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Yeah I definitely think the one I uploaded is a TS. On the spider above, how to distinguish between a Cross spider and your average Orb weaver [I tend to call all of this type of spider a weaver, they're everywhere right now too!] - before anyone says 'it'll look angrier' but seriously how to tell?
Yes, that one you posted is a Small Tortoiseshell. Garden cross spider is the most common orb web spider. Thankfully there is a great uk spider group on facebook full of experts for when I can't remember what they are called!
Here is a much smaller one, again m50 and sigma 105
Garden Cross Spider by Michael Johnson, on Flickr
And this is a metallina sp
Metalina sp by Michael Johnson, on Flickr