A Blue Tit eating a pine nut in the Rose Garden was knocked off its perch by a Great Tit.
Another was waiting farther along the hedge.
At the bottom right of the picture you can see the orange cup-shaped apothecia, or fruiting bodies, of the lichen on the twig. Lichens are composed of fungi with algae or bacteria, and these come from the fungus.
The familiar Chaffinch appeared on a pergola.
The bold young Robin at the back of the Queen's Temple perched on a twig.
The young Pied Wagtail on the south bank of the Serpentine was hunting on the grass.
Rose-Ringed Parakeets are messy and wasteful feeders and keep dropping their food. This scene was shot in the Triangle shrubbery where there are several plum trees.
The dominant Black-Headed Gull on the landing stage had chased off all rivals and was relaxing.
A Cormorant perched on the favourite dead branch at the island.
The six half-grown Coot chicks in the southeast pool in the Italian Garden, which usually straggle all over the place, were bunched together in a tight group.
The little Mandarin on the Round Pond was in its usual place on the gravel ...
... but earlier Natasha got a brief video of it making a short flight.
The three Egyptian goslings by the Serpentine island had survived another day.
A Canada x Greylag Goose hybrid preened on the edge of the lake. They are a miscellaneous lot: this one has Greylag-like colour on its bill and feet and Canada-ish plumage.
A large and healthy rat strolled through a flower bed east of the Lido.
A Jersey Tiger moth drank nectar from the florets of a flower head of hemp agrimony in the Dell.
The Verbena bonariensis in the Rose Garden is always popular with insects, and had attracted a White-Tailed Bumblebee ...
... and a Large White butterfly.
A yellow patch of Dog Vomit Slime Mould, Fuligo septica, stood out on a fallen tree near the Henry Moore sculpture. It seems to be edible, as something has chewed out a patch on the middle.
Credit goes to Natasha (who checks on the Round Pond every morning) for the video of the little Mandarin taking a short flight
ReplyDeleteThanks, will change it.
DeleteI find Rats quite cute looking! They get a bad rep.
ReplyDeleteHow about the fantastic London Mayor Sadiq Khan potentially building over Hyde Park. Probably be a Mosque or something.
Sean
There used to be several rats you could hand feed. I think the park people poisoned them.
DeleteLet's hope there is enough of an outcry about Khan's proposals to keep the hook-nosed midget in check.
Hook-nosed midget - brilliant!
DeleteHe also sounds like he has a piece of cheese wedge in his throat!
DeleteWhat?! What did he say? If you need help with the pitchforks from abroad, just say the word.
DeleteTinúviel
He said he wouldn't rule it out. He is planning to build houses for immigrants on green belt land around London.
DeleteHow rude, that Great Tit. He looks too pleased with himself by far. I hope he'll meet his match in the shape of an angry Wren.
ReplyDeleteI think it's safe to say the little Mandarin can fly. Now it's just a matter of pointing it in the right direction to join the rest of its family. It looks so small among the parade of hulking swans.
Tinúviel
The little Mandarin, who has spent all his life at water level on the Round Pond, has no idea that there is a lake within a minute's flight where his siblings and mother are taking theie ease. She will have to fetch him.
DeleteInteresting to note your Jersey Tiger is of the form flavescens with the yellow rather than orange/red hindwings of the normal form. Some years I've seen more of this form than the typical, but this year I've seen few of flavescens compared to the typical form.
ReplyDeleteNot sure about the colour fidelity of that picture, taken in the shade during a sunny period. As it flew by before alighting I saw flashes of orange and thought it was a Comma butterly.
DeleteSad to see banal racisn infecting such a lovely website.
ReplyDeleteI would have the same view of him whatever his race. He has been a disaster for London.
DeleteAmen to that
DeleteSadiq Khan, more like Sadiq Khant
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