Wildlife in St. James's Park, London

On Monday my camera and I went for a very pleasant walk in London's St. James's Park where I was looking out for wildlife.

A Wood Pigeon was busy eating purple berries in a shrub by the lake until it was disturbed by noisy tourists.  I believe that the plant is Callicarpa. 

One of the younger Great White Pelicans was showing off its almost complete set of wings to two of the older Pelicans.  They were standing on Pelican Rock at the far end of the lake.

Nearby, a young Grey Heron began to unfold a wing.

A female Smew was relaxing on the lake.

Another Smew flapped its wings in front of a friend.

I managed to find and photograph a small Blue Tit amongst some diseased leaves on a tree behind one of the flowerbeds.

Easier to see was this giant Grey Squirrel in a nearby tree!

A Great Tit was also flying around in this area and landed on a branch just long enough for me to find it and photograph it. 

One of the park's older Great White Pelicans, Gargi, can actually fly.  On Monday, she flew around the lake on three occasions while I was walking around the park.  I missed her during her first two flights and only just caught her during her third!!

No visit to the lake recently has been without a sighting of some sort of Grebe.  On Monday it was again the turn of a beautiful Great Crested Grebe.