Course curriculum

    1. Orbweb Spiders of the UK course description

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    2. Orbweb Spiders of the UK

    3. Orbweb Spider Quiz

    4. Orbweb Spider ID Test

    1. Essential Spider Info

    2. How To Study Spiders

    3. Recording Spiders

    4. Rarities in Arachnology: Finding and Recording Rare Spiders in Britain (entoLIVE)

About this course

  • £12.50
  • 8 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

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What will be covered during this course?

Aimed at amateur naturalists, biological recorders, wildlife gardeners, conservationists, ecologists and environmental professionals looking to improve their knowledge of UK invertebrates.

  • Confidently identify a range of common UK Araneidae species using key physical features and web characteristics

  • Effectively understand the ecology, behaviour, habitats, and seasonal activity patterns of orbweb spiders in the UK

  • Accurately recognise distinctive orbweb structures, hunting strategies, and the ecological importance of orbweb spiders

Natural history tutor

Tylan Berry

Spider Specialist

After a career of fifteen years in the retail jewellery industry, Tylan has taken a break to focus on a lifelong passion of discovering and identifying British spiders and spends much time volunteering with local conservation groups to help widen the profile of the UK spider fauna. He has recently completed a degree in environmental resource management and currently works for Natural England in the Cornwall and Devon area team. He is the County Recorder and Spider Recording Scheme Area Organiser for Cornwall, and can most often be found looking for spiders on rather beautiful, but precarious, sea cliffs. His mugshot shows the face of a man who has just found a third British site for Gnaphosa occidentalis.