Buzzard over Bayswater

A Pied Wagtail trotted through the daisies beside the Round Pond looking for insects.

The Little Owl was in her usual tree. It was sunny till early afternoon, when it started to drizzle and she would have needed to find shelter. There is a hole in a nearby lime tree that the owls have sometimes used, but I don't know whether it's suitable for nesting.

While I was wandering around under the tree trying to get a clear shot, a Buzzard drifted over and disappeared to the northeast.

The Coal Tit pair in the Rose Garden haven't been visible for a while, but one of them turned up today in a bush and called for service.

The Coal Tit at Mount Gate was also hungry on a colder day, and followed me to the Albert Memorial.

A Blue Tit posed in the forsythia bush.

A male Chaffinch near the Serpentine Gallery was carrying a few strands of nesting material. This is not the one that chases me all over Kensington Gardens, but it may be the younger male that sometimes accompanies the pair.

The Green Woodpecker on Buck Hill has been calling insistently for several days. It's hard to see now that the leaves are out, but Ahmet Amerikali got a good picture of it.

A small dead tree has fallen into the Long Water by the bridge. A Grey Heron took advantage of this new fishing station.

There are seven Coot chicks in the nest in the Italian Garden. They need feeding for part of their diet but are already finding things for themselves.

More chicks have appeared in a nest on the lake below. There was at least one more out of sight on the nest.

And there's a new nest under the bush at the edge of the Vista where the Moorhens like to climb, which is bad news for the Moorhens and they will have to find somewhere else to nest.

The eight Egyptian goslings on the Round Pond are now large enough to stroll past a Herring Gull without danger.

Inevitably the pair on the Serpentine have lost some. They had ten ...

... and there was a single one near the Dell restaurant which was responding to the calls of a female but looks like a stray from the other pair. Egyptians are vague about ownership of their offspring.

The male at the Albert Memorial was alone on the east lawn, so it looks as if his mate is nesting in a tree here. The goslings will have a serious trek to get to the Long Water.

The Mandarin pair were still by the Henry Moore sculpture. They seem likely to nest here, and there are several old trees where they should be able to find a hole. There's also an Egyptian nesting here.