Another Cetti's Warbler

The female Chaffinch who often turns up in various parts of Kensington Gardens with her mate appeared alone in the Flower Walk.

The Robin at the Queen's Gate Crossing also came out for pine nuts.

A Cetti's Warbler was singing loudly at the southwest corner of the bridge. I saw it a couple of times as it dashed from one bush to another but didn't get a picture. However, Ahmet Amerikali did, revealing that it has a ring. We haven't seen a ringed Cetti here brefore. Unsurprisingly it's a British ring. It's most unlikely that anyone will get enogh pictures to read the whole number.

Ahmet also photographed a male Sparrowhawk here looking down from the top of a tree. The Cetti, of course, would have been deep in cover in the brambles.

The small birds were noticeably hungrier on a chilly day. Blue Tits ...

... and Great Tits turned out in the Rose Garden.

Starlings on the Lido restaurant weathervane waited to swoop down and raid a table.

A Carrion Crow called from an almost leafless poplar near the Vista.

A Magpie looked round from a red maple by the bridge.

A Grey Heron stood among holly berries at the top of the steps.

The heron fishing on the ramp at the Lido was now facing interference from two Cormorants.

A Cormorant on the submerged wall under the Italian Garden dried its wings, a pointless exercise as they would have got wet again as soon as it swam away.

Two Cormorants framed a newly arrived Common Gull on the posts at Peter Pan. The one at the Lido was also there, so this was a different one.

Three Red-Crested Pochard drakes, now back in their very smart breeding plumage, visited the shore in front of the Peter Pan statue.

They had to keep their distance from the dominant Mute Swan family, who had come to beg from the Saturday visitors.

The pair of swans that nest behind the fence at the boathouse were back in place. Even when they aren't nesting it's a safe place shielded from dogs and children.

The young Egyptian Goose was noticeably less less lame today, and with luck will recover completely.

A final visit to the faithful Robin at Mount Gate before going home.