Sunny day for flowers and birds in St. James's Park, London - 13th April 2024

It was a hot summer day on 13th April, and also my birthday, so I treated myself to a walk in St James’s Park, where I saw lots of colourful flowers and some interesting wildlife.

The flowerbeds were full of very colourful Tulips and other flowers.

Lovely Orange Blossom in another flowerbed

The daffodils were putting on a good display

The Mallard family had a lot of little babies to look after

A pair of Hooded Mergansers - part of the park's wildfowl collection

The male Merganser put on a bit of a display

Hawaiin goose/Nene having a rest

Pair of Mute Swans nesting at the end of the lake

Another Mute Swan in an aggressive mood

The Black Swan was following the angry Mute Swan

Some of the Pelicans were hiding on the island at the Buckingham Palace end of the park

They were resting right next to a nesting female Mute Swan

Two-headed Bar-headed goose!

Simply stunning dark pink Azalea bush in full flower

Azalia and Arum lilies

Area covered by Queen Anne's Lace

Plenty of daffodils growing in the grass at the side of the park

It was a very sunny day, but there weren't that many visitors!!!!!!!!!

Barnacle goose - another member of the wildfowl collection

It was good to see a group of lovely Cowslips

 

Walk taking in a mixture of birds, blossom and flowers in Battersea Park - 12th April 2024

It was a lovely sunny day on 12th April, so I went for a walk in Battersea Park where I saw lots of birds, blossom and flowers.

Lone male Mute Swan with reflection

Bluebells under the trees

Yoga pose from a Mallard drake as it stands behind a fancy Mandarin drake

A female Mandarin walked carefully up to me

She then sat down in the shade next to her sleepy partner

Pair of Mallards - the female has very pale feathers

White Rhododendron flower on a bush near the edge of the path

A Robin appeared briefly on the railings

There was pretty pink blossom on a cherry tree

Four fluffy Egyptian goslings

Mum Egyptian preening her feathers

Dad Egyptian on guard duty

Coots enjoying a good fight

There was blossom in lots of places in the park

A profusion of Wild Garlic flowers

Wisteria on the pergola in the Old English Garden was just beginning to flower

There were many brightly coloured Tulips in the Old English Garden

Also mauve

and white Bluebell-like flowers

Star-shaped flowers

Beautiful pastel-coloured Irises

Laburnum was flowering at the edge of one of the paths

A mechanical military bird flew over the park

On the lake there was a female Common Pochard

and a male Common Pochard

Pair of Tufted ducks

A Grey Heron was feeding a juvenile in a nest at the top of one of the tall trees on the island

A pair of Mallard drakes began a long fight over a female!

The winning drake walked off with the female!

Pair of Gadwalls

It was good to see that the lone male Mute Swan had managed to find himself a female - she was sitting on a nest amongst the reeds

Great Crested Grebe appeared on the lake

Female Tufted duck with light marking on her face