Another wildlife walk in St James's Park on 19th December 2024

I began my walk near the shrubbery at the St. James's entrance to the park where I again saw the dark-coloured melanistic Great Tit

Also there was a normal-coloured Great Tit

and a Blue Tit

and another Great Tit

Someone came along with nuts for the small birds, which began queueing up for a snack

Here there are three Great Tits and one Blue Tit

Also in the area was a very shy Coal Tit

A bold fox (sadly with mange) walked across the bridge from the island in the centre of the lake

A Grey Heron and a Cormorant were posing together in front of the island

I caught up with the Red Fox, which was sitting down under a willow tree

Then a flotilla of Great White Pelicans sailed past

Further round the lake, a Chiloe Wigeon (member of the park's waterfowl collection with pinioned wings) was preening its feathers

The Black Swan was swimming along with her Mute Swan companion

The Black Swan sailed at speed past her companion Mute Swan's large cygnet

Another member of the waterfowl collection, a Red-breasted goose, was lit by a short period of sunlight

A Grey Squirrel was trying to keep warm while sitting on a tree branch

Another Grey Squirrel was doing the same in another tree further along the path

One male and two female Northern Shovelers were taking part in a head-bobbing competition

A very light-coloured Egyptian goose was wandering along the footpath

followed by her normal-coloured companion

Just before I left the park, I took a photograph of a white Ross's goose as it stopped feeding on the grass

 

Wildlife seen during a walk in St. James's Park, London, on 6th December 2024

Great Tit with strange dark feathers in shrubbery near an entrance to the park

Coal Tit in the same shrubbery

Mute Swan following a Black Swan - they are friends, with the Black Swan helping the Mute Swan couple to look after their cygnets every year

Bar-headed goose lifting leaves

Another Bar-headed goose preening feathers while standing on one leg

Ross's goose lingering at the edge of the lake

Two Cormorants standing at the edge of the lake

Beautiful Autumn colours in the park

Two Great White Pelicans were standing on the path near the lake

Two more Pelicans were squatting near the benches at the back of the path

The remaining two Pelicans were standing in the water

Hawaiin goose walking across a patch of mud

Grey Heron standing at the top of a tree

Two Barnacle geese stopped feeding for a few seconds

Two Grey Herons had a slight altercation and were staring at one another

The Herons parted company without the need for a fight!

Green Rose-ringed Parakeet sitting on a branch above a group of people that were feeding the birds

Male Goldenye putting on some speed in the water

Two Grey Squirrels were sitting on logs at the water's edge

One had a look around and then started to wash its paws and tail

Then it turned its back on me!

The other was busy eating

Red-crested Pochard viewed from the bridge across the lake