Little owlets together

The two Little owlets at the Round Pond perched side by side in a horse chestnut tree.

One looked up curiously as a Wood Pigeon clattered through the branches above it.

Their father kept an eye on them, and on me, from his usual lime tree. He is now quite relaxed about me going near his owlets and has stopped uttering warning cries.

The male Little Owl at the Serpentine Gallery was high up in a lime.

While I was looking for him a Chaffinch came out and inspected me.

Ahmet Amerikali got a good picture of a Reed Warbler at the bridge busy fetching insects for its young.

The Jay behind the Albert Memorial arrived to be fed ...

... and a Robin lurked in a bush.

Someone had dropped a pot of fruit yoghurt near the Dell restaurant. A Feral Pigeon investigated it and decided that it wasn't worth eating.

Someone else tipped out a tin of salmon for a Grey Heron near the bridge. A Magpie was also interested, and managed to grab some while the heron's attention was distracted.

The old heron at the Henry Moore sculpture was away, and its young rival strode around the lawn in temporary triumph.

The two Mute cygnets on the Long Water are going through the messy stage between charming fluffy babies and elegant teenagers.

The Mallard at Peter Pan still had four ducklings.

A fox rested in the Dell.

A Peacock butterfly drank from the flower of a small Harlequin Glorybower bush in the Rose Garden.

I was surprised when I looked up the species of the flower, as there is another Harlequin Glorybower here, which by chance I photographed yesterday, and it has smaller, more open flower heads and smaller leaves.

A Red Admiral preferred Verbena bonariensis, which all the nectar-drinking insects seem to like.

The clump of thistles at the foot of Buck Hill is still doing good business with bees, though today there was nothing exotic, just a Buff-Tailed Bumblebee ...

... and a Common Carder.