Little owlet sheltering from the wind

It was quite a windy day, but one of the Little owlets in Hyde Park had come out and was sheltering in the broken top of the horse chestnut tree. This is the one I think is female.

A Robin the the Flower Walk perched expectantly on the railings.

On of the three young Grey Herons on the Serpentine island climbed up the hawthorn tree to a sibling on the nest.

This one on the small waterfall in the Dell is getting its adult black and white face. It will have been hatched last year.

A young Lesser Black-Backed Gull by the Dell restaurant, presumably Pigeon Eater's, was keening pitifully ...

... but its parents ignored it. It's quite old enough to feed itself.

The Great Crested Grebe on the nest under the Dell restaurant balcony had a good view of the performance.

All was quiet at the nest at the island.

The grebe in the nest under the willow sat peacefully on the eggs in the nest under the willow by the bridge while its mate preened in the water.

Later it got up to turn the eggs.

A Coot by the nest at the bridge glared at a Lesser Black-Backed Gull on a post but there was nothing it could do to shift it.

A pair of Egyptian Geese near the boat hire platform decided for no visible reason to come ashore yelling and chase the others.

The geese that came to the Serpentine to moult are doing practice flights over the lake to test their new wing feathers before they leave.

The Mute Swan guarded her single cygnet.

The Tufted Duck family reappeared on the Long Water. They were diving like fury and impossible to count, but in this picture there are four young ones visible with their mother.

I had hoped to see the little Mandarin in its new home, but the Mandarins that came to the edge at the Vista were the other pair. The drake at the back is still regrowing his wings after moulting.

A Common Banded Hoverfly rested on an oak leaf at the back of the Queen's Temple.

The clumps of catmint in the Rose Garden are particularly attractive to Common Carder bees.