Just seen this Asian hornets nest in our woods today, so big coincidence with the post on your blog.
This is as near as I could get to it, it is huge and very active, maybe you can zoom in a bit to see the
Intricate work of the nest.
It is about 15m off the ground and through the binoculars they were a lot of hornets coming and going.
We are in Puylaroque so they are spreading.
All the best
Bill
Val says worryingly they are not uncommon then.