Herons in Hyde Park

Heron walking along the wall of the Serpentine Bridge, with Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s The London Mastaba (2018), a temporary sculpture made from over 7,500 painted barrels, in the background on the lake. I like the bottom photo where the heron looks like it’s about to eat the paddleboat. A mastaba is an Egyptian tomb shaped like a pyramid but without the pointy bit on top, usually made of mud brick.

Another heron in Hyde Park, this one from 2015. Something had caught his attention and he raised his neck to have a proper look. Magnificent birds, something prehistoric yet raggedly regal about them.

One from 2019.