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Hunter and Prey

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A spider has taken up residence on our bathroom window, her web an ideal trap for the autumn midgies who seem to have descended on our garden in recent weeks.

This morning I watched her dart across her web as one poor wee midgie made the mistake of entering our home and trespassing into her territory. Quick, decisive movements saw the beastie caught and immobilised before being parcelled up in a tight noose of silk.

Later, as GemmaDog and the pack wandered near the Lammerlaws, we watched a male Kestrel hovering over some rough ground. Patience was his message as his wings quivered and his head moved from side to side seeking a movement in the undergrowth. He shifted sideways and then, almost in slow motion, he dipped his head and sank out of sight. A moment or two later, his orange back glinted as he rose again clutching his prey and made off to find a secluded spot to dine.

The hunter and the hunted... craftsmanship, strategy and patience... Messages from the waking dream that suggest a net is closing and an intruder into the web may soon be caught and silenced...

Spiny Starfish Marthasterias glacialis