A Song Thrush ignored the dim winter day and sang cheerfully near the leaf yard.

A pity about the noise of machinery in the background, but in the park you have to take your chances with audio recording.

A Robin on a bench in the Rose Garden stared suspiciously at the camera. It will now tolerate being photographed because it knows it will get some food afterwards.

The same with a Great Tit near the bridge ...

... and a Magpie beside the Long Water.

Three Carrion Crows enjoyed a wash in the Serpentine.

The Grey Heron at the west end of the island was hard at work enlarging the pair's nest.

Cormorants perched on a fallen Lombardy poplar in the Long Water.

One of them caught a fish, which it had to separate from a tangle of algae.

Although some of the Great Crested Grebes are now in breeding plumage, this one at the west end of the island is still in its plain winter outfit.

The Long Water was partly frozen after another frosty night. Black-Headed Gulls stood on the ice while Canada Geese rushed around in the unfrozen part, disturbing the teenage Mute Swans.

The Coots were having a hard time, because the ice was too thin for them to stand on and uncomfortable to swim through.

A Black-Headed Gull stared contemptuously at a Coot building another doomed nest on a post at Peter Pan.

A Moorhen mooned a rival, showing its white tail feathers. This is a Moorhen's standard threat display.

A pair of Mallards were outlined against a remaining patch of snow in the Dell.

A Mallard and a Moorhen exchanged hostile stares on the fallen willow near the bridge. Both like to use this branch as a perch.

A Shoveller cruised rapidly across the Vista, feeding as it went.

Another frosty night, and there was ice in the Italian Garden fountains. As usual, Black-Headed Gulls were standing on it.

There was still a bit of snow, and a Feral Pigeon poked about in it.

A single Redwing searched for worms under a tree halfway between the Italian Gardens and the Round Pond, a fairly deserted area suitable for these very shy birds. This is the first Redwing I've seen on the ground this winter, though several small flocks have been flying over. The absence of the Winter Wasteland has denied them their usual fenced-off feeding ground on the dead grass.

In the same tree, a Blue Tit searched for insects under a flake of bark.

Neil photographed this Long-Tailed Tit at the feeder in the Dell, with a mealworm in its beak and another in its clenched foot.

He also captured the very tame Coal Tit in the wintersweet bush near the Albert Memorial ...

... and a prettily backlit Robin near the Henry Moore sculpture.

Ahmet Amerikali found the Nuthatch near the leaf yard ...

... and a Great Spotted Woodpecker.

A Starling shone in the sweetgum tree near the Diana fountain.

Many water birds seem to like the taste of dry reeds. This Moorhen near the bridge is also hoping that when it turns over a bit of reed there will be an insect under it.

The Coots trying to build a nest on the post at Peter Pan have got to the stage of sticking twigs together with strands of algae. They may be a different pair from the one that has been building a doomed nest here for years, as those were much better builders.

The Black Swan was still on the Round Pond, cruising through a gang of Coots.

Anything submerged in the lake soon gets snails on it, and Mute Swans are particularly fond of these. The three teenagers on the Long Water investigated a bit of netting together. They must have found quite a lot of snails, because they stayed here for some time.

The two Gadwall drakes that have been together for some time at the Vista enviously followed a couple.

This is one of the female Tufted Ducks with a white forehead that people often mistake for a Scaup.

Joan Chatterley was in St James's Park and found Blondie, still with her new mate.

A freezing day day began with a gaudy sunrise, the shepherd's warning of foul weather to come. Thanks to David, who took this picture while I was still in a warm bed.

There was quite a heavy snowfall in the morning. This is a view from the Queen's Temple down to the Long Water.

The waterfowl were getting well sprinkled. An Egyptian Goose ...

... a Shoveller ...

... and a Gadwall cruised around at the Vista.

Several of the Grey Herons on the island were in their nests.

Many of the land birds were sheltering, and not to be seen. The pigeon-eating Lesser Black-Backed Gull, finding no pigeons, pecked irritably at the snow.

Black-Headed Gulls poked around beside the Diana memorial fountain. They seemed to be finding something.

So did a Magpie near the Lido.

There were plenty of people getting takeaway drinks and snacks at the Lido restaurant, and the Starlings were waiting for scraps.

A Wood Pigeon perched on a stump.

A Robin crept out from under a bush ...

... and there were some larvae for it to find.

In the afternoon the snow turned to sleet, and hungry Great Tits came out as usual.

There were some imaginative creations: a happy snowwoman ...

... a snowgirl in a bikini ...

... and a group including a snowcat and perhaps a crested snowbird.

Goldfinches chattered in the treetops near the Henry Moore sculpture.

A female Chaffinch under a holly tree near the bridge gave the camera a wary stare.

So did a Long-Tailed Tit in the Dell, though actually they don't take much notice of people.

There was a little flock here again, attracted by the mealworms in the feeder.

A Great Spotted Woodpecker called from the greenhouses, and there was a brief view of it climbing a branch.

Ahmet Amerikali managed to get a picture of the elusive Song Thrush in the leaf yard.

He also got a good shot of a Grey Heron flying.

Black-Headed Gulls and a single Common Gull bathed at one side of the Diana fountain, and Herring Gulls drank and bickered at the other.

A Lesser Black-Backed Gull stretched a wing on a post near the bridge. 

It has unusual greyish-pink feet instead of the usual pale yellow, and it may be the gull I've seen trying to catch pigeons in this area.

Some of the Great Crested Grebes are already back in breeding plumage.

Another view of the Moorhens in the Italian Garden fountain bustling around among the plants and enjoying a walk balancing on the narrow rail.

You don't usually find the four teenage Mute Swans on the Serpentine together, so it was good to see them in a row at the Lido.

A mixed bunch on the Lido railing: an Egyptian Goose, a Black-Headed Gull and a young Herring Gull.

The names of the hens in the allotment are displayed on the wall of the shelter.

However, their breed is not mentioned as with the previous flock which were sadly killed by a fox. That was interesting, as they were of old-fashioned rare breeds.

A political protest on a child's pushchair at the Vista -- it says 'Freedom is a very pleasant feeling.' Ironically, if they don't put themselves in harm's way by antagonising Vladimir Putin, as Navalny did, the Russians are freer than us now.