Two Little Owls again

The female Little Owl was out in the sunshine on a broken branch of the dead tree.

When I went back later they were both out, well camouflaged against the bark of a horse chestnut. The female is at the top in this picture. The male looks larger than he is because of perspective.

Ahmet Amerikali found some Redwings near here yesterday. They can usually be seen somewhere between the Round Pond and the Italian Garden, a wide area that makes them hard to find.

The Fieldfare is still in the same place on the Parade Ground, not worried by the bare ground having been covered with turf.

A Song Thrush sang in a tree by the Flower Walk as sunset approached.

A male Blackbird on a lower branch didn't answer it. The Blackbirds haven't started singing yet, though I heard one quietly practising a couple of days ago.

This Wren is often seen at the foot of Buck Hill. The brambles where it used to hide have been cut down, but it's holding on to its territory. The brambles will grow back soon enough.

It hopped around in the leaves under a tree.

A Blue Tit in the Rose Garden waited on a rope.

The dominant Black-Headed Gull on the landing stage was keeping an eye on his territory.

Two of the three Grey Heron chicks in the east nest were visible. They grow at a fantastic rate.

The three older chicks in the upper nest could also be seen.

The young heron in the Dell was admiring its reflection.

The one in the reed bed under the Italian Garden was having a rest from fishing, perched on a low branch of the dead willow.

The Great Crested Grebes on the Long Water have made a nest on the edge of the next reed bed. They were mating.

There are four grebes on the Serpentine. A pair were congratulating each other after shooing off a single.

The fourth was fishing under the concrete beams supporting one of the boathouses, a productive place also visited by herons and Cormorants.

More Gadwalls have arrived in the Italian Garden pools. A pair browsed on algae together.

We have had far more Gadwalls than the usual occasional visitors recently. It's beginning to look as if they will stay here permanently.