A pair of Long-Tailed Tits are beginning to make a nest in an osmanthus bush in the Rose Garden. This is probably the pair that nested in the broom bush last year, only a few yards away. One of the birds paused on a rose stem before flying into the bush, which is too dense for anything to be seen.

A pair of Coal Tits visited the feeders in the Dell ...

... where the resident pair of Mallards rested on a rock in the stream.

Most of the birds are feeling the approach of spring and pairing up. Two Feral Pigeons shared a post at Peter Pan.

Magpies perched together in a tree.

Even the disorderly mob of Carrion Crows seems to be sorting itself into pairs.

Two Moorhens climbed in the collapsed willow by the bridge, where they make a nest every year in a hole that can't be seen from the bank.

A pair of Coots enjoyed a shower.

The Peregrines on the tower stayed at an unsocial distance, but even they were looking at each other and calling.

Only the Robins are still staying apart, but it won't be long before they give in to the call of spring.

Seven Grey Heron nests on the island were occupied today, though not all of them will progress to breeding. The right nest in this video is the one that has a chick in it, though I still haven't got a proper picture of it. One other nest, not seen here, has a heron sitting on eggs.

The old and incompetent pair of Egyptian Geese, notorious for never having managed to raise a single gosling in 21 years, were on an urn in the Italian Garden.

A Buff-Tailed Bumblebee browsed in a clump of snowdrops.

Purple crocuses are out beside the Long Water.

Going home from the park by way of the garden in Rutland Gate, I heard a Dunnock singing quietly on a bush.