A welcome shower

It rained around noon, but soon cleared up. Raindrops on a spider's web brought a little grace to the hideous sheet metal fence at the back of Peter Pan.

The ground was softened just enough to bring out the Starlings to hunt for wireworms in the grass.

The tatty Robin was waiting at Mount Gate as usual ...

... today accompanied by a Great Tit.

Pigeon Eater's offspring was on the Dell restaurant terrace moaning incessantly. Both parents were away and the youngster was feeling lonely and neglected.

The lone Mute cygnet was here too by itself. It seems perfectly happy to be on its own.

The Egyptian Geese still have their one gosling, which is now quite large. They were by the boathouse.

The male Egyptian whose mate is nesting near the Italian Garden mooched on the kerb of a pool ...

... but when another Egyptian flew past he sprang into the air to chase it down the Long Water.

A Moorhen enjoyed climbing in the purple loosestrife on the island.

The local Great Crested Grebe family were by the moored boats. These give both protection from swooping gulls and good fishing opportunities, as fish lurk in the shadows underneath.

The pair with two large chicks were on the south shore again, evidently another good fishing spot.

The male grebe from the willow by the bridge was off the nest with his wings raised. There's certainly at least one chick, but it wasn't showing.

The teenage grebe from outside the park had a preen and a flap.

A large Buff-Tailed Bumblebee browsed on a verbena flower at the Lido restaurant.

The ivy at the back of the Lido is in flower. I looked for an Ivy Bee but only found a Batman Hoverfly, an ornamental enough creature.

Joan Chatterley was at Walthamstow Wetlands, where she found a Kingfisher with a fish ...

... and a Little Egret.