Tegenaria parietina
Common house spider, most probably a T. parietina, recognisable because of its extremely long legs. Found in our bath:
House spider (Tegenaria parietina), accidentally ended up in our bath
Probably a Tegenaria sp. against our outside window:
Tegenaria sp. I think. Left: in August. Right: in December (with egg sac)
This Tegenaria's eggs hatched by the end of February. It can't have been easy for the poor critter this winter, what with freezing temperatures and no food in the garden at all, but by mid-March it had started feeding again:
Tegenaria gigantea
House spider (tegenaria gigantea) in our kitchen. Right: with my hand, for scale.
Pretty large house spider, probably looking for a mate: Tegenaria gigantea. Can live up to six years, looks dangerous but wouldn't harm a fly. Well, flies obviously, but still: wonderful animal.
Amaurobius similis
Another house spider. Strictly speaking not a funnel web spider (Agelenidae) but an Amaurobiid.
House spider (Amaurobius similis) overwintering between shingles
...this is what it looks like up close:
House spider (Amaurobius similis)
This particular spider lived for a couple of months in a hole in our kitchen wall:
House spider (Amaurobius similis)?
It came out at night to hunt. Perhaps an Amaurobius similis?
House spider (Amaurobius similis). Right: egg sac.
Unknown funnel web spiders
This may be a juvenile house spider, but I'm not at all sure:
Juvenile house spider (?) in the sink in the toilet downstairs
..this too may be a (slightly less) juvenile house spider, but again: no idea.
House spider (?) with dead moth fly