Singing Blackcap

A Blackcap sang in a chestnut tree. He was looking a bit tatty from feeding chicks.

A Song Thrush found a slug on the path near Peter Pan, and paused on a branch for a moment before flying on to its nest.

One of the Blackbirds in the Dell was also hunting for his nestlings.

Both Grey Wagtails could be seen under the Dell waterfall. One basked on a sun-warmed rock.

A young Blue Tit clung to a dogwood blossom near the bridge.

A young Great Tit stared out of the next tree.

Someone was feeding the Starlings on a table at the Lido restaurant, but a young one expected to be fed by its parents. It will soon be taking food directly.

I did the Kuwaiti embassy staff an injustice. After I spoke to one of the staff about how fine it was to have a colony of House Martins on the building, they have removed the wire mesh over the holes in the cornice, and the birds can come and go freely. There are still only a few of them, but at least one hole was being visited. Full marks to the Kuwaitis.

The Coots nesting on the old water filter below the Italian Garden have two chicks and several eggs still to hatch.

A pair of Moorhens are nesting at the Serpentine outflow. I don't think this small pile of twigs in the nest. I think they are nesting inside, at the bottom of the weir, as they have done in previous years.

A Moorhen chased his mate over the little waterfall in the Dell.

The Mute Swans nesting on the gravel bank in the Long Water were at the back of the bank, and you could only get an occasional glimpse of the heads of the cygnets.

The dominant pair were touting for food at Peter Pan as usual.

A pair of Egyptian Geese on the Serpentine have hatched nine goslings.

The Greylag Geese have started moulting their flight feathers already.

Two fine pictures from Mark Williams: a very confident fox in St James's Park ...

... and a Marsh Fritillary butterfly at Hutchinson's Bank.

A Buff-Tailed Bumblebee landed on a buttercup in the Dell, which sagged to the ground under its weight.