A great day in London

When someone offered to show me where I could see a Tawny Owl in London I jumped at the chance. I met Wendy and Sue at Kensington Gardens and they very kindly spent the day giving me a tour of the birds of London.
As well as the Tawny Owl we saw a mumber of other lovely birds at Kensington Gardens and Wendy even fed some from her hand they were that tame!
My pics from Kensington Gardens:
25:Tawny Owl

26:Jay

27: Mallard

28:Lesser Black Backed Gull

Ok not a bird but this little chap is worthy of having his picture taken!

After Kensington Gardens we headed off to the WWT centre at Barnes. By now the weather had brightened up (slightly!). I was still trying to get used to the Ring-necked parakeets that were so common in London and yet I've never seen them anywhere else. Unable to get a photo as it was rather distant but it was lovely to see a Bittern. My pics from Barnes are below:

29. Ring Necked Parakeet

30. Tufted Duck

31. Egyptian Goose

32. Grey Heron

33. Little Grebe

34. Moorhen

35. Mute Swan

After the WWT centre we then headed off to Charring cross hospital where we saw 2 lovely peregrines. Unfortunately the light was fading badly at this point and I didn't manage any good pictures. I did see a Redwing that stayed still long enough to get a semi decent picture.

36. Redwing

All in all a fantastic day and 12 new bird species photographed. Many thanks once again to Wendy and Sue for showing me around and for their great company.

Drive home was interesting due to a sudden very intense storm but I did get to listen to Brighton progressing to the next round of the FA cup on the radio so all was good :)