Three Litte Owls

There were plenty of Little Owls to see: the male at the Round Pond in a horse chestnut tree ...

... who was calling to his mate on her usual lime branch ...

... and the male at the Serpentine Gallery in the hornbeam tree.

Julia filmed a Great Spotted Woodpecker prising up a long strip of bark from a dead branch in an oak tree near the Speke obelisk, looking for insects underneath.

A male Wood Pigeon at Mount Gate sidled up to a female, pecked her gently, and bowed in the Wood Pigeon's ritual gesture.  She wasn't interested and he gave up.

A Coal Tit came out on a branch below.

Young Great Tits were clamouring all round the Long Water. This is one of the large family at the southwest corner of the bridge ...

... and there are two other families across the water.

A Song Thrush foraged at the edge of the path near the Italian Garden ...

... and a male Greenfinch twittered from a dead tree beside the lake.

Pigeon Eater, having lunch with his mate, was annoyed by an intruder and chased it away.

A Pied Wagtail, working over the puddles at the edge of the Round Pond, found one of the little white larvae I've often seen them get before. I have no idea what they are.

The Mandarin and her three ducklings were having a quiet moment on the edge ...

... until the Mallard came by with her six, too close so she was attacked.

The single Mute cygnet was in good order on the edge of the Serpentine.

A Holly Blue butterfly perched in a bush behind the Dell restaurant.

I also saw a Camberwell Beauty on the west side the Long Water between the bridge and the Vista, but it wouldn't stop and I couldn't get a picture. A shame, because cold wet weather is due and we shan't be seeing butterflies for some time.

A Honeybee browsed in the patch of cranesbill at the back of the Lido.

A Wool Carder Bee in the Rose Garden fed on a Lamb's Ears flower.