Another sight of a Little owlet

A Little owlet could be seen in one of the chestnut trees at the Serpentine Gallery, only the second time I've seen it and we still don't know whether there is more than one.

The father was keeping well away in a lime tree.

On the ground below two pairs of Carrion Crows had a brief brawl and the winning pair sent the losers off the premises.

A young Robin came out on the railings in the Flower Walk.

On a hot afternoon the Starlings at the Lido restuarant were keeping cool in the shade of the tables.

A Grey Wagtail perched on a post at Peter Pan. In the bottom left corner you can see what may be the nymph of a Black-Tailed Skimmer dragonfly crawling up from the water.

There are a lot of adults around the posts here.

The Grey Heron chicks in the fifth nest on the island, high in a treetop, are noisy but almost impossible to see. I got a brief glimpse of one, and there may be another showing indistinctly to the right of it.

The two Coot chicks at the Dell restaurant were out in the open with their parents ...

... directly below Pigeon Eater on the roof. He seems to have lost interest after eating one of them. After all, he can have a big Feral Pigeon whenever he likes.

The Mute Swans at the east end of the lake are down to four cygnets. Perhaps it would be unfair to blame the Black Swan for the loss, but they have been coming into his territory recently, and have now stopped doing it. The cygnets were busy upending to gather algae.

The Black Swan was on the raft with the unstoppable Coot. Both were looking hot and uncomfortable.

The hybrid cygnet was with its Mute mother 4GIQ near the bridge.

The spiky mauve flowers of eyngium are always popular with Honeybees. These flowers in the Rose Garden are a miniature variety, they aren't giant bees.

A still picture of the scene was photobombed by an Ornate-Tailed Digger Wasp.

The Buff-Tailed Bumblebees were staying with their preferred rugosa roses.