The male Little Owl on the Round Pond reappeared after several days' absence. He was in his usual horse chestnut tree, but in a new place right at the top.
The male owl at the Serpentine Gallery was in the lime tree. He's on a different branch every time I see him.
A stray racing pigeon turned up on the edge of the Serpentine. It was a female and being courted by a male, and probably having a better life than being cooped up in a loft and sent about in a basket.
Starlings waited on an umbrella at the Lido restaurant.
A male Blackcap perched on a twig in the woodland beside the Henry Moore sculpture. A pair bred here earlier in the year.
The usual Robin was also here. He was singing, but inside a bush so I couldn't film him.
The old and arthritic Grey Heron who lives beside the sculpture was walking around stiffly, but still managing to catch insects in the grass.
The pigeon-eating Lesser Black-Backed Gull was still feeling a bit peckish after lunch, so he returned to the pigeon he'd caught and mostly eaten earlier and ate a bit more.
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His son has seen him hunting and was having a go himself. Of course he didn't catch anything ...
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... so he seized a bagel, which caused him to get chased by the others. I couldn't see who kept it eventually.
The Great Crested Grebes at the bridge were having a quiet moment together.
It was a busy scene farther up the Long Water as the other grebes caught fish for their four chicks. They got four fish in two minutes.
This goose with a speckled head isn't a hybrid. It's a pure Canada. They do get this mutation sometimes, and it's not the only one I've seen here.
A Greylag chewed bark off a twig.
A fox cub in the Dell pricked up an ear at the noise of visitors watching it over the fence.
A Batman Hoverfly browsed on a Mexican Orange flower in the Rose Garden. There are a lot of them around at the moment.
Mark Williams was at the Welsh Harp reservoir, where he photographed a pair of Migrant Hawker dragonflies mating.
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I wonder how old the Heron is. Perhaps he's older than average for his species and that's why he is getting arthritis.
ReplyDeleteThat's a very beautiful racing pigeon. I hope she will continue to live there in the park, where she's free to go where she will.
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I sent a text to the owner of the racing pigeon, who was interested and asked for a picture, but not for the return of the pigeon. If they don't come home they're useless. The pigeon has made her decision and chosen her way of life, and good luck to her.
DeleteHope she doesn't stray into the path of the pigeon eating gull. If I remember correctly she will not be aware of the danger posed and will serve as a ready meal!
DeleteShe was at the other end of the lake from his usual place. But he does wander.
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