A sunny Saturday and not much to see

On a sunny Saturday with a lot of people in the park the small birds were lurking in the shade. Even the ubiquitous and noisy young Great Tits had quietened down, though there was one begging in the Rose Garden.

A Pied Wagtail hunted on the grass beside the Round Pond, which is already looking dry and faded despite last night's rain.

This Chiffchaff was photographed at Walthamstow Wetlands by Joan Chatterley.

Several young Magpies were begging at the northwest corner of the bridge.

This Carrion Crow at the Serpentine Gallery seems to have taken a liking to the bronze trees with boulders.

The male Little Owl could be seen in the chestnut tree.

A Cormorant on the Long Water had a frantic wash and jumped on to a post to dry.

The three Mandarin ducklings on the Round Pond are straying all over the place. This one, the smallest, was a hundred yards from its mother and heading away from her. I chased it back and it was reunited with the others.

The six Mallard ducklings were sitting quietly with their mother, and their father was keeping an eye on them a short way along the shore.

There are several pairs of Egyptian Geese with single goslings. This one was near the Lido ...

... and there was another at the landing stage.

The Black Swan came over for some sunflower hearts.

There were Black-Tailed Skimmer dragonflies all around both lakes and the Round Pond ...

... and a lot of Common Blue damselflies. This one was in the Dell.

I don't know what had got into this Buff--Tailed Bumblebee. It was wandering around in the grass on the Vista and seemed lost. It was uninjured and active. I picked it up and put it in a patch of clover so it could have a feed and maybe recover its senses.

There were Buff-Tails on the spiky eryngium flowers east of the Lido ...

... and plenty of Honeybees ...

... but there was a general lack of other species on view. I found just one Common Carder on a scabious at the back of the Lido.