Son of Pigeon eater?

A young Lesser Black-Backed Gull was trying to catch pigeons by the Dell restaurant. I think this may be one of Pigeon Eater's offspring trying to copy its father. It has a lot to learn.

A Black-Headed Gull had won a bit of bread, too large and dry to swallow.

The solution: dunk it in the lake.

The Little Owl at the Round Pond wasn't visible in the morning, but I found her when I came back as the light was fading. However, she is getting harder to see and the almost unbroken run of sightings is coming to an end.

On the lawn below, one of the Wigeons was cropping the grass.

Jackdaws are now coming out all along the north shore of the Serpentine. This one was on one of the small plane trees at the boathouses.

The male Chaffinch in the Rose Garden shrubbery arrived to collect his daily pine nuts.

Tom found a Redwing in the Flower Walk. A few straggle in at this time, but the main flock won't be here till the Winter Wasteland is dismantled in January and they can hunt worms on the ruined Parade Ground. The dismal funfair is still being set up and hasn't opened yet.

Two more of Tom's fine pictures from the Flower Walk: a Goldcrest with a larva ...

... and the confident Coal Tit which comes to my hand. I fed it this morning.

Tom also found the Red Crested Pochard drakes, which had moved from the Long Water to the Lido.

The Common Pochards mostly stay with their flock on the Long Water.

The Little Grebe crossed the lake at the Vista.

Both the young Great Crested Grebes were with their father.

Grey Herons often fish at this boathouse because the walls rest on concrete beams with a gap under them. Any fish that come out from shelter are promptly grabbed.

This striking picture is from Joan Chatterley at Battersea Park. There were more Mandarins than the eight shown here. Probably they prefer the lake at Battersea to ours because there is more cover aalong the edge, and fewer Herring Gulls.

Fatsia flowers appear in autumn when the other flowers are dying down. They are full of nectar and very popular with insects. Here they are being browsed by Honeybees, Common Wasps and Houseflies.

One more picture from the Flower Walk by Tom: this bracket fungus is called Artist's Conk, Ganoderma applanatum. When it is dry and hard it keeps, and you can scratch pictures on the white underside.

There was a fine crop of Oyster Mushrooms on a fallen tree near the Round Pond.