I found this small spider just outside our cellar. It is a female false widow spider, Steatoda bipunctata - a new species for us. We'll leave her down there to overwinter. I presume she's hibernating as she has been sat in the same position for a few days now.

This female blackcap was in the garden today. This is the latest in the year that we've seen this species - which is probably explained by the mild weather we had for most of October.