A year in Hyde Park Photo Gallery by HReid at pbase.com

A year in Hyde Park

A YEAR IN HYDE PARK

I walk in Hyde Park almost every day and always with a camera. And always come away with some shots, even if its my fiftieth unsuccessful attempt to get a decent Chaffinch
shot or yet more Mallard Ducks which I cant resist.

Its truly a wonderful environment whatever the season - whether its rain or shine.

Hyde Park, including Kensington Gardens, is bigger than Monte Carlo, and provides a vast open space in the heart of one of the worlds largest cities. In fact its been a public park
since 1637.

The Park offers many different things to different people – recreation, sport, appreciation of wildlife and above all space and a welcome oasis of peace and serenity in a very
crowded city.

I particularly enjoy the woodlands and meadows which are allowed to grow almost wild and in places, its hard to imagine you are literally in the heart of London. Let me take this
opportunity to salute the Royal Park staff who do an amazing job in keeping the park in such wonderful shape.

I have taken these photographs over the past 12 months or so and they try to represent daily life in Hyde Park, whether it’s the wildlife, concerts, military parades or
simply exercising the dog.

My aim is to record the fullest perspective of Hyde Park and to update or upgrade shots as appropriate. And perhaps one of these days I will manage a shot of the elusive fox
which is the newest park resident.

Coot at dawn	Cavalry marchpast	Houses of Parliament in distance	Norwegian war memorial	Mr Casual
Moment of peace	Splash of colour	Good old Scotties	Springtime fresh	Starling at home
Snoozing in the shade	The Great War remembered	The Nike 10K race	Wellington Arch	5 day old gosling
Windy day in the park	Australian War Memorial	Busy Bee	Autumn beckons	Big Ben from Hyde Park
Diana Memorial in Spring	Diana Memorial in Summer	Diana Memorial in Autumn	Diana Memorial in Winter	Household Cavalry memorial service
Speke monument	Speakers Corner debate	Affectionate mallard duck	Italian Gardens in April	Look for the jogger
Boats for hire	Winter reflections	Supporting the Nike run	Courtship swan style	Ace blader
The Albert Memorial and Hall	Scruffy jay	Old road sign	Apsley Gate and Enclosed Garden	Roly poly robin
Marching band	Black and white partners	Arch of trees	Swimming pioneer plaque	Swimming club fancy dress
On Guard at ceremony	Charity race	Duck in the bowl	Achilles - tribute to Wellington	Admirer at Diana memorial
All directions	Jack Frost	Mr Optimist	Speakers Corner debate	Riding lessons
Eleven duckling family	REM in action	Checking the view	Traffic at the corner	William the Third
Walking the dogs	Anniversary of Diana	Geese formation over Serpentine	Joggers in the mist	Attention!!
Autumn colours	Deckchairs for rent!!	Debating Iraq	Double Duck	Diana statue c 1906
Lonely swan	Queen Victoria	Prince Albert sitting comfortably	Veteran gathering	Tufted duck in circles
The Holocaust memorial	Wet Peter Pan	Summer swan	Wellington and the pigeons	Fountains at Italian Gardens
Tradition in close-up	The sound of crow	Sunday crowds	The Hyde Park rose	Gutsy squirrel
Jogging in the snow	Big horses exercising	One leg fashion	World War One memorial	The mighty mallard
The Band plays on	Elm row	Foggy day in London town	Rehearsing the moves	Ready Steady Go
Sign of Spring	Maggie May	Pan statue by Epstein	The morning ride	Mr & Mrs Mallard
Sad reminder	Lets go kids!!	Pretty Pochard	Peter Pan memorial	Follow the leader
Wheres the waiter?	Croquet party for Fortnums	Looking for breakfast	A real poppy	Welcome to the park
Regular at Speakers Corner	Hyde Park Corner at dusk	Spires in Kensington Gardens	Buttercup bunny	Tough guy
Yellow is the color	Military strength keep-fit	Diana fountain again	Born 16th June 2006	14 days old now
Is this really London?	A beautiful grebe	Purple trumpets	Jay on the prowl	Early morning read
Long-tailed duck	Dusty ride	Grebe family dinner	After dinner ride for junior	Trio of tulips
Byron.1788-1824	Tuesday July 4th	Wednesday July 5th	19th Century council district stones	Park overnighters
Walking to the Summerhouse	Queen Caroline memorial	Coy squirrel	Star flower	Talking to me?
Just 8 kids	First solar boat in park	Visiting Norwegian	Giraffe duck	Cecil Rhodes Memorial 1902
Stretch in the sun	Poppy corner	She exercises tough	The green green grass of home	Cool jay
Formula 1 in the park 2006	Going fishing	The Sunken Garden 1908	The rare Egyptian Goose	Egyptian partners
Walking to worship	Total concentration	7am Yoga	Joy of Life 1963	Autumn in August
Carpet of petals	Not a bad walk to work	Sun drenched Kensington Palace	Three horses each	19th century water pump
Tour of Britain 3rd September	Making waves	Baby jog	Rabbit talk	Boy and Dolphin fountain 1862
Mallard in the sun	Old Rednose	Water color painting	Beady eyes	470 years ago
Early morning stretch	Gossiping on horseback	Stamping his authority	A sad sight	Stalking its prey
Little Nell from 1896	The Hanging tree	Hot air at the Gallery	Freshness of summer flowers	Italian finesse
Head of beauty	Gull on ice	Victim of high winds	Dawn of £84 million flats	80 years young
Percival the Clydesdale	Curious about the NZ memorial	Big moon rising	Country life - in the city	The red dawn
Snow in the park	Scholarly crow	Mail by Royal Messenger	Memorial to mans best friend	Spring is really here
Alert at sunset	Deep purple	The only pheasant in the Park	Bus stop at The Corner	Black orphan
Palace bound	Vandal beheads Little Nell	Waiting for master	Little moorhens on the way	Spring colours
Pochard in circles	Greedy guts	Through the willows	Monday morning ride	Old greeneyes
Watering at the Lido	Only white duck in park	Only black swan in park	People watcher	Stocky great tit
Look left..Look right..	The Herd	View towards Kensington Palace	Heron in the willows	The Proms cops
Underneath the arches	The 10th anniversary	Proms concert eccentric	Topiary at Kensington Palace	Boss elephant.
Serpentine Gallery 2007	Blowing their trumpets	Riding Rotten Row	Tough out there	Royal Artillery memorial
Solitary Autumn jogger	Holocaust memorial in the Dell	Underground signage	More country than the country	Music from the Cavalry
Two Bears fountain	White Beauty	Victorian dog cemetry	The redoubtable Queen Victoria	1952 vintage post box
William 111 on guard	Dell old fountain	Expanse of The Long Water	Autumn shades	Always the singer
Geary at Serpentine Gallery	The Heron family	Orangery with shadows	Squirrel posing	Cavalry on charge
8000 trees to see	One-legged swan	Country walks	Park ranger home	Synochronised crane work
Running to Bayswater	Winter walk	Misty Serpentine	Early sun at park bridge	The last week of leaves
Winter Fair wheel	Roller coaster addicts	Brothers driving hard	Mistletoe sellers at the Fair	Bratwurst on offer
Taking aim in the snow	Serenity in the Dell	Blizzard chats	Art and Snow	Winter at the Boating Shed
Sign of Spring One	Sign of Spring Two	Sign of Spring Three	Sign of Spring Four	Sign of Spring Five
G20 Protest Singer	Animal war memorial	Avid listener at Speakers Corner	Sleepy Mandarin	Five chestnuts galloping
Early morning heron	Following mother	Splash of green	Sitting on the fence	Rare Ruddy Duck
Double red	Latest statue in Hyde Park	Dedicated G20 socialist	Colors of Spring	Now eco-friendly park
Cheeky face	Serpentine swimmers celebrating	Summerhouse fit for a Queen	Moorhen in secret pond	Triangles of Nature
Memorial for terrorist victims	Shoveler Duck at speed	Waterfalls in the Park	Baby Coots.jpg	Eight Egyptians
Keen Serpentine swimmer	Peek-a-boo	Breast Cancer charity walk	Isis statue meets winter	Iced up Serpentine
Something of a question mark	Going boating	Sitting on the fence	Lord of the Serpentine	Watching and listening
Authentic tai-chi	Checking for food	Country in the city	Days old mallards	The park bully
Mandarin reflecting	Mandarin and partner	Mandarin in technicolor	Queen Victoria still on duty	Ripples and ripples
Hungry Blue Tit	View from the bridge	Suspicious Great Tit	Mr Scary	Young and curious
Black Beauty	Speakers Corner star	Making the point	Blarney at the Corner	Springtime shades
Playing hide and seek	High Horse at Marble Arch	Egyptian fleet	Nuts please	Royal Albert Hall and Memorial
Triathlon athletes get ready	Territorial dispute	Very shaky juggler	High wire act	Sunday nap
Rotund Robin	Property of Her Majesty	Red Crested Pochard	Looking for Mum	Serpentine swimming supervisor
Charity marathon starter	Elephant man on marathon	Anish Kapoor turning the world	Kapoor and the swans	October sun on Albert Memorial
Transport for the officers	Swirls of color	Willow for breakfast	Swedish rock star posing	Perfect profile
Japanese tourist in action	Family just 48 hours old	Born day before yesterday	Weary team of keep fitters	Mallard on the rocks
Colors of a painting	Pair of beauties	Training the Cavalry	Mother Coot sitting patiently	Autumn coming quickly
Boris Bikes	Bookworm at work	Hyper starling	British Racing Green	Early morning reflections
Mandarin magic	Visiting from Dubai	Double reflection	Future champ	More beautiful than Bob
Best of Kensington Palace	Scavengers downtime	Boys and their toys	Well disguised Song Thrush	Dogs Sunday walk
London to Brighton Vintage car rally	Well wrapped for Brighton	Setting off on the rally	Tally Ho chaps	Vintage car enthusiasts
Kings Troop galloping in park	Kings Troop commander	Kings Troop band musician	Brass reflections	One Hyde Park worlds most expensive flats
Winter Fair balloon man	Modest little German sandwich	Kids carousel	Brave souls on Power Tower	Taking dogs for walk
Royal Wedding celebration wheel April 2011	On the Wedding Wheel	Looking down at Hyde Park	Model car racer	Striking new deck chairs
Cecil Rhodes memorial amidst falling leaves	New Isis childrens education centre	2011 London to Brighton race	Cormorant lapping up the November sun	Unique kid delivery system

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Bracciodiferro	PM reply	23-Nov-2010 12:53
Top series my friend! V Paolo

Joe C		29-Sep-2010 09:11
It is a near miracle to have such a vista in central London.

Walter Coles	PM reply	23-Feb-2009 16:19
Wonderful gallery. Makes me want to visit my Dad's native homeland.

Jayesh Menon	PM reply	23-Dec-2007 23:53
Nice Gallery.

Shaun Greenfield	PM reply	09-Mar-2007 22:16
Great concept, great gallery

enny jameson	PM reply	15-Feb-2007 21:25
great gallery, really wonderful, excellent work.

Clarke & Emi	PM reply	09-Dec-2006 23:20
Fabulous showcase of Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens, excellent vision. This is our local patch too. Really great images! Clarke. Voted.

rosiekv	PM reply	03-Sep-2006 19:46
Wow - really love this gallery. You have a great eye for a good shot. I'll check back for the fox!

Einar Johannessen	PM reply	19-Aug-2006 21:33
That was great! I love walking there myself, but living in Norway, I do not get too many opportunities.

Graham Hamilton	PM reply	02-Jul-2006 20:05
Quality shots to make a fascinating gallery.

bygaspo	PM reply	12-Jun-2006 19:01
Great gallery. Well observed shots. Regards Bygaspo.

Women Digital Photographers	PM reply	11-Jun-2006 22:57
What a lovely portrait of Hyde Park! Definitely deserves a vote. Shoshanna Moser http://www.pbase.com/w_d_p/shoshanna

lordkirbs	PM reply	08-Jun-2006 19:40
Great job, voted

Ulla Kruys	PM reply	05-Jun-2006 15:17
Brilliant gallery! Voted

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