No shortage of Robins

I've never heard so many Robins in the park. They are singing and chattering and ticking everywhere. This one was in the Rose Garden.

Another was just up the slope in the shrubbery. This one comes out for pine nuts ...

... and so does the male Chaffinch here.

Two Robins at Mount Gate are mates in the nesting season but now shouting crossly at each other.

The Little Owl at the Round Pond looked serene in her tree ...

... but later was pestered by a Magpie.

The Peregrines were on the tower after an absence of several days. I photogtraphed them from across the lake in case they flew away before I could get a closer shot. They did.

Pigeon Eater had chased off his rival and was resting in his usual place on the roof.

A Black-Headed Gull played with a leaf it had snatched from a Coot, just to annoy it.

Now that the youngest brood of herons are out of the nest and exploring the park, a parent can return and have a rest without being bothered.

The Great Crested Grebes on the Long Water are still being pestered by their two teenagers ...

... but are now thinking that they should be fishing for themselves. One got fed but the pushier of the two was chased off.

It can be alarming having a Mute Swan flying straight at you.

A Buff-Tailed Bumblebee browsed on yet another variety of Salvia. This is Bog Sage, Salvia uliginosa.

The weather was still mild but I only saw one butterfly, a Speckled Wood on an Olearia in the Rose Garden.

Shaggy Parasol mushrooms, Macrolepiota rhacodes, are common in the park, and this one was near the Round Pond.

True Parasols, M. procera, are rather rare. This is a shame, as they are very good to eat, while the Shaggy variety is an uncertain mushroom and gives some people a digestive upset.