A Day in the Garden

It was a quiet day in the garden, cutting the grass and clearing up some of the more overgrown corners. The gulls were flying overhead, and a buzzard passed over the garden being hotly pursued by an angry crow.

In the more sheltered fringes of the garden, spiderlings are appearing in numerous nests. These are the offspring of the garden spider (Araneus diadematus).

Down at ground level, a pair of bees were giving a real life demonstration of the 'birds and the bees'.

But this being our garden, there are foxes… The first shot is from Friday night, the remainder from Saturday late afternoon. They show perfectly the two sides of a young fox: the fierce rough and tumble, and the lazy inquisitiveness of a young mammal.


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Camera note: spiderling shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM; bees with the EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM; fighting fox cubs with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM; and the rest with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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This Post Has 8 Comments

  1. studio41

    1 Jul 2013

    Absolutely amazing photos!

  2. SittingFox

    3 Jul 2013

    Great shots of the spiderlings. I'm mostly seeing laceweavers at the moment – and those indoors :bug:

  3. gdare

    5 Jul 2013

    So many spiders. And one day they all will be huge :eyes:

  4. Words

    6 Jul 2013

    Adele, indoor insects are always a bit of a problem! At least we've managed to avoid indoor spiderlings so far this year (I spotted a female with egg-ball last week and gently transported her outside). :bug:

  5. Words

    6 Jul 2013

    Darko, huge, and able to make so many more spiders :yikes: :bug: 😀

  6. Words

    6 Jul 2013

    Jill, thanks! The garden has been a great source of images this year.

  7. studio41

    8 Jul 2013

    Originally posted by Words:

    huge, and able to make so many more spiders

    :gulp:

  8. Words

    8 Jul 2013

    😀

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