Cold and hungry

On a chilly day the small birds were very hungry and chased me around the Rose Garden. A Blue Tit waited in a cedar on the north edge ...

... and another ...

... and a Coal Tit perched in the blossom in a dogwood tree.

A Song Thrush sang in the woodland behind the Cavalry Memorial.

The Robin at the southwest corner of the bridge emerged from the brambles to collect some pine nuts. It has a mate who is very shy and only glimpsed occasionally.

A small flock of Starlings moved over the grass by the Italian Garden looking for larvae.

A Carrion Crow ate a rat on the pavement.

A gentler scene in the crocuses on the east lawn of the Albert Memorial.

The familiar female Pied Wagtail was with her mate hunting along the edge of the Serpentine.

Pigeon Eater, on the right here, was with his mate at the Dell restaurant.

The Grey Heron chicks looked out of the top of their nest on the island.

The pair were back in the west nest, but their occupation is an on-off affair and it seems unlikely that they will nest seriously soon.

A heron stood at the edge the brambles under the bridge, a place that gives chances of both a fish and a rat.

A pair of Great Crested Grebes displayed at the west end of the island. They were probably not near a nest site here, but it was a place to keep out of the icy wind.

There are two other pairs, one of which was near the Lido ...

... and the other on the Long Water near the bridge.

The Black Swan pushed through some Coots at the Triangle.

The Mallard pair were still in the nearby nesting basket, so far unchallenged by any larger birds.