one. They were at the Vista.

One of the drakes is now going around independently of the others. Maybe he lost a fight.

A Dunnock perched on a branch beside the Long Water and sang a brief phrase. At the end of May we are already beyond peak birdsong, though there will be some for another month.

A Pied Wagtail preened and fluffed its feathers before going down to the lake for a drink.

A young one was at the Lido, checking the blue rubber non-slip mat for insects, of which it has many.

There was also a Grey Wagtail, but it was skulking behind a patch of weeds and I didn't get a picture of it.

Ahmet Amerikali waited patiently for a Reed Warbler to appear and got a good picture.

If you look closely at a Wood Pigeon's eye you will see that what looks like a strange oval pupil is actually round, but there is a black patch on the iris at one side.

The Little Owl near the Henry Moore sculpture was in the usual alder tree.

This Black-Tailed Skimmer dragonfly was not doing anything, just sunning itself. But if you look at its abdomen you will see that it is flexing in and out as the insect breathes.

A clump of salvia at the Lido attracted abundant insects, including this Buff-Tailed Bumblebee. These must be the easiest of all insects to photograph, but they are so charming that I can't resist it.