Windy

It was a windy day. A young Cormorant, still with a pale front, preened on a post at the island. The adult on the next post preferred to sit it out.

The female Pied Wagtail on the edge of the Serpentine just managed not to get blown away.

Pigeon Eater preened on the edge of the lake with his mate in the background while choppy waves broke on the shore.

Three Mute Swans were ruffled by the wind as they preened near the Lido.

A female Great Crested Grebe bounced in the waves.

A pair displayed in the smooth water in the lee of the island. There are two good nest sites a short distance away.

The young Grey Herons were making a racket in the nest but there was nothing much to see. An adult stalked through a crowd of Feral Pigeons by the bridge. It has a British metal ring, 119232, which I have reported. Sometimes you get sent information about where it was ringed.

Ahmet Amerikali got a picture of a Long-Tailed Tit at the northwest corner of the bridge carrying a bit of spider web to add to its nest.

There seem to be more and more Coal Tits, a welcome sight. This one was at the other end of the bridge.

A pair appeared in the corkscrew hazel bush in the Dell ...

... and there was also a pair in a rose bush in the Rose Garden ...

... along with a small flock of Blue Tits.

The scene was disrupted by an insistent male Rose-Ringed Parakeet, beautiful but a serious pest ...

... and more so by the Sparrowhawk flying over, but the birds instantly dived into shelter and it didn't get anything.

The railings near the Buck Hill shelter were thronged with Starlings. It's not just that they nest nearby, clearly someone is feeding them there.

Farther up the hill a Green Woodpecker hunted in the long grass.

A Jay at the Vista was expecting a peanut.

I don't quite know why I filmed this, but it's rather sad.