Kingfisher

A Kingfisher visited the Long Water. It could only be seen from the other side of the lake so it was impossible to get much of a picture.

A frosty morning made the Great Tits and Blue Tits in the Flower Walk extra hungry.

This tatty Great Tit near the Speke obelisk has become a familiar customer.

A Blue Tit near the Triangle car park was busy probing a twig for larvae.

A Goldcrest hunted in a redwood tree near the Italian Garden.

A Starling looked for insects in the fallen leaves that had drifted up to the edge of the Round Pond.

A short way along the edge a Pied Wagtail had found some long thin creature in a puddle.

A pair of Jackdaws conferred in a horse chestnut tree.

The female Little Owl wasn't visible the first two times I checked her tree, but she eventually came out for a while as the light was fading.

A Grey Heron flew down the Long Water.

It's difficult for Black-Headed Gulls to deal with anything too large to swallow whole. They have to fly off with it to a secluded spot away from the other gulls trying to grab it and then peck at it on the ground, which makes it jump about as they can't hold it down with their weak little feet.

One of the two young Great Crested Grebes could be seen at Peter Pan. They might fly out to the river with their parents if the Long Water freezes tonight, but I don't think its quite cold enough and milder wetter weather is expected on Sunday evening.

There was a motley crew on the Henry Moore sculpture. Three Egyptians is a crowd and always causes a good deal of yelling and displaying.

Shovellers revolved in the water below. Although we have a good number here now, it's not quite enough to make them go into one of their large feeding circles. I think there have to be about fifty before they'll start.

The killer Mute Swan and his family were near their old nest site east of the Lido, and hurried over to the edge when they saw someone who might be ready to feed them.

An odd sight, a double-decker bus going over the bridge. It's a wedding bus, probably going to pick up guests at St James's church in Sussex Gardens which is much sought after for weddings. There are no signs about a weight limit on the old but very solidly built bridge. This bus is one of the longer Routemasters and weighs 7¾ tons empty, far less than a modern bus.