tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post9051320870637366660..comments2024-03-27T19:59:10.159+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-92195628425648648292013-06-11T23:55:47.777+01:002013-06-11T23:55:47.777+01:00Possibly. But Coots will collect absolutely anythi...Possibly. But Coots will collect absolutely anything if they like it. See this:<br />http://kensingtongardensandhydeparkbirds.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=balloonRalph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-43063270394144214742013-06-11T22:53:48.121+01:002013-06-11T22:53:48.121+01:00Presumably this is a tease, much of the detritus s...Presumably this is a tease, much of the detritus simply floated onto the nest for where it was, a coot couldn't/wouldn't move a sealed whisky bottle?<br />Jim, north LondonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-33985110644582364132013-06-01T23:54:56.753+01:002013-06-01T23:54:56.753+01:00Must be the pair from the east end of the island. ...Must be the pair from the east end of the island. I am sure from careful watching yesterday that the other pair have just one chick -- see Saturday's blog.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-76134399267080529372013-06-01T14:50:04.338+01:002013-06-01T14:50:04.338+01:00By the way, the great created grebe which I saw wi...By the way, the great created grebe which I saw with two chicks on its back is the one next to the serpentine islandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-58766879170937054412013-05-31T03:00:29.362+01:002013-05-31T03:00:29.362+01:00Been with my partner for a paddle boat ride in Hyd...Been with my partner for a paddle boat ride in Hyde park yesterday afternoon (30th May), and managed to take some great photos of the great crested grebe with two chicks on its back, pity we had to leave soon as we had to catch our flight back to MaltaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-11052603673608483172013-05-30T22:28:09.669+01:002013-05-30T22:28:09.669+01:00Couldn't have put it better.Couldn't have put it better.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-6871113050426569632013-05-30T16:51:50.087+01:002013-05-30T16:51:50.087+01:00looking again it gives tracey emin a run for her m...looking again it gives tracey emin a run for her money!?!<br />mark w2Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-6292326956553586592013-05-30T16:50:25.871+01:002013-05-30T16:50:25.871+01:00ha ha! i love that coot nest! at what point does i...ha ha! i love that coot nest! at what point does it stop being a nest & becomes bowery bird-type art? highly aesthetic anyway ;-D<br />Mark W2Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com