Two Little Owls

The female Little Owl at the Serpentine Gallery was calling from a small lime tree. There are lots of similar trees here and she could have been in any of them, so I wouldn't have found her if she had stayed quiet.

The male owl at the Round Pond was also in a lime tree, one of his usual perches.

Two Chiffchaffs were calling to each other near the Henry Moore sculpture.

A Wood Pigeon had a hard time finding the last few berries remaining in a serviceberry bush, and eventually over-reached and fell out.

A Jay in the Flower Walk waited for a peanut.

There are Robin families all over the park. At the southwest corner of the bridge, an adult came out to collect pine nuts for its young from the railings ...

... while its mate arrived with a caterpillar.

A young Robin hopped about at the top of the steps at the northwest corner of the bridge.

The young Grey Heron which I filmed yesterday swimming was on the path below. It came right up to me, hoping to be fed. But all I had was peanuts, which it rejected.

Nevertheless, it followed me up the steps. The adult heron is the one that usually perches on the handrail.

The heron chicks on the island weren't visible, but evidently they are still around as a parent was looking down into the nest.

Pigeon Eater's mate was having a through wash on the Serpentine. She spent at least five minutes rinsing and flapping, and this video shows only the last 30 seconds before she finished and flew off.

Pigeon Eater himself was nearby, but not doing anything worth filming.

This foolishly sited Coot's nest was in an even sillier place than usual as it was in the middle of a crowd of Canada and Greylag Geese, and a Carrion Crow added to the chaos by coming down to bathe.

The lake is covered with geese come to moult. Towards the back of this picture you can see three Canada x Greylag hybrids ...

... and here is a closer view of them. A fourth hybrid, not shown here, is a permanent resident and the partner of a pure Canada.

The Black Swan was near the Dell restaurant. He mingles with the Mute Swans but hasn't formed a new relationship since his white girlfriend dumped him.

The swan from the nest at the Lido restaurant terrace was begging for food from the diners. I haven't seen the third, younger cygnet that Ahmet Amerikali spotted with it. Could it have strayed temporarily from the other pair farther down the lake?

The other seemed to have only one cygnet, but the female was sitting on the path and may have had the other under her wing.

The female on the Long Water was by the nesting island with her six. I didn't see her murderous mate, who was evidently off on a bullying expedition.