Thursday at QECP these two mating Tenthredo thompsoni, Scaeva selenitica (only the second with the first being here two years ago) and the common harvestman Phalangium opilio - look at those massive chelicerae!! Good fry-up and coffee on the first outing for four months(!!) but little else of note in pretty grey, but dry conditions.
At home the tree was getting out of hand and causing issues so was removed and stump ground leaving a nice big hole into which to put a tall bird feeder although I suspect House Sparrows and vermin may be the only takers - time will tell.
Friday, another charmless grey August day but thankfully windless, saw a first visit to TH since 2/11/20, non-birding, but with many Common Terns (over 600 counted in the roost by other birders) and 40+ Turnstones, doing just that, with four on the roadside beach and the rest roosting beyond the yacht club. Today would have been a better day to visit with Osprey, Black Tern and Sabines Gull reported.
A local walk today only produced a fresh juvenile Sparrowhawk, presumably the offspring of adult birds seen this year. It popped out of the willows and flew very low and slow just inches off the water - maybe it's too young to realise fish aren't on the menu!!
