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

 

Flowers and wildlife in Kew Gardens - 9th March 2025

I went for a walk in Kew Gardens during early March, where I saw this beautiful blossom

and Magnolia buds beginning to form

Jackdaw marching along in the sunshine

Lovely red flowers - I think that it may be Quince

Pretty white blossom

Orange Crown Imperials and Daffodils

More flower buds

Not sure, but I think this is Dogwood

Paperbush flowers

The Chinese Pagoda

Dragons decorating the Pagoda

Red Fox resting at the base of a tree

Mandarin drake on grass at the edge of the lake

White hybrid goose - I was told that it has been named "Bowie" by the locals

More signs of Spring by the lake

A second white hybrid goose - I don't know if this one has a name too!!