A Great Crested Grebe chick at last

The Great Crested Grebes on the lake breed late in the year, as they have to wait for the young fish to grow to the right size for feeding chicks. The pair nesting under the balcony of the Dell restaurant have just hatched their first chick. They had four eggs, so others should follow.

They are going to have to watch out for Pigeon Eater, who was with his mate on the roof directly above them.

The Lesser Black-Backed Gull pair on the posts at Peter Pan is always the same one, I think. You seldom see more than two on the Long Water.

The Black Swan, who usually rushes over to be fed, was unenthusiastic and listless and we were worried that he might be ill. But he perked up later and seems to be OK. He had probably just been fed by a visitor -- he's a very popular bird and not short of snacks -- and is also out of sorts because he's moulting.

There were Green Woodpeckers calling between the Albert Memorial and the Queen's Temple, and there are certainly several here. But I'm not sure whether there is more than one young one. This one was by itself on a half-dead cherry tree down the hill from Temple Gate.

This may or may not be the same one, filmed by the Serpentine Gallery. It's still mostly dependent on its parents for food, but by copying its mother picking ants from a nest in the ground it's taking its first steps towards independence.

The male Little Owl looked out from his usual lime tree.

On the ground below a Carrion Crow amused itself by tearing up a cardboard box.

A Jay waited for a peanut in the Flower Walk.

A Blue Tit came out for a pine nut at the southwest corner of the bridge.

The Great Tits in the yew in the Dell have at least one young one.

While I was photographing it, one of the Coal Tits appeared on a high branch ...

... followed by a young Goldcrest.

A male Pied Wagtail on the shore by the Dell restaurant had collected a midge and a larva, so there must still be young to feed from a late nest.

Stock Doves came down to bathe and drink in the Long Water on a dead tree opposite Peter Pan.

A Jersey Tiger Moth perched on a bramble near the Italian Garden.

A Common Carder bee browsed on agapanthus flowers in the Dell.

An Elephant Hawk moth caterpillar, fully two and a half inches long and decorated with false eyes to frighten birds, crawled slowly across the path in the Flower Walk. It was in danger of being trodden on, so I put it in a flower bed.