Wildlife walk round Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens - 14th February 2025

Grey Squirrel hiding in Snowdrops

Great Tit on a branch by the Dell

Coat Tit at the Dell

Green Rose-ringed Parakeet inspecting a tree hole at the Dell

Coal Tit perching on a twisted branch

Aeroplane high in the sky above the top of a Larch in the Dell

Lesser Black-backed gull on the Serpentine

Black-headed gull hoping to get a snack while I was sitting on a bench eating my lunch

Gadwall drake in the wind

Female Gadwall

Young Magpie by the Leaf Yard

Close view of a Robin

Song Thrush in Kensington Gardens

and a Wren

Song Thrush in a patch of sunlight

Magpies eating seeds that had been placed on top of the tree trunk

Great Tit on a branch with lots of buds

Aggressive Mute Swan on the Serpentine

Grey Herons on nests that contain chicks

 

Mandarin ducks, Coot fight and other birds in Battersea Park - 25th January 2025

I went for another walk in Battersea Park towards the end of January and saw lots of Mandarin ducks

Tufted ducks passed by the island in the centre of the lake

A Cormorant was viewing the lake from the top of a tree

A pair of Northern Shovelers were shovelling together

I was photographing a Magpie that was standing at the base of a tree

...when it suddenly took flight!

As I approached the bridge over the lake, I could hear a loud commotion

A pair of Coots were fighting, egged on by, presumably, a female Coot

The drowning Coot eventually managed to escape and swam away - followed by the other two birds!

I discovered a little Wren in a quiet corner of the park

Grey Squirrel walking along the fence outside the Old English Garden

The first Snowdrops had appeared

Rose-ringed Parakeet on a branch on the path outside the Old English Garden

The chimneys of Battersea Power Station in the distance

Little Grebe on the lake

....with a pair of Gadwalls and two Moorhens

Close-up views of a male Northern Shoveler with blue reflections in the water

...his partner - female Northern Shoveler

The only pair of Mute Swans in Battersea Park with lots of Black-headed gulls and ducks