A cold wind

A chilly day with a keen wind kept the Little Owl at the Round Pond from even showing her face in the hole till well into the afternoon. By this time the sun is shining directly into your face when you look at the tree, so it's hard to get much of a picture.

The area is now absolutely packed with Jackdaws. Here are two on a horse chestnut ...

... and three on the sawn-off top of the dead tree. The whole population that used to live next to the leaf yard seem to have moved up to the pond.

They're even beginning to crowd out the ubiquitous Magpies. This one was farther down the Vista.

The bold Robin on the sign at the corner of the leaf yard has become a regular customer just two days after I first saw it.

A Pied Wagtail picked its way through fallen leaves washed up on the edge at the Lido.

One of the Feral Pigeons in the crowd at the Triangle car park has very delicate grey and white markings.

A Rose-Ringed Parakeet was eating the 'strawberries' on an arbutus tree in the Dell.

Two good pictures from Ahmet Amerikali: a Long-Tailed Tit going round the Long Water ...

... and a Cormorant catching a carp at the bridge.

With no humans braving the wind at the Lido restaurant terrace, the young Grey Heron that hangs around there was fishing in the reed bed. I've never seen it catch anything here, but a heron's life consists mostly of waiting punctuated by an occasional quick grab.

The youngest Great Crested Grebe from the island is now spending much of its time alone and trying to fish, though I'm sure its parents are still feeding it.

A small dog quickly regretted going into the water after the killer Mute Swan and his family.

Even without any rivals in sight, the Egyptian Geese at the Round Pond find it necessary to make a racket.

A female Tufted Duck at Peter Pan shone finely in the sunlight.

There were lots of Pochards in groups all over the Long Water. It looks as if more have arrived to swell the already healthy number.

I went to photograph the statues of the late Queen and Prince Philip on the Albert Hall. I should have gone earlier. because in the afternoon one is in partial sunlight and the other in shadow. Possibly the one of the Queen looks more like her when evenly lit.

Prince Philip looks as if he's bored with standing in a niche and is off for a walk.