Hither and thither... fledgling visitor

I've had a new addition to my garden. A couple of days ago the first fledgling visitor was a young Robin. He's been around for a couple of days now but yesterday, one of the two adults was aggressively chasing the youngster away. It's been feeding itself so perhaps the parent feels their job is done?



I seem to have lost a bit of "ooomph" at the moment and somehow the pictures won't come to me. So these are just some bits and pieces from various local visits.

At London Wetland Centre, high up in a building's wall, a Starling is nesting. This Jackdaw tried desperately to get it's head/beak into the nest but was unsuccessful. The parent Starling returned and managed to get into the nest and out again. Phew!!

A small blue butterfly landed briefly on the path..

Over in Bushy Park a male Mandarin Duck posed in a tree

Seems odd to see the bigger birds up there...

A tiny wren skulked deep in the new green growth peering at something down on the ground..

and along the streams some wonderful colour - Candelabra Primroses

And the Azaleas are a riot of colour

The pink blossom on this tree was mirrored in the pond below.

as were the azaleas and new green of the trees beside this pond

and wondering who was looking back at it, this young Egyptian Goose was reflected

A short stroll around Claremont Gardens produced some of the first English Bluebells of the season.

The trees at Claremont really are enormous and the colour wonderful.

Around the edge of the lake...

A long grassy "drive" carries the eye up to the building at the top. This, the Belvedere Tower, is not often open to the public and I seem to have missed the most recent opening. Hey ho, another time maybe.

And that's it till the next one......