Arachnids - Spiders
Opiliones - Harvestmen
Phalangiidae, Oligolophinae
        Dicranopalpus  ramosus                                   (on buildings)
Phalangiidae, Phalangiidae
        Phalangium opilio
        Leiobunum rotundum
Araneae - Araneomorphae
        Cribellatae                                                            (make mesh webs)
Dictynidae
        Dictyna arundinaceae                                            (small, on walls)
Dysderidae
        Dysdera crocata /erithrina                                    (Woodlouse killers)
Segestriidae
        Segestria senoculata                                                (on walls)
Pholcidae
        Pholcus phalangioides- Daddy-longlegs spider       (in rooms and buildings)
Gnaphosidae
        Drassodes lapidosus                                                ( on debris)
Thomisidae - Crab spiders
        Misumena vatia                        (females change colour to match surroundings,males brown)
        Xysticus cristatus                     (Brown near the ground)
        Oxyptila spp.                            ( toad like)
Salticidae - Jumping spiders
        Salticus scenicus - Zebra spider    ( on walls logs etc.)
        Heliophanus cupreus                     ( small on low plants)
        Sitticus pubescens                          (on walls)
Lycosidae - Wolf spiders
        Pardosa spp. ( Amentata and Lugubris ?)  (in lane)
        Alopecosa pulverulenta                  ( in open heath)
Pisauridae
        Pisaura miribilis                            ( very numerous on herbage)
Agelinidae - House spiders and relatives
        Agelina labyrinthica                     (makes cornucopea webs on gorse etc.)
        Tegenaria saeva - Western house spider  ( in buildings)
        Tegenaria domestica                     (smaller than previous one)
        Tegenaria agrestis ?  (need a specimen to be sure)
Mimetidae - Pirate spiders
        Ero  spp.                                              (at least one of poss. three spp. present)
Theridiidae - Tangle web spiders
        Steatoda grossa - False jockey spider ( outdoors and in sheds)
        Theridion simile                                    (on open heath)
        Enoplognath ovata                                 (dry waste ground, prob. widespread)
Araneidae - Orb-web spiders
        Araneus diadematus - Garden spider       (two year life cycle)
        Nuctenea umbratica - Evening spider      (makes new web each evening)
        Aremella cucurbitina - Green orb spider  (needs to be verified)
        Zygiella X-notata                ( around or in buildings, makes web with segment missing)
Linyphidae - Money spiders
        Linyphia triangularis                    (abundant in hedges)
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Many thanks to Chris Haes for this list of spiders