The elusive Wren

A Wren lives in a yew hedge in the Flower Walk, generally staying deep inside. But occasionally it comes out on top, and today it appeared for a moment in a patch of sunlight.

The nearby Robin is still very nervous, and watched the Great Tits feeding from my hand for several minutes before it came over ...

... but every time I go past Mount Gate the Robin here is waiting on the railings.

A Coal Tit in the Dell was also suspicious, but pine nuts on the railings were irresistible. Coal Tits' tree of choice is the Stone Pine that produces these seeds, a familiar sight in the Italian countryside but I don't think there are any of this species in the park.

A pair of Carrion Crows rummaged in fallen leaves under the big ash at the corner of the Dell.

If you leave your picnic unattended for a moment you get uninvited guests.

Dongze Li took a pleasing photograph of one of the Little Owls in Hyde Park.

The two boss Black-Headed Gulls on the Serpentine are the Czech visitor at the east end ...

... and the one on the landing stage by the Diana fountain at the west end. Both clear a wide area around them, squeezing the other gulls into the middle of the lake.

The Great Crested Grebe chicks at the east end of the Serpentine island and the single chick from the Dell restaurant were visited by parents bringing fish.

One of the chicks from the west end was also being fed. They were by the plastic buoys surrounding the Lido swimming area.

The single Coot chick on the Serpentine, probably the only survivor of a large brood, is always out in the open but has so far managed to avoid being snatched by a Herring Gull.

There was an outbreak of aggression among the Mute Swans.

The lone cygnet, which had been by itself at Fisherman's Keep ...

... saw its parents by the Dell restaurant terrace and quickly went over for protection.

Migrant Hawker dragonflies are still flying around the Long Water ...

... and there were four Common Darters basking on the warm iron railings of the Dell. A male and a female perched on adjacent spikes.

A Green-Veined White butterfly fed on a Lantana flower in the Rose Garden.