Two beautiful common small wild birds in the shrubbery at St. James's Park last Sunday

For a change it was sunny last Sunday after weeks of dull rainy days so my camera took me for a walk in St. James's Park, London.

Someone was feeding the birds and I was lucky enough to be able to photograph the following two beautiful common wild birds that were both briefly perching in a shrub with fresh young buds.

Great Tit

Blue Tit

These birds moved around so quickly, flitting in and out of cover, that I was very pleased to have caught them on camera!

Peacock strolling around in the sunlight - Kyoto garden, Holland Park, London

On a sunny day just before Christmas my camera and I went for a stroll in London's Holland Park.  I came across a magnificent Peacock in the Kyoto garden.

Here he is posing in the sunlight in front of a Rhododendron bush.

He wandered over to one of the trees in the garden and stood still for a short while

He looked so handsome as he stood in front of the tree trunk and stared at me with the sun shining on his iridescent blue feathers.  What a lovely feathered crown he was wearing!

A cheeky Grey Squirrel popped into view behind the Peacock as he was preening his long feathered tail.

As you can imagine, I took hundreds of photographs that day - especially as he was later joined by a second Peacock pal - so I may add another blog later containing some of my other photos.