Pair Bonding

What a fantastic weekend! The light was beautiful, butterflies and other insects were active and many birds were conspicuously preparing for the breeding season. Mute Swans were displaying on the Round Pond though I couldn't get a clear shot without any people in the frame.Slightly easier, though high in the trees were pairs of Stock Dove and Ring-necked Parakeets engaging in some mutual preening. Starlings were excavating or refurbishing holes, Chaffinches were singing full throttle, and the Tawnies probably sitting on eggs.