Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds

A Little Grebe in the reeds near the Italian Garden had caught an impractically large perch, impossible for this small bird to swallow whole...

There were at least 50 Redwings in the avenue of large plane trees at the east end of Hyde Park, parallel to Park Lane. This area is not fen...

At least 20 Redwings were foraging in the fenced-off area at the south end of the Parade Ground. They feel safer in trees than on the ground...

A pair of Mute Swans on the Serpentine were displaying to each other in the usual way, arching and dipping their necks in unison. But then t...

The adult Great Black-Backed Gull was back on the Long Water, standing on the tern raft (which gets every species of water bird on it except...

A very wet day, but business goes on as usual for the Cormorants at the bridge. The Long-Tailed Tits are completely undeterred by rain ...

This Treecreeper in the Flower Walk 'froze' when I was photographing it. They do this when predators threaten, relying on their exce...