First cygnet at the Lido restaurant

The Mute Swan nesting by the Lido restaurant terrace has hatched her first cygnet. She had eight eggs, so there should be more to come.

The Mandarin on the Round Pond with ten ducklings rested on the edge and her ducklings hopped up one by one to join her. One of them had an injured leg, probably after a gull tried to snatch it, but it can stand and I don't think the leg is actually broken.

A Mallard has brought six ducklings on to the Round Pond. It's a long way to any bushes where a Mallard might nest, so she must have had quite a hike to reach the water. Unusually, her mate was staying with her to guard the young.

The female Little Owl looked down from her usual lime tree.

Her mate was farther inside the tree, and they were calling to each other.

The female at the Serpentine Gallery could be seen. If I didn't know the pair I'd take her for a male with her big eyebrows, but the male of this pair is tiny with enormous eyebrows and a permanently astonished expression.

There was a family of Blue Tits at the Triangle, bit I could only get an obstructed picture of one of the young ones being fed.

The Long-Tailed Tit family at the southwest corner of the bridge were dashing about in the trees, mostly invisible but one of the young ones came out on the top of a holly tree.

A Song Thrush at the southeast corner had dug up an unidentifiable object for its chicks. It looks dreadful, but probably they liked it.

A Grey Wagtail was collecting insects for its young at Fisherman's Keep. It's good to know that they're nesting.

There was a fine male Pied Wagtail a bit farther along the shore.

A Reed Warbler perched on a stem under the Italian Garden.

A Feral Pigeon by the Dell had feathered legs. There are two mutant genes for feathered legs, called 'grouse' -- which this one clearly is -- and 'slipper'. Birds that get both have such fluffy feet that they can barely walk. Needless to say, this condition is sought after by pigeon fanciers.

A Grey Heron perched on an umbrella at the LIdo restaurant, waiting for a table to be free so it could swoop down and grab the leftovers. The Starlings on the tower had the same idea.

Someone had given a heron at the island a large chunk of entrails. Heaven knows how he thought the bird was going to eat it. The heron flew off carrying it, but who knows what happened then.

A first sighting of the year of a female Black-Tailed Skimmer dragonfly near the Triangle ...

... and a Batman hoverfly in the Rose Garden.

A Red Admiral butterfly fed on a wallflower in the Flower Walk.