Birds in London's Battersea Park

I have walked round the lake in London's Battersea Park several times during the last few months and below are photographs of some of the birds I have seen there on my visits.

Hiding behind the shrubbery are two herons, which I have often seen fishing together.

 Here one of them has its beak under the water and, hopefully, catching something tasty.

I don't usually take photographs of pigeons, but I liked the colouring of this one.  It was quietly sitting on the railing, posing very nicely for me - so how could I resist?  Normally birds just fly away when I go anywhere near them, so this was a nice change.

At the moment there seem to be lots and lots of black-headed gulls (without black heads) around.  Everywhere I go lately, the water is filled with them.  In this photo, there is just one.

Here a couple of Egyptian Geese are paddling round the edge of the lake.

Finally, a magpie has found something tasty on the ground and is having a little snack among the leaves.