A flock of Long-Tailed Tits milled around in the Japanese Crabapple trees by the bridge.

As usual other small birds had joined the flock, including this Blue Tit.

A Magpie perched in the Sweetgum by the Diana fountain.

The Grey Heron at the Dell restaurant is getting bolder and bolder. Soon it will be landing on occupied tables and snatching food off people's plates, like its predecessor seen here in 2015.

The Black-Headed Gull with the Polish ring, White T4UN, is now one of three Polish Black-Headed Gulls wintering in the park. The others are Yellow T8YT and Yellow TNX7.

A young Herring Gull on the Long Water probed a disused Coot nest for insects.

A Cormorant tried to leap on to a post at Peter Pan, didn't jump high enough, and fell off.

Three others had an easier time on the Mute Swans' nesting island.

A swan charged up the Serpentine.

Ian Young found the Black Swan back on the Round Pond today. It must be getting restless, but I suspect that it doesn't know its way around London and has nowhere to go. It was very young when it flew in.

The Teal drake could be seen on the gravel strip on the Long Water -- but only just, as it was far away, rain was falling, and the light was terrible.

The female Wigeon cruised around in fallen leaves at the east end of the Serpentine.

A Tufted drake turned upside down to preen his shining white belly.

What happens when you leave a bowl of chips unattended on an outside table at the Lido restaurant.

Gardeners raking leaves off the path leading down to the pond dipping pool beside the Long Water accidentally turned up two hibernating Hedgehogs which they put in a bucket, still asleep, till they could be moved to a safer place.

A panorama of the autumn leaves on Buck Hill. The name commemorates King Henry VIII's theft of the farmland of the Manor of Hyde from the monks of Westminster Abbey in 1536 to use as his private park for deer hunting.

A view up the Long Water from the bridge.