Birds and wildlife seen during my first walk round The Naze during a short stay in Walton-on-the Naze towards the end of April 2025

View of the beach huts on Walton-on-the Naze beach as I walked towards The Naze

Common Whitethroat at The Naze

Naze Tower

One of the many WW2 pill boxes on Walton beach

Swift flying towards its nest in a hole on the cliff face

Bee Fly at the John Weston nature reserve on The Naze

Linnet on gorse at the end of the headland

Dunnock in the brambles

Linnet with nesting material

View into the John Weston nature reserve while I was standing on the seawall

Swifts collecting nesting material from the grass at The Naze

Lots of gorse in flower

Wooden shark!

Goldfinch at the end of a branch

Oystercatcher on the estuary at low tide

I was surprised to see a Spotted Redshank in a pool at the end of The Naze

Shelducks on the estuary at low tide

I walked back to Walton-on-the Naze along the seawall at the edge of the estuary

Male Muntjac deer in a field

It was hard work walking along this narrow path between the flowering plants!

View of Harwich/Felixstowe on the other side of the estuary

Barnacle geese, Oystercatchers and Shelducks near a pool on the marshes at Walton-on-the-Naze

Meadow Pipit on a concrete post at the edge of the seawall

Male Reed Bunting on a narrow twig amongst the reeds

Stone barge on the Walton Backwater

Rowing boat in the reeds

Little Egret behind a wire fence on the marshes

Naze Tower in the distance across the marshes

This rusty ship won't been going anywhere anytime soon!!

I enjoyed the walk and went back for another look a few days later

 

Flowers and wildlife seen during a birthday walk in St. James's Park in mid-April 2025

It was a sunny Spring day and the beautiful Cowslips were in flower

Gargi, the only Great White Pelican in the park that can fly, was a lonely figure standing by herself at the edge of the lake.  Her five Pelican friends were in the island enclosure and not allowed out due to the possibility of bird flu in the area.  Gargi, apparently, could decide whether to join them or not!

Nene/Hawaiian goose standing at the edge of the lake

Mute Swan on a nest at the far end of the lake

Grey Heron standing on a branch towards the top of a tree

Tulip city in the flowerbeds at the Horseguards Parade end of the park

Close-up view of a lovely blue Iris

Two Barnacle geese not looking at one another!

Pretty pink Cherry blossom on a tree at the other end of the park

White Ross's goose trying to hide away on the island in the lake

Bar-headed goose swimming on the lake

 

Blossom, flowers, birds and butterflies in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens - 11th April 2025

Lots of lovely white Cherry blossom near the entrance to Hyde Park

Beautiful colourful Tulips and other flowers in the formal flowerbeds

Pink blossom on a tree near the lake

Mum Egyptian goose with her juvenile gosling

Great Crested Grebe swimming in the Serpentine

Mute Swans nesting on the footpath were being protected by barriers

Magpie on one of the trees at the edge of the lake

Pair of Gadwalls on the Long Water in Kensington Gardens

Moorhen and several chicks on a nest by a post on the Long Water

Speckled Wood butterfly on leaves near the Speke Obelisk

Male Blackbird in long grass

Robin collecting food for its nestlings

Lovely Magnolia flowers in the Flower Walk near the Albert Memorial

White Primroses in the Flower Walk

and other flowers

Orange Tip butterfly on a mauve Cuckoo flower in the Flower Walk