Spy Holms

Wow! A sight I don't remember seeing before, well, at least, nowhere, nowhere near to this extent. All the open grass areas of Spy Holms were completely swathed in a glistening, gently rippling sea of gossamer this afternoon. Quite the magical sight. Why? How? For that matter, how many bloody spiders did it take?

Rainbow Web

The dewy cobwebs strung across the Common's gorse bushes were catching the sun beautifully this morning, they were a wonderfully subtle rainbow hue.

Dewy cobwebs

Loving these dewy morning walks through the forest and I'm constantly amazed and dazzled by the quantity of cobwebs there are strewn from every conceivable place throughout the forest. It poses questions as to how many spiders there are in the forest, how much silk can one produce or do the work together and how do they create some of the spans which appear to defy possibility?  It's easy to get lost in wonder, absorbed in the beauty of their work, so much effort gone into creations so ephemeral and transient. Lovely.