Corvid trouble

There was a lot going on around the Little Owls' tree at the Round Pond. When I arrived the male owl was keeping an eye on things from a small lime tree.

Then a Jackdaw landed on the dead tree where the nest is, followed by another.

The owl was concerned and flew over to defend the nest hole.

Then the Jackdaws got into a fight with the local Magpies, which I couldn't photograph because it was going on inside the foliage of a horse chestnut tree, I think there may be a pair of Jackdaws nesting in a hole.

There were also Kestrel calls from nearby. A comment on the blog yesterday suggests that Kestrels are nesting here, and I think this is probably right. Later a male Kestrel was having trouble with a Carrion Crow over the Long Water.

Near the Dell a young Carrion Crow chased a parent, clamouring to be fed.

A young Coal Tit could be seen in a bush in the Dell.

Dead twigs at the top of a tree beside the Long Water are a favourite singing perch for this male Chiffchaff, who is seen and heard there daily.

Ahmet Amerikali got a good picture of a Reed Warbler near the Lido.

Faint scratchy calls from the reed bed at the east end of the Serpentine are apparently coming from young Reed Warblers.

A Moorhen near the Italian Garden has five chicks.

This is the younger of the two broods of Coot chicks in the Italian Garden, of which four survive. A parent was diving to bring up algae for them.

The Mute Swans brought their two cygnets over to Peter Pan for a begging session.

A Mallard and a single duckling reclined casually in the middle of the path below the Triangle car park.

A clump of Salvia at the east end of the Lido attracted a crowd of bees, including a White-Tailed Bumblebee.

Duncan Campbell photographed an Early Bumblebee (he isn't 100 per cent sure of the identification) browsing on Viper's Bugloss near the tennis courts.

He also found a Broad Centurion fly here.