It was a late and hasty visit to the park today, as the lock on my front door had seized up and I had to get a locksmith to drill it out and replace it, so today's pictures are a bit routine.
A dull drizzly day suited a Song Thrush fine, as it made it easy to get worms. He sang happily in a treetop by the leaf yard.
A female Blackbird looked for worms on the lawn around the Henry Moore sculpture.
A Jay at the Vista was clearly impatient at being photographed instead of fed.
So was a Coal Tit at Mount Gate which was bouncing about in a tree, making it difficult to get a shot.
The pair in the corkscrew hazel in the Dell are accustomed to the slight delay, and pose nicely.
Purple cercis blossom in the Rose Garden made a pretty frame for a Blue Tit ...
... and a Great Tit.
A Blackcap sang in a sweetgum tree behind the Lido.
A year-old Grey Heron in the Dell peered earnestly into a backwater at the top of the small waterfall. It had just picked out a dead leaf to get a better view and put it on a rock.
The Coots' nest at the bridge is now very large, thanks to plenty of loose twigs in the Triangle shrubbery.
The Coots building a nest in a silly place on the edge of the Serpentine are still persisting with their hopeless enterprise. Usually even a Coot realises it's no good and gives up after a few days, but this pair is really stubborn.
A Canada Goose ate the tender young leaves of a weeping willow, while another preferred grass.
The female Canada on the Mute Swans' nesting island on the Long Water was still in place ...
... while her mate patrolled the water. The swans were far down the lake. Perhaps the boss swan was shaken by the furious resistance he met when he tried to evict the pair.
The Black Swan's uncertain girlfriend 4GIQ was ashore in front of the Big Bird statue, while the Black Swan was in the water nearby. Maybe his attentions had got too pressing and she wanted to keep clear of him.
A female Mallard in the Dell was being harassed by two drakes.
The six eldest Egyptian goslings on the Serpentine were is a neat huddle.
I couldn't see what was annoying this Grey Squirrel by the bridge, but it was certainly in a bad mood.
You didn't get locked out of the house, I hope! I've been there and it's enough to make me break into cold sweat to think about it.
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It was the internal door to my flat, so I was locked out indoors on the landing. Not too bad, and the man came quickly and did everything in one go -- at a pretty price.
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