Great West Plantation

A41 towards Aylesbury

A footbridge for Tring Park.

Norfolk House, Tring

Formerly the Britannia pub.

B4635 Western Road, Tring

Once the A41.

High Street, Tring

The B4635, once the A41.

Hastoe Lane going under the A41

Both the bin and give way sign arrived after Google's visit in July 2021. The council have clearly been busy.

National History Museum at Tring

I certainly didn't know it was there, you learn things out and about.

Hastoe Lane, Tring

The Natural History Museum is on the right.

Tring Shoe Repairers

Akeman Street, Tring

The early 19C house on the left has a room above the entrance to Clement Place. It is listed, Grade II.

Humphrey Bolton

High Street, Tring

Costa Coffee is on the left and the former Market Hall on the right, and then the crossroads, with Frogmore St to the left and Akeman Street to the right.

Humphrey Bolton

Hastoe Lane approaching Tring

Tring Park

By Hastoe Lane

Tring Park by Hastoe Lane

Spiderlings (Araneus diadematus)

This clutch of newly hatched baby spiders (known as "spiderlings") were clinging to a web on one of our water butts. I believe they are one of the many Orb Web/Weaver spider species in the genus Araneus, most probably Araneus diadematus which has several English names, notably European garden spider, diadem spider, cross spider and crowned orb weaver. To give a sense of scale the total area covered by this cluster was perhaps a little bigger than a £2 coin. A few minutes later however they had clumped themselves together into a far tighter bunch - see SP9211 : Spiderlings (Araneus diadematus) - in a bunch If any arachnologists out there would like to confirm or dispute my identification, I would be more than pleased to hear from you! [Update 1st June] All the spiderlings have now disappeared without trace, whether they have dispersed to become solo spiders - or have been predated upon I have no idea. This Link will bring up a selection of other Geograph images of Araneus diadematus, mostly adults.

Spiderlings (Araneus diadematus) - in a bunch

A few minutes after taking SP9211 : Spiderlings (Araneus diadematus) the mass of little spiderlings had grouped themselves tightly together forming a little blob no bigger than a £1 coin. The little fellow top left looks to be the last one to join the scrum! See the linked photo above for more information on these baby spiders. [Update 1st June] All the spiderlings have now disappeared without trace, whether they have dispersed to become solo spiders - or have been predated upon I have no idea. This Link will bring up a selection of other Geograph images of Araneus diadematus, mostly adults.

Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) ventral view

Looking up from underneath (i.e. a ventral view) of a (probably female) European Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus). This spider has several alternative names, viz. Diadem Spider, Cross Spider and Crowned Orb Weaver. She seemed to be busy unpicking her web prior to rebuilding it (which she had completed within the hour). I wonder if she is one of these SP9211 : Spiderlings (Araneus diadematus) all grown up, as she was only a few yards away from where those spiderlings were photographed four months earlier - or possibly she is their mother!

Ice crystals on a mirror

Feathery formations of ice crystals on a garden mirror. The temperature over the last few days has rarely crept above freezing and has been as low as -12°C Note that the parallel lines are the result of the reflection in the mirror.