The disappointed Robin

A Blackbird collected worms for his young near the Albert Memorial.

The very tatty Blue Tit in the Flower Walk came out to be fed.

Long-Tailed Tits take no notice of humans, though they will eat mealworms from hanging feeders.

A Carrion Crow strolled through a patch of bluebells.

A Great Spotted Woodpecker called from a tree beside the Long Water.

A variation on the theme of a Robin feeding his mate, photographed by Mark Williams on his hand in St James's Park. The female opened her beak expectantly -- and the male hung on to the seed and flew away to eat it.

More news from outside the park: Tom took this picture of Colin the very tame Cuckoo returning for another summer at Thursley Common.

There were five pairs of Great Crested Grebes on the Serpentine, some of them recently arrived as they were sitting quietly together and not yet claiming territory. But this pair were displaying.

In addition to these there are certainly two pairs on the Long Water, maybe three.

The Coots nesting at the Dell restaurant were titivating their remarkable nest built in 4 feet of water. Duncan Campbell tells me that another nest is now being built nearer the outflow in even deeper water, though it hasn't yet reached the surface.

There is now one egg in the Coot nest near the bridge.

All the chicks on the Long Water have survived another day. The one from the nest just north of Peter Pan is now visibly larger.

The two newer chicks farther north were climbing around their nest.

Duncan Campbell photographed an Egyptian Goose at the outflow sheltering her goslings under her wings while a Herring Gull tried to dislodge them.

The Mandarin drake at the Vista saw someone feeding the ducks and came over for his share. His mate must be nesting in a tree nearby.

A Mute Swan has 20,000 feathers and they take a lot of maintenance. The spray from the fountain in the Italian Garden moistens them slightly to make preening easier.