Little Owl preening

The female Little Owl at the Serpentine Gallery was preening in her usual lime tree.

The pair of Magpies in the variegated holly tree down the hill from Temple Gate ...

... and the pair across the lake by the Buck Hill shelter are always waiting to come out for peanuts. Both pairs have bred and already thrown their offspring out of their territory.

The regular Robin at Mount Gate was hatched earlier this year, to judge by its unworn plumage. I haven't seen either of the older pairs here for some time.

The Robin at the Lido restaurant terrace is now often seen hunting along the shore like a wagtail.

The Pied Wagtail at the Dell restaurant had caught a tiny white larva.

It was having to skirt around Pigeon Eater.

A Grey Heron was fishing in the reeds opposite Peter Pan.

One of the Great Crested Grebe chicks on the Long Water followed its mother under the bridge to the good fishing ground on the other side.

Mary-Lu Bakker shot a splendid video of one of the older chicks on the Serpentine catching a reasonable sized fish.

An adult at Fisherman's keep rested by a fallen plane leaf.

The lone Mute cygnet on the Long Water was with its parents again today at the Vista.

The Black Swan and 4GIQ were feding at the Triangle. They were gatecrashed by the Lesser Black-Backed Gull that we saw eating a Feral Pigeon here a few weeks ago.

A Pochard drake at the Lido ignored an oncoming wave from the wake of a powerboat.

A Red Admiral butterfly having a leisurely feed of nectar from a Michaelmas daisy was knocked off the flower by a Common Wasp.

We've had pictures of Buff-Tailed Bumblebees punching holes in the side of baby sage flowers to get at the nectar. Here's a video of them at work.

Honeybees were enjoying the last warm day in the Rose Garden on the Michaelmas daisies ...

... and the purslane at the edge of the borders.