Some random tern that was flying around the Princess Dianna memorial, it had a black head and white body although that would be difficult to tell from this photo.
A great crested grebe swimming in the serpentine, which is a glorified puddle in Hyde park.
Moorhen enjoying the pristine natural environment of Hyde park.
Pond scum
There were lots of ducklings and goslings about.
Action shot.
Not enough zoom.
More ducks and a swan, therewas even a black swan cruising about on the lakes near Buckingham palace.
Pretty duck.
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Ah yes, the wildlife of England. Most of these are introduced ornamental water fowl but we have, from top to bottom.... common tern, as you correctly point out, a great-crested grebe and moorhen, greylag geese with starlings, mallard and a tufted duck, a family of mallards, an action shot of mandarin ducks, a grey heron, red-breasted and barnacle geese with a couple of sky-rats and your pretty duck is, in fact, a mongrel cross-breed!
So I can safely assume that I have discovered no rare migrants then? How boring, did spend a bit of time wandering around Hyde park looking for the mythical great tit that one of the signs in the park mentioned. The success of that search could very greatly depending on ones opinion, but lets just say there was some Swedish festival on and it was the height of summer.
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