The Little Owl calms down

A young Carrion Crow noisily begged both its parents for food, and eventually got some.

A Robin brought a grasshopper to feed its young in a very late nest, evidently a second brood.

A young Long-Tailed Tit caught a midge.

The male Little Owl at the Round Pond was in a calmer mood than recently, and looked out of his nest hole in the dead tree.

One of the owlets was visible in an adjacent horse chestnut tree.

This is one of the owlets at the Serpentine Gallery.

A returning Black-Headed Gull perched on a post at Peter Pan.

A Grey Heron had stolen a Coots' nest on the Long Water raft to use as a fishing station.

A Coot and a terrapin made use of the fallen horse chestnut in the Long Water.

The Coots nesting on the water filter below the Italian Garden had lost their second clutch of eggs in some unexplained way, but a replacement has been laid and with luck there are more to come.

The Moorhens nesting below the small waterfall in the Dell changed places.

A Greylag Goose ate a windfall plum from the tree  below the Triangle car park. There are two plum trees here with good edible plums, one red and one yellow. You don't see much fruit because people pick it.

A young Egyptian Goose was facing downwind when there was a sudden gust.

Two male Six-Spot Burnet Moths fought over a female on the railings by the Rudolf Steiner bench.

There were also several Small Skipper butterflies here feeding on the ragwort.

Honeybees visited clover flowers in the grass near the Queen's Temple.

The boat hire people were taking publicity shots. The opening date has still not been published on the Royal Parks web site, but it looks as if it's going to be this weekend.