Thursday 2 September 2021

A Wren hopped around in a bush beside the Vista ...


... and a Chiffchaff sang a few phrases.


A Great Tit ate a pine nut she took from my hand.


Starlings milled around in the grass by the Diana memorial fountain. There is an ants' nest here, providing a tasty snack.


The male Little Owl appeared in the morning in a chestnut tree a short way east of the nest tree, where he has been seen before.


There was a Jay in the same tree, but it flew in from the far side and hadn't noticed the owl, or there would have been a lot of indignant squawking.


The female Peregrine was on the barracks. She raised a lethal foot to scratch herself.


A Black-Headed Gull from Poland stood on the gravel bank. Its yellow ring has the code TNX7. We have two regular Polish visitors, T4UN and T8YT, but I haven't seen this one before.


One of the Moorhens from the willow near the bridge fed a chick ...


... and then they went under the bridge and occupied a Coots' nest, defending it against the Coots trying to get it back.


More Shovellers have arrived on the Long Water.


The visiting Red-Crested Pochards seem to have settled in at the north end, where there are a lot of algae and water plants for them to browse on.


A rat strolled over the Serpentine island, dangerously close to a Grey Heron. It avoided being eaten.


A female Common Darter dragonfly landed on my head, then flew to the camouflage cover of a camera lens. It was oddly calm while several people took close-up pictures with their phones.


A Buff-Tailed Bumblebee was kept busy by the multiple florets of a patch of Sedum by the Dell.

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  1. That's a brave Moorhen, standing its ground against the menacing Coots. Although I guess the Coots are the rightful owners of the property and the Moorhens are trespassers.

    How delicate and deft Great Tits are!

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    1. The Moorhen gains courage from having chicks to defend. Actually neither needs the nest -- the Coots have finished breeding and the Moorhens have their willow tree on the other side of the bridge.

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