The female Little Owl near the Serpentine Gallery was in a remote and shady place at the top of the horse chestnut tree.

She called to her mate.

A flock of Long-Tailed Tits moved along the Flower Walk ...

... and a Robin stretched in the middle of a bush.

A Wren came out on a holly tree near the bridge.

A Pied Wagtail perched on the roof of one of the small boathouses.

The male Peregrine was on the tower, as usual with his back to the view.

The small flock of Mistle Thrushes that visited the rowan trees on Buck Hill seem to have moved on, and over the past two days I have only seen one here. This afternoon there were only Starlings.

A Wood Pigeon hung down perilously to reach some berries.

A Grey Heron fished from a branch on the edge of the Long Water. They have no difficulty reaching down to the water even when standing a foot above the surface.

The plastic buoys around the Lido swimming area are a popular place for Black-Headed Gulls to socialise and preen.

For some reason a flock of Egyptian Geese considered that the crowd gathered for a charity run was worth a visit.

A pair of Gadwalls browsed on the green algae that have come up on the Long Water in the recent warm weather.

The big ivy hedge at the back of the Lido is coming into flower, and at last I managed to find an Ivy Bee there.

A Common Carder bee visited a patch of lavender in the Rose Garden.

An uneventful day was graced by a sight of the female Little Owl in her nest tree near the Speke obelisk.

There were some Robins to brighten the scene: one in the Rose Garden, and another singing on the edge of the Long Water.

A Song Thrush uttered a few brief phrases. They occasionally sing out of season, even in midwinter.

A Grey Wagtail and a Dunnock hunted for insects along the edge of the Serpentine.

A Starling at the Lido restaurant wondered whether I had any food for it. But if you start feeding Starlings you will be mobbed by them for ever afterwards.

A male Feral Pigeon enjoyed a light snack of his mate's fleas and lice.

A Peregrine flew on and off the crane in Knightsbridge several times.

It was the turn of a Grey Heron to occupy the dead tree near the bridge.

Even adult Herring Gulls play with things sometimes, though it's hard to see what this one liked about a beakful of miscellaneous debris.

A Cormorant caught a perch, and had to separate it from a bunch of algae and turn it round to swallow it head first. Less spiny fish go down so fast that you can seldom get a picture.

Two elegant female ducks: a Mandarin on the Serpentine ...

... and a Red-Crested Pochard -- these look as if they'd been playing with their mother's lipstick.

The many small florets of a Sedum kept a Buff-Tailed Bumblebee busy.

There is seldom much to see in the North Flower Walk, which doesn't have nearly as many flowers as the South one near the Albert Memorial. But the Victorian benches are curious, every one of them different. Here is one whose ironwork is in the shape of branches ...

... and another supported on two snakes with barbed tails.

It was a warm afternoon, and a Carrion Crow ...

... and some Starlings cooled off with a bathe in the Serpentine.

A Wren had a thorough preen on a twig beside the Long Water. It was still going five minutes after I stopped filming.

A flock of Long-Tailed Tits worked their way up from the Albert Memorial to the Physical Energy statue.

A Pied Wagtail called as it hunted in the grass.

The male Peregrine tends to perch on the tower with his back to the view, and you have to wait for him to look round.

Male pigeons never stop trying it on with females.

An Rose-Ringed Parakeets never stop trying to get into feeders, despite finding them impossible to penetrate.

The Little Owls weren't being helpful today. The male at the Serpentine Gallery was dozing and wouldn't look down ...

... and the pair near the Speke obelisk, although they called to each other occasionally, remained completely invisible in two trees. However, when I was dodging around under a tree trying to see something there was a little tapping noise overhead, and there was a female Great Spotted Woodpecker looking for insects on a small branch.

A young Herring Gull dived to find a toy, chose a leaf, and took it to the edge of the lake to play with.

A young Grey Heron has often been seen on the gravel strip on the Long Water. Today there were three of them. Perhaps this place offers easy fishing for beginners.

The Great Crested Grebe chicks are quietening down at last, and just following their parents and learning from them. This is one of the youngest chicks at the Vista ...

... and an older one at the island.

A fox came out on the grass at the Vista and took no notice at all of the people staring at it and photographing it. Urban foxes are becoming more and more blasé about humans.

After a day without a sight of a Little Owl yesterday, they were visible in both places. The female looked down from her nest tree near the Speke obelisk ...

... and I think this is the male near the Serpentine Gallery, right at the top of the horse chestnut.

There was just one Mistle Thrush eating fruit in the rowan trees on Buck Hill.

A Pied Wagtail hunted insects in the grass beside the Serpentine.

Two Goldcrests called to each other in the yew at the southeast corner of the Dell.

The very confident Coal Tit in the Flower Walk came to my hand for two pine nuts, and obligingly posed for a picture before taking the second.

There was a Peregrine on the crane in Knightsbridge. I think this is the female of the pair.

A pair of Black-Headed Gulls on the edge of the Serpentine displayed to shoo away another pair. The intruders wouldn't back off, so it came to a fight.

The second pigeon-eating gull, the Lesser Black-Back with grey legs, had made a kill at the Triangle car park.

Both the lakeside restaurants now have a Grey Heron looking for scraps. The one at the Lido is now standing on the edge of the lake right next to an occupied table hoping that the occupant will throw it a morsel.

A Cormorant drying its wings on a post on the Long Water looked quite shiny in the hazy sunlight. It had a good flap to help the process.

The elder Great Crested Grebe chick on the Serpentine was fishing by itself, though I didn't see it catch anything. It paused to preen.

The Coot nest next to the bridge was occupied a pair of Moorhens. The Coots also stand here but I think they've lost interest in the nest as a bit of property, because I've never seen a fight.

An Egyptian Goose preened at the Vista.

The Grey Squirrels around the Long Water are quite vocal at the moment. I think this was a friendly conversation rather than a territorial dispute, as the one on the lower branch started cleaning its fur in a relaxed way.

I didn't see any interesting insects, but Neil sent a picture of a female Willow Emerald damselfly of a pretty gold colour.

A walk around the Long Water, starting and finishing at the bridge that separates it from the Serpentine.

A Long-Tailed Tit hung upside down in a hawthorn tree.

A Goldcrest hopped around in a yew near the bridge.

A Jackdaw looked down expectantly ...

... and got a peanut, which it shelled neatly.

The blond male Egyptian Goose stood on the willow near the bridge. His mate, with whom he is now happily reunited, was in the water nearby.

The Red-Crested Pochard drakes are emerging from eclipse and beginning to get their breeding plumage.

A Migrant Hawker dragonfly hovered over a pool in the Italian Garden.

On the Serpentine, the older Great Crested Grebe chick gave the camera a curious stare as it cruised up the island ...

... too far, and into the other family's territory, so it got chased away.

A Grey Heron stared at something on the Bluebird Boats platform.

A side view shows that it was looking at the gap between the pedalos, hoping an unwary fish would swim into view.

Three people were staring at the male Peregrine on the tower. He was mildly interested and stared back.

A young Herring Gull ate the remains of the pigeon-eating Lesser Black-Backed Gull's latest kill. 

He hadn't eaten much of it, so it was probably his second pigeon of the day. He was in his favourite place on the restaurant roof, preening.

A juvenile Wood Pigeon drank and had a wash in the pool at the top of the Dell waterfall. Not sure why it was pecking at the water -- maybe there were some small insects on the surface.

Finally, another fine picture from Rainham Marshes by Tom: the female Kestrel at sunset.