A sunny Saturday bringing hordes of visitors to the park is never a good time for seeing birds. Despite two visits to the Serpentine Gallery I missed seeing any of the Little Owls. Even the ubiquitous Great Tits were staying in the bushes. This is one of the pair that nested in the lamp post at the east end of the Serpentine.
A young Starling found an apple core at the Lido restaurant. It looks more as if the bird was fighting it rather than eating it.
An adult on a table glittered in the sunshine.
The Grey Heron chicks in the fourth nest on the Serpentine island are growing rapidly on their nutritious diet of regurgitated fish.
A Coot brought an iris leaf to the nest in the water lilies in the Italian Garden.
The four chicks from the nest under the parapet are now almost adult size.
The Mute Swans with five cygnets were keeping them safely well down the lake ...
... away from the Black Swan, who was madly throwing algae about ...
... and 4GIQ who was looking after their single cygnet by the bridge.
Six Egyptian goslings and their mother were strolling around on the path by the small boathouses, ignoring the passing humans. But if a dog appears in the distance, even on a lead, they will all hurry to the water.
The Mandarin ducklings are quite large now, and were nearby with their mother catching low flying midges.
The Pochard with her single duckling was at the Vista.
A fox looked out of the long grass a few yards to the south of the waterfront.
A large carp cruised around a pool in the Italian Garden.
A Comma butterfly perched on a nettle near Peter Pan.
The edge of the Long Water was crowded with Common Blue damselflies.
Two Buff-Tailed Bumblebees shared a scabiour flower at the back of the Lido.
A Greenbottle fly sunned itelf by the Dell.















































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