Showing posts with label tulips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tulips. Show all posts

Thursday, 16 April 2026

Birds and flowers in Battersea Park on hot sunny 8th April 2026

Lovely patch of Bluebells on the path at the beginning of my walk in the park

Egyptian parent and three goslings were startled by a sudden heavy flow of water from a nearby pipe

Close-up of gosling searching for snacks in the grass

Four military helicopters flew in formation over the park

Grey Heron pretending to be a statue in the Old English Garden

Beautiful white/yellow Irises

There were many fancy-shaped Tulips in the Old English Garden








The Grey Heron had moved round to the other side of the pond and posed in front of some flowers


Back at the lake, the Egyptian parents were standing with four of their six goslings

Oregon Grape at the edge of the footpath round the lake

Rather handsome Gadwall drake

and pretty female Gadwall

Common Pochard having a splashing time!

Coots doing what Coots love - fighting!!!

Recently I have seen none or just a few Mandarins - today one was swimming around on the lake

A Grey Heron flew overhead with what looks like a large fish in its beak

Two differently-coloured Mallard drakes swam across the lake

Back almost where I started, I was happy to see several Mandarin drakes - and just one female!






 I counted six male Mandarins altogether, but they refused to all be photographed together

Saturday, 31 May 2025

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

 

Thursday, 29 May 2025

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