A huge wasps nest has been made underneath one of the bird boxes by the side of the lake, in the old oak tree. I saw one last year taken over by tree bumblebees. I often see the wasps on the wooden bridge sawing up the wood for the nest, it's surprsing how noisy the gnawing sound is. Here is the nest today with the wasps being very active:

And a close up of the nest itself:

Even though wasps aren't my greatest friends, I know from having one just outside my kitchen door that they don't bother you at all. This nest won't be used again next year, it will be abandoned in the early autumn and the wasp colony will vacate it.

There was one lonely Canada Goose with over one hundred greylags this morning:

and a heron peering over from the other side:

Lots of flowers are now coming into seed and fruit. This yellow flag iris:

Hawthorn:

Elderflower berries:

And the lovely berries of the deadly nightshade. This is more commonly called bittersweet nightshade now:

The himalayan balsam has really spread around the far side of the lake this year. It's very invasive and smothers other plants, but they do remind me of Audrey2:

There were very few hoverflies and butterflies this morning despite it being fine with no wind. A few bumblebees were around including this one with huge pollen baskets. The bee will brush the pollen into the sac until they bulge over: