Watch: Endless sea of spider webs glistening in the fall sunshine

Via SWNS

This footage shows an endless sea of spider webs glistening in the autumnal British sunshine.

Filmed by Nina Stevens, a 31-year-old digital marketing manager, the footage shows a field she stumbled across near her hometown of Thakeham, England.

“I work from home so, as I’ve done throughout lockdown, I went for a lunchtime walk along the public footpaths through a local dairy farm," she said.

''It was a bright, sunny day and I needed to stretch my legs - and I’m so glad I did.

“Initially, I wondered if this was like the flying ants and thought maybe spiders had a certain day where they all work together, I’d just never been lucky enough to spot it before.

“It turns out it's called 'Sea of Gossamer Webs.' I believe it's done when a lot of money spiders work together to create webs so they can travel further than they would on foot.

“I think because it was such a calm day, they weren't destroyed by wind or rain. So, when the sun came out it reflected off of the dew-covered webs making a stunning, shimming sea on the grass.”

Nina emphasized just how incredible the moment was, crediting the Wildlife Trust for providing and maintaining areas where one can just "get lost in nature."

“I thought about how lucky I was to be there at that moment, and with no other person in sight, and how all the right circumstances in the weather made them visible to me," she said.

“If the cows were out in those fields, they would have already been destroyed. If the wind had picked up, I would have never known what those little spiders had done.

“I couldn't walk past without capturing it to share with my friends and family. I’m grateful I shared it online too - I couldn’t believe the reception it got!

''One of the social media pages for the Wildlife Trust reposted the video. They are the reason we have so many beautiful, natural spaces to enjoy.”