Sunshine starts up the Song Thrush

After a frosty night, sunshine encouraged the Song Thrush at the Diana fountain to sing.

A Robin in the corkscrew hazel bush in the Dell had a careful look around to see if it was safe to fly down to take a pine nut.

At Mount Gate, both the male ...

... and the female Robin were waiting, a careful 20 feet apart to avoid conflict.

The male Chaffinch in the Rose Garden looked down from the pergola of climbing roses.

One of the Blue Tits stared from a tree ...

... and a Coal Tit perched for a moment in a rose bush.

A very small bush on the ground below had somehow managed to produce a perfect pink flower.

The seed pods of a Japanese Pagoda Tree, growing at the tips of thin twigs, presented quite a challenge to Wood Pigeons.

A pale grey Feral Pigeon with feathered legs trotted down the south shore.

When you see a close group of pigeons busily pecking, it's a sign that someone has been putting down grass seed. It's a wonder that any of it manages to grow at all.

A Carrion Crow had won a sun-dried tomato from the Lido restaurant.

The female Pied Wagtail was at the far east end of the lake ...

... leaving plenty of space for the Grey Wagtail to hunt.

Pigeon Eater was lying down on the Dell restaurant roof, as he does when he's digesting a heavy meal.

The Black-Headed Gull Blue 2331 called to establish his right to a post near the east end of the Lido. He's the dominant gull in the space between the one at the landing stage and one at the east end of the Serpentine, the second of these being the Czech visitor.

There was a lot of flying in and out near the Grey Heron nest in the middle of the island, but it was impossible to see what was going on.

There seems to have been a report of a Non-Crime Hate Incident on the Moon.

As 2025 drags to a close, I wish all readers the best available New Year.