Young Starlings out of the nest

Young Starlings are now out of the nest in several places. These two were near the Speke obelisk.

It's the twelfth day since the Jay chicks hatched at Andrew Skeet's window sill. The nestlings have grown their pretty blue wing coverts.

A tatty-looking Coal Tit in the Flower Walk, seen here on top of the corkscrew hazel bush, followed me most of the way to the Round Pond demanding one pine nut after another.

At the pond, the female Little Owl was out in a horse chestnut.

The Great Crested Grebes trying to attach a nest to one of the wire baskets on the island have managed to pile up a sloppy heap that is just wide enough to stand on, but I doubt it can be extended to make a usable nest.

The Coots at the bridge still have only two chicks.

Other pairs, desperate to nest, have been building in silly places on the open edge of the Serpentine. There's always some that do this. Usually they give up in a couple of days.

The Mute Swans' nest by the outflow is an off-and-on affair. Today the pair were back on the site.

I couldn't see what was going on in the nest at the Lido, as the female swan was sitting. One cygnet was visible.

The Canada Geese with three goslings came down to the water on the south shore of the Serpentine. In the background, three Greylag families with a total of six goslings. There is one other pair, with luck still having two.

The ten Egyptian goslings on the Round Pond are still going strong and are almost large enough to be out of danger from gulls.

A pair of Egyptians stood on the big weeping beech in the Dell.

The older brood of Mallards is sadly reduced to two, but the ducklings will also be large enough soon to be safe from gulls.

The second brood at the Lido are down to three.

Two Red-Crested Pochard drakes visited the Serpentine, probably from St James's Park where there is a permanent population.

A Yellow-Bellied Slider terrapin basked on a fallen tree in the Long Water.

Yellow asphodels in the Rose Garden attracted Honeybees ...

... and Buff-Tailed Bumblebees.