Hyde Park
Monday 12 August 2024
Today, my family and I took the coach to London to ask for a passport at the French embassy. I heard this as an opportunity for some birding, so I brought our camera to photograph some species, too. We arrived at Marble Arch and walked through Hyde Park, seeing many Egyptian Geese, Greylag Geese and Canada Geese. As we walked along the Serpentine, we saw some Black-headed gulls and a few Moorhens. Near the boat hire on the North side of the lake, there were a few Coots and, a female Tufted Duck that let us take some amazing photographs. As well as many Mute Swans. Sheltered in the bay of a small island on the lake, I saw my lifer Red-crested Pochard! Although they were females and not as beautiful as the males of the species. We had to hurry a bit after that, since the meeting was in only about half an hour later. While hurrying, we passed a Black Swan, a bird which is native to Australia and New Zealand, but many birds have escaped from captivity and found London parks, a great place to live. All this time we were impressed by how loud all the Ring-necked parakeets were, as they flew through the trees of the park. Once we had finish at the embassy, we had a French pancake (crêpe) at a local crêperie. On the way back, we saw a few Great Crested Grebes and some more of the species that we had seen before.
Egyptian Geese
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