Autumn sun

Warm sunshine brought out the young male Little Owl in the horse chestnut tree in Hyde Park.

A Long-Tailed Tit probed crevices in a hawthorn tree near the Rose Garden.

A Great Tit found a small larva in a holly near the bridge.

The two Coal Tits in the Dell were chasing each other flirtatiously through the big yew in the Dell. It's not the right time of year for that, but they were in high spirits on a lovely day. Both came down for pine nuts on the railings.

It's impossible to leave the park now without feeding the faithful Robin at Mount Gate.

Starlings descended on a plate of chips at the Lido restaurant and demolished them in seconds.

Ahmet Amerikali was in Battersea Park and got a fine shot of one of the Firecrests ...

... and a Goldcrest.

A young Grey Heron on the fallen poplar at the Peter Pan waterfront was finding small black creatures in the branches. L. Fairfax has provisionally identified these as Soldier Fly larvae.

Here's a close up.

Pigeon Eater was resting on the roof of the Dell restaurant, and if he looked peeved he had a right to be ...

... as he had been harassed unmercifully by his offspring, which is perfectly able to look after itself and has been for months. It's amazing how tolerant he is. Jenna shot this video on her phone.

A Moorhen chick, again quite able to find its own food, was also giving a parent a hard time at the Vista.

The Great Crested Grebe chick from the east end of the Serpentine was fishing with its parents. It's just beginning to grow a crest.

A Cormorant perched on a tree on the island. It's always surprising to see these big ungainly birds perching on twigs like Robins.

The Mute Swan family came out through the bridge to do some begging and bullying on the Serpentine.

A Willow Emerald damselfly and a Common Darter dragonfly basked in the sunshine in the Dell.

A Honeybee on a Shasta daisy in the Rose Garden was covered in pollen.