Young Grey Heron down from the nest

One of the young Grey Herons from the nest at the east end of the island was down from the nest at ground level for the first time. It watched a Coot diving, a new and interesting event.

The young heron from last year which fishes in the Dell was beside the stream. It's still all grey, without an adult's black and white face, but you can see how much sleeker it is than the dishevelled teenagers.

The new nest on the island had a heron sitting in it. I think the bird was just resting rather than sitting on eggs, but this needs watching.

A Blue Tit at the foot of Buck Hill was flying in and out of a hole in a tree, clearing out debris so that it could have room to nest comfortably.

The Blue Tits in the Rose Garden turned up to be fed. There are at least two pairs here.

A Robin in the flower bed below had pulled up a worm. However do these tiny birds manage it?

There is a Long-Tailed Tits' nest in a broom bush, and Ahmet Amerikali got a fine picture of the pair, one of them carrying a feather to line the nest.

A female Hairy-Footed Flower Bee was in the same bush, browsing on the pink blossom.

There is also a Long-Tailed Tits' nest in the brambles near the Buck Hill shelter, and one of the birds paused fror a moment on a twig.

There are at least two more nests, one at each end of the bridge. Not much activity can be seen at the moment, probably because the birds are already sitting on eggs.

Another good picture from Ahmet, a Chiffchaff at the southwest corner of the bridge.

Blackbirds are now sadly scarce in the park, but there was one poking in the leaf litter in the woodland at the bottom of Buck Hill ...

... and another preening on the opposite side of the Long Water.

A Great Spotted Woodpecker appeared in a plane tree in the Dell. It flew up to the top of the hill and started drumming in the place where I filmed it yesterday.

The solitary Grey Wagtail was by the reed bed at the east end of the Serpentine, calling and flying about. This was an accident: someone was using the Merlin phone app to identify the bird from its call, and played it back to show a friend how the app worked. The lonely wagtail thought there was another one here, and was calling to it and searching for it. No serious harm would have been done, but it shows that you have to be careful.

Both the Little Owls at the Round Pond were out enjoying the sunshine, in the same tree but a discreet distance apart. The male is shown first here.

The single Egyptian gosling on the Serpentine has survived another day.

A few days ago workmen were clearing scrub beside the Long Water. This is illegal after 1 March under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which forbids disturbing nesting birds of any species. I reported this to the Wildlife Officer, the park ecology department, and the police. Today they were at it again on the Hyde Park side of the bridge. The tree they are cutting down has been used as a nest site by Goldcrests. Evidently the park management considers itself above the law.