Sloe time

A female Blackbird was eating sloes in a blackthorn tree at the east end of the Lido.

The Coal Tits in the Dell were waiting for their pine nuts. This is the female.

A Jay at the Serpentine Gallery had already taken one peanut, but hung around till I gave it another.

The male Little Owl looked down from the plane tree.

A Grey Heron in the Dell couldn't see to fish in the thick green algae covering the Dell stream, so it was checking the bushes for rats.

A pair of Cormorants played with a twig on the edge of the Serpentine island. 

The Little Grebe family had gone under the bridge on to the Serpentine, and the three chicks were in full cry. Two of them competed for a fish.

The three Great Crested Grebe chicks on the Long Water could be seen under the poplar tree with their father.

The two chicks ...

... and the single one on the Serpentine were harrying their parents unmercifully.

The Black Swan and his Mute mate 4GIQ were near the bridge, touting for treats from the Sunday visitors.

The Egyptian Geese in the Italian Garden had taken over the Coots' nest in the southeast pool. The Coots have two nests here and can spare one, but they weren't pleased.

Several of the large family of Mandarins on the Round Pond have come down to the Long Water.

A Juniper Shield Bug, Cyphostethus tristriatus, climbed over the railings at the east end of the Lido. It seems to have a damaged left forewing.

A pair of Willow Emerald damselflies, with a fine copper-coloured female, hung from a stem on the waterfront at Peter Pan.

There are still plenty of Migrant Hawker dragonflies in the brambles and long grass at the southeast corner of the Italian Garden.

A Buff-Tailed Bumblebee wandered over a clump of stonecrop in the Dell, taking a sip of nectar from each small floret.

The Band of the Royal Yeomanry were giving a Sunday concert in the Hyde Park bandstand. They are playing Arsenio Rodriguez' 'El Cumbanchero'.