A Dunnock sang its sweet song on a bramble beside the Long Water.

A Blue Tit came down to visit the feeder in the Dell.

A Chaffinch foraged on the ground in the Rose Garden.

A Pied Wagtail in the Diana fountain enclosure found a caterpillar.

The Redwings are still at the Albert Memorial.

Sébastien Mercier photographed this Great Spotted Woodpecker near the Kensington Gardens bandstand.

In the afternoon it started raining, but a Magpie didn't care.

A Carrion Crow wandered through a patch of miniature narcissi.

There was only one Grey Heron on the island, in the nest at the east end.

In the water below, Coots enjoyed a fight.

This is the dead willow by the bridge, where last year a Coot wasted months trying to build a nest on a branch where the twigs just wouldn't stick. Now a Coot is successfully building a nest only two feet away. I think it must be a different Coot, and a much more competent builder.

These two male swans at the island have been circling each other menacingly for days. Evidently they are competing for a nesting place.

The swans' nesting island on the Long Water has been given some cut reeds to encourage nesting. So far only one of the teenage swans has sat on it.

Another bit of useful maintenance: the wire baskets at the bridge, which serve as a fish hatchery, are being refilled with twigs. The original twigs had rotted down over the years.

This Fischer's Turaco, an African bird, has been in West Hampstead since at least July 2019 and has survived two English winters. It's probably an escaped aviary bird. Martin found it and filmed it on his mobile.

Here are some pictures by Steve Reed from when it was first seen.