The Robins at Mount Gate have started making their nest, and one was carrying some little strands to make a lining.
The Long-Tailed Tits started a while ago, as it takes a long time to build their large complex nests. I've seen two at work here, and Ahmet Amerikali photographed this one nesting in Southwark Park.
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The Robin pair by the Henry Moore sculpture haven't started yet.
Many trees are now blossoming, and Ahmet got a fine picture of a Goldcrest in a myrobabalan.
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This Great Tit was in the red-leafed cherry in the Rose Garden.
Also here were the male Chaffinch ...
... and one of the Coal Tits.
The Coal Tit pair in the Dell were chasing each other around a dogwood tree. They are too small and quick to film doing this. I tried and failed, so you'll have to make do with a still.
A Coal Tit followed me from Mount Gate to the Albert Memorial.
A Blackbird looked for worms behind the Cavalry Memorial.
The marble fountain in the Italian Garden is working again, though the flow is fitful. Carrion Crows find it a convenient place to drink, dunk food, and bathe.
Magpies searched for insects in the fallen leaves under the big ash tree at the corner of the Dell.
Sunshine brought out the female Little Owl at the Round Pond.
The three young Grey Herons in the nest at the east end of the island have started wandering around in their nest. Soon they will climb out on to the branches.
One of the young ones in the upper nest was already out. It looks as if only two of the original three survive.
A heron was fishing at the boathouse ...
... and another circled in a thermal and headed off in the direction of Regent's Park. I've several times seen them passing high over Oxford Street as they shift from one park to another.
The Coot nest on the post at Peter Pan gets bigger every day. This nest, built every year, has only succeeded once when the Coots managed to raise two chicks despite the attentions of the big gulls. But they stubbornly persevere and show no sign of wanting to move to a better place under a bush.
Coots are immovable objects. They will always win, because they refuse to cede ground no matter the cost.
ReplyDeleteDon't you sometimes have the impression that some birds know just how pretty they are and delight in their own loveliness? Look how that Great Tit is posing. If there ever was a Golden Hollywood for Great Tits, it'd be one of the stars.
Tinúviel
Grebes don't need mirrors to admire their fine feathers. They just look at their mates to see themselves.
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