Great Tit with a titbit

A Great Tit at Mount Gate ate a pine nut I gave it. They take their time to enjoy these delicacies.

The Coal Tit was impatient for its treat.

So was a Jay, which plonked itself down on the path at my feet.

A Carrion Crow was waiting on a stone crown on the edge of the Italian Garden.

A Wren in the Rose Garden was unsettled by the nearness of a Magpie.

Another, at a safe distance, was singing.

A Robin on a tree by the Serpentine Road stared at the camera.

Vinny got a good picture of a Reed Warbler in the Diana fountain reed bed, where there are three pairs.

This fine shot of a Great Spotted Woodpecker collecting insects for its chicks was taken by Ahmet Amerikali at Russia Dock Woodlands.

A Grey Heron was looking for fish in the little stream in the Dell. I had to look the red flowers up, and was surprised to find that they are Japanese Cowslips, Primula japonica. How different from the little yellow wildflowers we are used to.

Coots were fighting near the Serpentine island.

The pair who have returned to the post at Peter Pan after losing their first eggs were maintaining the nest.

The Black Swan's girlfriend isn't chasing him away, but she remains standoffish after their reunion.

The Mute Swan nesting at the outflow turned over her six eggs to keep them evenly warm, then settled down and made herself comfortable.

At the Dell restaurant terrace the female was taking a break and her mate was guarding the eggs.

I could only see two through the barrier but it's likely that more were hidden.

A Holly Blue butterfly perched on a garlic mustard flower.