Saturday 21.01.12: St. James' Park, London

Had a wicked Friday/Saturday with Em in London, taking her to Corrigan's Mayfair for dinner ( her Xmas present) as well as grabbing a cheeky champagne cocktail in Claridges at the very 'reasonable' price of £18 per cocktail!! So worth it though!
Saturday 28.01.12 we went to St. James' Park by Buckingham Palace. I love it there, a nice walk all the way round and some gorgeous (if non-wild!) wildfowl on show, plus the Pelicans roaming round. Was just a tad busy today with loaaads of tourists plus I think the Queen had been out to get her McDonald's breakfast, so there were simply hundreds of people, police etc round the front of Buck House.
After waiting around a bit we finished our walk in St. James' Park. There were a nice group of Red Crested Pochard on show with some very showy males:

Red Crested Pochard
St. James' Park, London 21.01.12

Further along the path was surprising to find, a Grey Heron gingerly coming to bread, people were feeding the geese! Was also possible to see Coots at close quarters and it made me realise how incredibly weird their lobed toes look. Bizarre!

Managed to see a few Ring Necked Parakeets high up in nearby trees as I'd hoped I would another addition to the yearlist! By then it was too cold and on we went for some munch and the British Museum!

St. James' Park selection (Top to Bottom):

Canada Goose, Grey Heron, Coot feet, Grey Heron with eyes only for bread & Bar Headed Goose