The elusive Dunnock

There is always a pair of Dunnocks in the Rose Garden, but you only get an occasional glimpse of these shy little birds.

But the Great Tits always charge out the bushes expecting to be fed.

A Blue Tit looked for insects on the dead hawthorn by the Henry Moore sculpture.

A Starling had got a very hard crust, perhaps a crouton from some dish at the Lido restaurant. It clearly liked the taste, but was having trouble pecking bits out of it.

There is definitely now a small population of Jackdaws on both sides of the Serpentine. The number in the park is growing slowly, but I don't think we'll get to the situation in Richmond Park where the Jackdaws have increased so much that they've driven out most of the Carrion Crows.

I missed the Little Owl at my first visit to the Round Pond, but came back later and there she was at the top of her usual horse chestnut tree.

The other tree near their nest is not as vigorous and has been badly attacked by the Leaf Miner Moth. A Rose-Ringed Parakeet was in it pecking out the lining of a seed case, not something you would think was edible.

The three young Grey Herons were preening in the nest on the island. They are quite big now, but it's noticeable that one of them is much smaller than the other two.

The young heron which has been rivalling the established one at the Henry Moore put in a strong claim by perching on top of the sculpture.

A Great Crested Grebe chick on the Serpentine defied a Mute Swan.

Two chicks were with their father on the Long Water. I haven't seen three here for some time now, and fear that the third has been got by the pike which are a constant hazard here.

The Coot nesting under the Italian Garden was passing the time by throwing a snack packet around.

The single young Moorhen here is beginning to get its adult red and yellow bill, though it will have to moult before it gets dark adult plumage.

A sunny spell brought out a Migrant Hawker dragonfly.

Common Wasps clustered on an apple that someone had put out for the Rose-Ringed Parakeets. The apple had gone soft and pulpy, which is what wasps like as they can only eat liquid food.

The Garden Spider at the southwest corner of the bridge was out on her web.

This large off-white bracket fungus, about a foot wide, was growing on a plane tree near the Physical Energy statue. I can't identify it.

Later: Mario says that it's either Vanderbylia fraxinea (previously known as Perenniporia fraxinea) or Rigidoporus ulmarius, which could be distinguished from the internal structure but that is not evident in the picture. I was surprised by this, as it isn't on an ash or an elm as their names suggest.