London


Birds Photographed Here

Coot

A seemingly peaceful scene of a Coot family was actually captured in the hustle and bustle of the Italian Gardens in Hyde Park, Central London, on a hot…

Cormorant

A Great Cormorant addition to the list of birds–philosophers…

Feral Pigeon

I’m going to shamelessly publish a few photos that some of you might have already seen on my Instagram. One of my all-time favourites is this peaceful pair…

Grey Heron

Jay

Such a relief to have lifted the self-imposed rule of only sharing birds we have not seen before! Today we had a lovely walk in Regent’s Park, and…

Kestrel

Another reasonably fruitful outing today – to WWT London in Barnes. The absolute star of the day was this Kestrel, which flew in and sat like a statue not…

Mute Swan

A slightly older photo from the May heatwave, captured in Hyde Park at the Long Water corner nearest the Italian Gardens. The parent swan was diving for fresh…

Red-Eyed Damselfly

Strictly speaking, not a bird — but hopefully still an interesting photo. This pair of Red-eyed Damselflies were laying eggs in one of the ponds at the Italian…

Ring Necked Parakeet

This Ring Necked Parakeet was perched on a tree in front of the entrance and was curiously observing passers-by.

Robin

This Robin is not singing, but is in fact yawning 🙂

Teal

Not one of the best photos I’ve ever made, but I still wanted to share it, as I spent about 30 minutes trying to identify this duck. It…