A quick walk round the park before going to Richmond. Today it was the turn of the female Little Owl to be in the nest tree.

A Yellow Wagtail appeared unexpectedly on the busy path by the Diana fountain. This is the first one I've seen in the park. though it's on the list of all-time sightings.

A Cormorant at the island found itself on a chain leading up to a post occupied by another Cormorant, and had to get off and find somewhere else to dry its wings.

A young Herring Gull dived repeatedly into the Serpentine.

A Great Crested Grebe chick reached out for a fish.

A Speckled Wood butterfly rested in the grass.

At Richmond we had hoped to see the Tawny Owl but were out of luck. Tom thinks it was frightened away by photographers getting too near the tree. But we had the consolation prize of a Little Owl beautifully camouflaged against a dead tree.

A male Kestrel perched on a hawthorn. After our cautious approach he was quite calm about cameras being pointed at him.

In the bracken there were several young Stonechats ...

... and a young Reed Bunting.

Buzzards circled high overhead. At one time there were four of them.

There was a Mallard family on Pen Ponds ...

... and a Canada x Greylag hybrid goose which looked remarkably like one sometimes seen in Hyde Park. But I've checked my pictures and it isn't the same bird. Possibly a sibling.

Three Willow damselflies on trees by Pen Ponds. The second shot shows the first one eating an aphid.

Here is a close-up of the same insect.

This isn't a great picture of a Brown Hawker dragonfly.

As I was climbing down a bank to get a closer shot it took off and landed on my nose. Sadly even Tom's quick reflexes weren't enough to get a picture.

Julia got a remarkable photograph of a Hummingbird Hawk Moth in Notting Hill, a most unusual sight in central London.