A Green Woodpecker laughed sardonically on Buck Hill and flew to a dead tree.
Soon after the Jackdaws returned to the park in 2014 they started nesting in this oak near the leaf yard, and it is now a place where several families meet and play.
Jays are not much seen at the moment as they are busy gathering and burying thousands of nuts for the winter, but one turned up in the Flower Walk expecting a peanut.
The tatty Blue Tit in the Flower Walk is a familiar sight, but there is also a smart one and it will sometimes, though not always, come to my hand.
Long-Tailed Tits jumped around in a pine tree in the Dell.
Feral Pigeons showed no respect for the goddess Diana on her fountain in the Rose Garden.
Morning sunshine brought out the young Little Owl at the Round Pond. He looks so regal in his pictures that you forget how small he is.
The female Peregrine was on the tower.
The line of plastic buoys marking off the swimming area at the Lido is a popular gathering place for Black-Headed Gulls.
One of the young Grey Herons took over the remains of the Coot nest at the bridge as a fishing platform. The nest is on the wire baskets which act as a fish hatchery, and there are lots of perch here attracting various fishing birds.
Four more Great Crested Grebes have arrived on the Serpentine.
The crowding of Cormorants on the Long Water caused one to perch on the posts at the Vista, uncomfortably close to the shore and constantly assailed by dogs jumping into the water.
On the east side of the Vista Shovellers gathered at the end of the gravel bank.
A little line of Gadwalls passed by.
The fatsia bush by the bridge is in flower and has attracted many Common Wasps, which get covered in pollen.
Wasps also abound on ivy, which flowers at about the same time. There is a hybrid of the two plants, Fatshedera, created by fertilising fatsia with ivy pollen. It is said to have been bred artificially in 1912, but probably it has occurred by accident many times thanks to wasps passing from one to the other. The hybrid is almost always sterile, so it would not have spread.
Buff-Tailed Bumblebees browsed on the arbutus tree in the Rose Garden ...
... which is bearing flowers and fruit at the same time.
Small, but perfectly formed!
ReplyDeleteAt least the pigeons harmonize with the goddess's colours. It shows some thoughtfulness on their part.
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That owl has been giving us a fantastic show for months. Never was there such an obliging bird. But photographers have been part of his life ever since he first emerged from the nest hole.
DeleteLovely shots of the posing male Green Woodpecker, Little Owl, Jay & the Long-tailed Tit amongst the pine needles.
ReplyDeleteJays were evident yesterday in the grounds of Fulham Palace where there are quite a few very large Holm Oaks as well as the famous hybrid Fulham Oak. I was surprised to see a Painted Lady on a Cosmos in the gardens.
Fatsia is a real bonus to any late insects.
I haven't seen a single butterfly since that Long-Tailed Blue several days ago. But no doubt the unseasonably warm weather is keeping a few going.
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