Making the most of the sunshine

A sunny day brought the Little Owl at the Round Pond out on a branch of her nest tree.

Several winter hunting flocks of Long-Tailed Tits were going around the park. This one was by the Speke obelisk ...

... where Jays ...

... and Jackdaws arrived to demand peanuts.

A female Great Spotted Woodpecker searched over a fallen tree.

The male Chaffinch in the Rose Garden appeared in a bush.

The Robin by the Henry Moore sculpture was waiting beside the path with a background of fallen leaves.

Another one perched on the huge withered leaves of Chilean rhubarb by the Italian Garden.

I thought the Cormorants had eaten all the medium-sized fish, but Ahmet Amerikali got a good shot of one with a perch under the Italian Garden.

A Grey Heron was using the deserted Coot nest at the bridge as a fishing platform.

The Black-Headed Gull on the landing stage had cleared out all rivals and gave the camera a challenging stare.

There are now plenty of Common Gulls at the Round Pond.

It looks as if the Black Swan may have a new friend.

The female Wigeon wanted to come ashore to graze, but the path was too busy with people for her to walk across. Then she remembered that luckily she can fly.

A pair of Gadwalls hurried across in the evening light.

A Tufted drake at the Vista was looking very smart.

I think this fungus is a Dryad's Saddle, Cerioporus squamosus.

It was dark by the time I headed home, just making it before the gates of Kensington Gardens were locked. There was a view of the floodlit St Mary Abbots church beyond the Speke obelisk.