Category Archives: Spiders

Garden Wildlife

Posted on September 4, 2012 by

People keep telling me that we haven’t had a summer this year. (They also often ask about where I’ve been to get my tan and seem rather incredulous when I say North Wales.) But we seem to have spent quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Bees, Bugs, Butterflies, Deer, Spiders | 12 Comments

Cornucopia

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

The day after my Langden Castle walk (so over a week ago now) and my third post-work walk in as many days. Once again, I found myself drawn back to Gaitbarrow. I had an idea that I might enjoy a … Continue reading →

Posted in Damselflies, Frogs, Gait Barrows, Snails, Spiders, Walking, Wildflowers | 3 Comments

A Golden Y, and Bugs and Spiders Galore

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

To get to Allen hide B and I had a short stroll along the edge of a meadow. The path was lined with tall grass and nettles. Maybe it was his height, maybe his 20/20 vision or maybe B is … Continue reading →

Posted in Bugs, Caterpillars, Flies, Moths, Spiders | 2 Comments

Every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

After one particularly punishing, protracted period of profuse precipitation I proposed, to my precocious progeny, a peregrination, a perambulation, a postdiluvial promenade to the Pepper Pot. Only A took me up on the offer. We went to Eaves Wood, did … Continue reading →

Posted in Butterflies, Flies, Hoverflies, Spiders | 9 Comments

So good to be back home again

Posted on September 11, 2011 by

Pooh sticks. It’s nice to be away obviously. I adore the Llyn Peninsula. The Vosges and the Pas de Calais had much to recommend them and are both areas I would like to revisit. Jersey made quite an impression, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Bugs, Butterflies, Caterpillars, Leighton Moss, Moths, Snails, Spiders, Trowbarrow, Walking, Wildflowers | 4 Comments

On Stopping, Looking and….Knowing Stuff

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

There are several reasons why I like to stop and look at flowers. Perhaps the principal one being the stopping. I was commuting home from Carnforth, over Warton Crag, and it being a Thursday the sun was beating down from … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds, Bugs, Butterflies, Grasses, Ladybirds, Spiders, Walking, Warton Crag, Wildflowers | 7 Comments

Drunkard’s Walk

Posted on October 3, 2010 by

A random walk is a mathematical formalisation of a trajectory that consists of taking successive random steps. The steps in my Thursday afternoon commuting walk from Carnforth were neither random nor arbitrary, but drawn out on a map my route … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds, Fungi, Hoverflies, Spiders, Sunset, Walking, Warton Crag, Wildflowers | 2 Comments

Spiders, Snails and a Puzzle

Posted on September 23, 2010 by

I didn’t manage six miles yesterday, but I did take a circuitous route home from the train station, taking me round Haweswater and through Eaves Wood. It took a while to get work out of my head and to start … Continue reading →

Posted in Bees, Books, Caterpillars, Dragonflies, Frogs, Fungi, Haweswater, Snails, Spiders, Wildflowers | 3 Comments

Over the Crag

Posted on September 13, 2010 by

On Thursday afternoons this academic year I will be working in Carnforth, and finishing earlier than I do normally – ideal for a stomp over Warton Crag on the way home. It was bright and sunny again, although the wind … Continue reading →

Posted in Butterflies, Hoverflies, Leaves, Spiders, Walking, Warton Crag, Wildflowers | Leave a comment

Scorpion Fly

Posted on September 9, 2010 by

Tuesday afternoon commute. I crossed the golf course as usual, but instead of taking the field path home, I continued along The Row and into Eaves Wood. A tiny frog squirmed across the path. It was mud brown with some … Continue reading →

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