Meandering?

A good selection of birds gathered at Mount Gate, but just the usual Great Tits and Robins, but a Long-Tailed Tit ...

... two Coal Tits ...

... a Jay ...

... and a Magpie under the currant bush.

A Blue Tit in the Rose Garden perched among budding leaves in a hawthorn. 

The Robin from the southwest corner of the bridge followed me to the Vista, taking pine nuts along the way.

Greenfinches were moving around in the trees north of Peter Pan. They have been breeding here for several years.

The familiar male Chaffinch was in the Flower Walk, dwarfed by the big leaves and flowers of a magnolia.

The official Kensington Gardens web page describes the walk as 'meandering', a strange word to use for a path that runs dead straight for 200 yards.

The flower patch in the Rose Garden made a pretty background for a Carrion Crow. It started as a patch of native wildflowers, but now this seems to have been forgotten and it's miniature narcissi and squills.

A male Pied Wagtail was hunting in the little waves raised on the Serpentine by a brisk wind. This is the one that had a sore foot from an attack of avian pox, but seems to be recovering and can now run though clearly it's still painful.

A female was a short way off on the boat hire platform, a good hunting place because the ridged planks retain bird droppings which attract insects.

The three Grey Heron chicks could be seen in their nest.

The herons in the park are unlike those anywhere else. They follow people around in the hope of getting fed.

The number of Cormorants seems to be going up, although the fish supply is still at its seasonal lowest. Seven stood on the fallen poplar at Peter Pan.

A female Great Crested Grebe on the Serpentine carried a leaf to her mate, not to do a dance or build a nest, but just as an encouraging sign that they might do either.

I keep hearing the Little Grebe on the Long Water but have only ever managed to see it once, at a distance. However, Ahmet Amerikali was in Southwark Park and got a good view of one on the small lake where it's easier to see.

The six Egyptian goslings at Fisherman's Keep were enjoying a preening session. They're growing quickly, though far from out of danger yet.

Two Mandarin drakes and a female moved along the edge.