Bold Song Thrush

A remarkably bold Song Thrush collected worms and caterpillars for its nestlings in a tree near the Henry Moore sculpture.

A Chiffchaff sang in a tree near the Speke obelisk ...

... and so did a Greenfinch on a dead branch of the variegated holly tree between the bridge and the Vista.

The Little Owl at the Serpentine Gallery came out in the late afternoon, causing a great deal of running around the lime tree to find the least obstructed view. Luckily he was dozing and didn't mind.

There was a distant view of a Sparrowhawk circling over Buck Hill. It was looking down on a flock of Rose-Ringed Parakeets running for cover.

A Jackdaw at Peter Pan collected fibres of rotten wood to make a comfortable lining for its nest in a hole.

A Red-Eared Slider terrapin basked farther along the same fallen tree.

A Carrion Crow had won a bit of a hamburger at the Lido restaurant and was dunking it in the lake.

The first young Pied Wagtail I've seen this year perched on a buoy at the Lido. Judging by the way it was running around, it was already catching midges for itself.

Ahmet Amerikali was at Rainham Marshes, where he got a picture of a singing Sedge Warbler ...

... and a flying Little Egret.

A Grey Heron caught a carp in the Italian Garden.

A Mandarin drake was about to launch himself on the Serpentine.

An interesting picture from an anoymous contributor, a hybrid Gadwall x Mallard drake on the Serpentine. There are at least two of these in the park, and the other one has a green head.

A Grey Squirrel took its chances with the ferocious spikes on a cockspur hawthorn tree at Mount Gate to eat the blossom.

Female Garden Spiders only eat their mates occasionally, but it's best to be careful. This pair was in the reeds by the bridge.

The was a little Andrena mining bee in a wallflower in the Rose Garden, too covered with pollen to allow a guess at the species.

A Harlequin ladybird perched on a leaf. The stem was thickly covered with insect eggs, proving a good meal for it.