The biggest tree in the park

Autumn colours in the Rose Garden: the gigantic Caucasian elm towers over a fairly large sweetgum.

On the freshly reseeded lawn below a mob of Feral Pigeons were doing their best to frustrate the intentions of the gardeners.

A Blue Tit has turned up here, slightly relieving the sad lack of small birds in a place that was once teeming with them. It seemed to know me and came to my hand, so it's probably from the Dell ...

... where the pair of Coal Tits were in a yew tree. They have a choice of two yews and may be found in either.

The pair at the southwest corner of the bridge also have two large yew trees, safe and sheltering evergreens to pass the winter in.

The Robin was ticking on the other side of the path ...

... and the one in the Flower Walk was also waiting for pine nuts.

Two of the four local Jays perched in a tree by the Vista. There are a pair and their two young ones from this year, now completely adult in appearance.

The Little Owl at the Serpentine Gallery came out in the afternoon. It's always the same lime tree but she chooses many different places in it and you often have to spend some time finding her.

A Herring Gull at the Lido had a thorough rinse and flap.

The Czech Black-Headed Gull looked around the large area he dominates at the east end of the Serpentine, then flew down and patrolled the shore.

The dominant gull on the landing stage at the other end of the lake is well on his way to getting a dark brown head.

The teenage Great Crested Grebe which flew into the park from outside remains at the north end of the Long Water and takes no notice of the other grebes. It won't be looking for a mate till next year.

The single young Little Grebe on the Round Pond may be the only survivor of this year's brood on the Long Water ...

... and this adult sometimes seen going to the Serpentine island is evidently one of its parents. But it's very hard to count Little Grebes as they lurk under bushes, and there are probably more than you think.

The Mute Swan family on the Long Water saw someone with a hopeful-looking carrier bag and hurried over to beg. They were disappointed as it contained a pair of trainers.

The little young Egyptian Goose has had a late growth spurt and is now not much smaller than its siblings. It's in the middle here, with its mother on the left.