Chiffchaffs

Chiffchaffs can be heard calling all over the park, and there are families at the east end of the Lido and here at the southwest corner of the bridge. I got a picture of a worn one on a holly twig ...

... and Ahmet Amerikali found a much neater one, probably one of this year's brood now in adult plumage.

One of the young Jays followed me here ...

... and the usual Robin made an appearance.

A young Robin came out on the path in the Rose Garden, evidently the very late hatched one we saw here a week ago.

A Wood Pigeon was eating the leaves of the plants in the herbaceous border of the Rose Garden.

A young one was sunbathing by the Serpentine Gallery ...

... where the male Little Owl was out in the big plane tree.

Ahmet found one of the young Hobbies flying over Buck Hill looking for grasshoppers, of which there are plenty in the long grass.

A Starling looked down haughtily from an umbrella at the Lido restaurant.

The female Coal Tit in the Dell peeped shyly out from the corkscrew hazel bush.

A Cormorant at the Serpentine island jumped on to a chain, just managed to keep its balance, and climbed on to a post.

The teenage Great Crested Grebe rested in the water nearby.

The youngest chicks on the Long Water were under the big poplar tree. One came into sight for a moment, here seen from across the lake.

The Little Grebe chicks were under the bridge waiting for a parent to bring a fish.

A Moorhen near the Lido had three quite young chicks. They hide their nests expertly, so you never know where a family is going to turn up.

An Egyptian Goose on the Serpentine had a brisk wash and flap.

A bright fresh Chicken of the Woods fungus has come out on a cherry tree near Peter Pan.