Wildlife and birds seen during a walk in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens - 30th January 2026

I began my walk at the Marble Arch end of Hyde Park where I came across this enormous Mimosa

A Blue Tit landed on the railings in front of me

There were some beautiful red berries in one of the enclosed garden areas

A male Blackbird stood on the grass for a short time

A Herring Gull was standing in the closed-off area that had recently been used for the Winter Wonderland fairground.  The ground is now being slowly repaired!

A Grey Squirrel came down from a tree and sat near some daffodils

A patch of grass in the Dell was completely covered with Snowdrops

A pair of Egyptian Geese were standing on top of a tall tree at the back of the Dell

Closer view of the pair of Egyptian Geese

Grey Squirrel resting on a tree in the Dell

Paperbush plant flowering near the Serpentine

Mute Swan standing at the edge of the Serpentine - I just missed it flapping its wings!

Canada goose at the back and what looks like a Canada/Greylag hybrid at the front

Pair of Gadwalls on the Serpentine

Mute Swan having a drink

Black-headed Gull standing on the landing stage on the Long Water in Kensington Gardens

Several Cormorants standing on a fallen chestnut branch in the Long Water

Robin and Grey Squirrel in the same tree

Azaleas in flower near the Flower Walk, Kensington Gardens

Brightly-coloured Cyclamen in a dark area along the Flower Walk

Black Swan following a Mute Swan on the Long Water

Black and Mute Swans preening together

Lovely Black Swan

showing off his long neck here!

Grey Squirrel on a bench near the edge of the Long Water

Aggressive Mute Swan breaking up a gathering of Mute Swans

Blonde Egyptian goose walking along the path at the edge of the Serpentine

 

Wildlife walk in Hyde Park - mid January 2019

Yesterday, on a cold bright day, my camera took me out for another walk around Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens on a wildlife hunt.

Two Grey Squirrels pressed themselves flat along the trunk of a tree in the rose garden, hoping that I would not be able to see them.  It always amazes me as to how they can hang on like that!

Two naughty Green Rose-ringed Parakeets were on a bird feeder that is meant for the tiny birds in the park, while a third was sitting in the branches of a nearby shrub and waiting for his pals to move on.

From time-to-time the parakeets vacated the feeder - giving this Great Tit a chance to get near the food.

 Then it was time for a couple of Blue Tits to have a go before the cheeky Parakeets returned.

Snowdrops had started to flower in the grass in the Dell.

A tiny Blue Tit was sitting in a bowl inside a bird feeder that was hanging from a tree in the Dell.  It looked as though it had been imprisoned!

A heron was surveying the park from a great height - from the top of a tall bare-branched tree in the Dell.

A pair of handsome Gadwalls were swimming in the Serpentine.

A Mute swan was looking very strange as it put it's head underwater while gathering up whatever swans eat from the lake.

This is the same swan as it posed between bouts of underwater feeding.

A Great Crested Grebe in winter plumage was floating on the lake near the Lido café.  One foot was raised and there appeared to be an injury to it - having a slight cut at the end.

This did not unduly bother the bird, which was preening it's feathers while I was watching it.

These photographs are from a section of my walk around the park.  I hope to post the remaining pictures in the near future.