There were a dozen Redwings hunting in the grass near the Physical Energy statue ...
... and several more between the Dell and the Rose Garden ...
... but none on the Parade Ground, though the Fieldfare was there as usual. It insists on staying more than a hundred yards for the fence, so you can never get a good picture.
A Song Thrush perched in a tree near the Speke obelisk.
A Greenfinch in a treetop by the Long Water wheezed and twittered against a background of a Wren and Robin singing, a Coot calling and, at 30 seconds, the explosive song of a Cetti's Warbler invisible in the bushes.
You're never out of earshot of a Robin anywhere in the park. This one was near the leaf yard ...
... and another was singing in a bush in the Rose Garden.
A Long-Tailed Tit arrived with a feather to line its nest ...
... and a Blue Tit looked down from the Wedge-Leaf Wattle by the Serpentine Road.
Great Tits waited in the corkscrew hazel bush in the Dell.
The female Little Owl at the Ranger's Cottage may be planning to nest in this lime tree, which has several suitable holes.
The male at the Round Pond came out in the afternoon.
The young Grey Heron in the Dell was reflected in the stream.
A Cormorant caught a perch under the edge of the Italian Garden.
A Coot brought an iris leaf to its mate nesting in a fountain pool. For some reason it jumped over one of the nets and dived under an identical one. But you don't ask Coots why they do things.
There are now several eggs in the nest.
A male Hairy-Footed Flower Bee browsed on a wallflower in the Rose Garden.
I'll continue to say till my last day that someone ought to make a manga starring Coots. Sometimes they look like belong in anime.
ReplyDeleteThat feather is almost longer than the Long Tailed Tit. Wonderful picture.
Tinúviel
Yes, Coots are quite like the bulky round No Face in Spirited Away wearing a little white mask so you can see which way he's pointing.
DeleteI wonder how the Long-Tailed Tit will work that big feather into its nest. The lining is usually made with little downy feathers stuck point first into the wall from inside, making it soft and comfortable.
The photo of the LTT is too cute for words :)
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear there is a greenfinch around - honestly can't remember the last time I saw one :(
There are lots of Greenfinches along both sides of the Long Water. You hear them more often than Goldfinches, which are never numerous in the park though we have a few at the moment.
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