The first Coot chicks

The first Coot chicks have hatched in a nest Peter Pan. When a parent stood up you could just see four of them.

One took a walk round the nest and settled under its parent's wing.

One of the homeless Canada Geese on the Long Water was standing boldly next to the female Mute Swan on the nesting island.

It left hastily when the male turned up.

The swans nesting on the Serpentine island issued a warning to a pair of Greylag Geese not to come ashore.

The swans at the east end of the Lido are going ahead with nesting in the reeds.

The male at the other end of the Lido restaurant terrace was back claiming the nest site. He always seems to be on his own but must have a mate somewhere.

Swans are fond of young weeping willow leaves, and a party came ashore from the Serpentine to eat them.

I was wrong about the Egyptian Geese at the Lido having lost all their goslings. They still have two.

The survivor on the other side was resting with its parents. It's growing larger by the day.

The Mandarin pair were at the boat hire platform.

The Little Owl at the Round Pond was well hidden in a horse chestnut tree.

A pair of Long-Tailed Tits were working through the trees near the Italian Garden.

There were plenty of Brimstone butterflies, as usual favouring dandelions.

Another fed on a Mexican orange at the northwest corner of the bridge.

Tom was at Rainham Marshes and sent some excellent pictures. He managed to photograph a Cetti's Warbler, a notably elusive bird that only seldom emerges from cover.

He found a male Linnet on a blackthorn bush ...

... and a Chiffchaff bringing a bit of lining to its nest.

There was a surprise when a Fulvous Whistling Duck flew over. A native of tropical regions from Bangladesh to Mexico, it's popular in wildfowl collections and this must be an escape.