tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post5908210412959484983..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-13812185684017570692018-04-30T18:37:02.557+01:002018-04-30T18:37:02.557+01:00Completely unaltered from the original picture.Completely unaltered from the original picture.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-56782266256831223892018-04-30T18:36:32.498+01:002018-04-30T18:36:32.498+01:00Thanks for the identification.Thanks for the identification.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-89526707911903938632018-04-30T18:32:39.979+01:002018-04-30T18:32:39.979+01:00But, dear Ralph, you have seriously distorted the ...But, dear Ralph, you have seriously distorted the colour!Elizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-449116815980093732018-04-30T14:24:05.221+01:002018-04-30T14:24:05.221+01:00The flower is the very common red campion, also kn...The flower is the very common red campion, also known as red catchfly (Silene dioica)<br />MarioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-72278993878541228832018-04-30T02:25:07.142+01:002018-04-30T02:25:07.142+01:00Coots go for red and shiny metallic things mostly....Coots go for red and shiny metallic things mostly. They may have an idea that something fibrous like rope would be a good nesting material, and don't realise how firmly it's attached at the other end. But that doesn't explain the behaviour of young Herring Gulls, which will spend a long time pulling loose ends of rope.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-312421799479178892018-04-29T20:37:28.761+01:002018-04-29T20:37:28.761+01:00Could it be also the blue colour that draws the Co...Could it be also the blue colour that draws the Coot's attention to the rope, I wonder? They do have an affinity for strong vivid colours.<br /><br />Let's hope we'll soon get glimpses of Grebe chicks. Yay!<br /><br />Those poor exiled Swans. There is no peace for them at the Serpentine.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com