I found this very weird looking alien spider in my garden tonight. Its legs are stretched parallel to the branch it is sitting on, and its claws (?) hooked around the branch …. never seen this one before!
Anyone know what spider this is ? (full-res hint: after clicking the tumbnail, click the green arrow at the bottom to see the full res!)
Tonight I went for a photohike at a nature development area of staatsbosbeheer “Willeskop”
I drove past it a LOT of times in my life, but never knew how nice this area is 
Best thing of tonight were two hunting Western Marsh-harrier (Bruine kiekendief – Circus aeruginosus), it was quite far away but I managed to get them recognisable on a photo with the 400mm lens.
Very majestic birds of prey so see, even from a distance.
After that a nice sunset followed and time to go home and perpare for the week.
Tonight I went for another photohike at the “Groene Jonker” .. I just love this area !
Its was not very spectacular for birding, except for the Putter (goldfinch or Carduelis carduelis) on the photo below.
But the sunset was MAGICAL with all the birds making their last song of the day count and flying low over the water.
A quick selection of photos below.
