The pictures below show the events of the past couple of days in Bushy Park and the removal of Oak Processionary Moth Caterpillar nest. It shows how difficult they can be to be detected when they are high up in a tree.
The white line on the trunk of the tree is made out of silk deposited by the caterpillars when they go on manoeuvres, mainly at night but not always. It can lead you to discovering the nest location, just below a broken branch at the bottom of the picture.
They like to build below a branch or some kind of overhang theyb will offer protection from the elements.
They can vary in size but can look like half a tennis ball attached to a tree.
The tree surgeons remove them by sucking them off the tree with a hoover.
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Black-headed Gull 20.
Chiffchaff 3 (pr in area 1 - female calling and gathering insects at E end of Hanover Bridge at 11:15, 'Paul' singing from US Ambassador's garden at 11:20; male singing three-tone song in areas 31/30 at 11:50).
Common Whitethroat 1 (male singing from favourite, dying oak in area 39/40 at 11:35).
Thanks for that. I hope it wont be long before the terns bring their young to the park. Hopefully I will not miss out on this, as I like to see them sat on the tarmac not phased by the public.