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This will be a really interesting webinar from Dr Tim King about @rowantnnr.bsky.social and the long term research on site
Will you attend our lunch time webinar this month?
Tim King from @ox.ac.uk will be talking about the Aston Rowant #LTE in #England that has been going since 1969.
Register: bit.ly/ECTWebinarsE...
#Grassland @chilternsnl.bsky.social @rowantnnr.bsky.social 🌏
Tim King from @ox.ac.uk will be talking about the Aston Rowant #LTE in #England that has been going since 1969.
Register: bit.ly/ECTWebinarsE...
#Grassland @chilternsnl.bsky.social @rowantnnr.bsky.social 🌏
August 13, 2026 at 7:59 PM
This will be a really interesting webinar from Dr Tim King about @rowantnnr.bsky.social and the long term research on site
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Second brood male Adonis Blue. Aston Rowant NNR, Oxon 3/8/26
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August 5, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Second brood male Adonis Blue. Aston Rowant NNR, Oxon 3/8/26
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A good year for Clouded yellows at Aston Rowant NNR @rowantnnr.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
August 5, 2026 at 9:27 AM
A good year for Clouded yellows at Aston Rowant NNR @rowantnnr.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
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Silver-spotted Skipper at Aston Rowant NNR yesterday (1/8/26.)
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August 4, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Silver-spotted Skipper at Aston Rowant NNR yesterday (1/8/26.)
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Check out the spines on this fascinating bug! Found running on bare disturbed chalk soil at Aston Rowant #NNR Coriomerus denticulatus the Denticulate Leatherbug @rowantnnr.bsky.social @britishbugs.bsky.social
July 30, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Check out the spines on this fascinating bug! Found running on bare disturbed chalk soil at Aston Rowant #NNR Coriomerus denticulatus the Denticulate Leatherbug @rowantnnr.bsky.social @britishbugs.bsky.social
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Recording rare Broad-leaved Cudweed Filago pyramidata introduction in an annually rotovated chalk field in the NNR at Aston Rowant @rowantnnr.bsky.social Many 1000s of plants in the dead & brown stage. A big success story @bsbibotany.bsky.social
July 28, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Recording rare Broad-leaved Cudweed Filago pyramidata introduction in an annually rotovated chalk field in the NNR at Aston Rowant @rowantnnr.bsky.social Many 1000s of plants in the dead & brown stage. A big success story @bsbibotany.bsky.social
The wonderfully loud Wren - a lovely composition of adult and juvenile spotted @rowantnnr.bsky.social
July 22, 2026 at 10:42 PM
The wonderfully loud Wren - a lovely composition of adult and juvenile spotted @rowantnnr.bsky.social
What a wonderful collection of #moths, recorded @rowantnnr.bsky.social - Elephant Hawk-moth, Privet Hawk-moth & a clever little Buff-tip pretending to be a stick!
July 7, 2026 at 10:08 PM
What a wonderful collection of #moths, recorded @rowantnnr.bsky.social - Elephant Hawk-moth, Privet Hawk-moth & a clever little Buff-tip pretending to be a stick!
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Acleris logiana (White Birch Tortrix) reared from a pupa found in a spinning between two birch leaves at Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire 10 days ago. #teammoth @rowantnnr.bsky.social
June 22, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Acleris logiana (White Birch Tortrix) reared from a pupa found in a spinning between two birch leaves at Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire 10 days ago. #teammoth @rowantnnr.bsky.social
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Good time (as always) mothing at @rowantnnr.bsky.social on Saturday. Highlights were mines of Stigmella sorbi (Barred Rowan Dot), new for me and 1st for Oxfordshire, my second ever Eastern Bordered Straw & Grass Rivulet, Cistus Forester & an adult Bucculatrix frangulella (Buckthorn Tuft). #teammoth
June 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Good time (as always) mothing at @rowantnnr.bsky.social on Saturday. Highlights were mines of Stigmella sorbi (Barred Rowan Dot), new for me and 1st for Oxfordshire, my second ever Eastern Bordered Straw & Grass Rivulet, Cistus Forester & an adult Bucculatrix frangulella (Buckthorn Tuft). #teammoth
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Flowering now at Aston Rowant #NNR on the Chilterns. Lots of chalk grassland species but here Fragrant Orchid, Vipers Bugloss, Yellow Wort (and hoverfly) and a (presumed) Common Broomrape. Plenty to see despite the very dry spring, recent showers helped a lot @rowantnnr.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
June 16, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Flowering now at Aston Rowant #NNR on the Chilterns. Lots of chalk grassland species but here Fragrant Orchid, Vipers Bugloss, Yellow Wort (and hoverfly) and a (presumed) Common Broomrape. Plenty to see despite the very dry spring, recent showers helped a lot @rowantnnr.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
It doesn’t get much better than a Pyramidal orchid in the sunshine - look at that pink! @rowantnnr.bsky.social #orchid #wildflower
June 12, 2026 at 2:22 PM
It doesn’t get much better than a Pyramidal orchid in the sunshine - look at that pink! @rowantnnr.bsky.social #orchid #wildflower
Some beautiful #butterflies spotted @rowantnnr.bsky.social - a delicate Small copper, and Dingy skipper
June 11, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Some beautiful #butterflies spotted @rowantnnr.bsky.social - a delicate Small copper, and Dingy skipper
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Nice visit today to @rowantnnr.bsky.social with @rhulbiology.bsky.social practical field ecology class. Did vegetation and lichen surveys and seen some lovely greater butterfly orchids as well
June 1, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Nice visit today to @rowantnnr.bsky.social with @rhulbiology.bsky.social practical field ecology class. Did vegetation and lichen surveys and seen some lovely greater butterfly orchids as well
The very dry ground conditions here @rowantnnr.bsky.social this Spring, are making it tough, for some of our special #orchids - this White helleborine and Greater butterfly were spotted by @judywebb.bsky.social - trying their best!
May 27, 2026 at 11:09 AM
The very dry ground conditions here @rowantnnr.bsky.social this Spring, are making it tough, for some of our special #orchids - this White helleborine and Greater butterfly were spotted by @judywebb.bsky.social - trying their best!
Not much matches the stunning green of the green hairstreak #butterfly, here spotted at @rowantnnr.bsky.social whilst on a butterfly transect
May 15, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Not much matches the stunning green of the green hairstreak #butterfly, here spotted at @rowantnnr.bsky.social whilst on a butterfly transect
Of course, the butterflies of the chalk grasslands are stunning…. but what a lovely little common purple & gold moth this is @rowantnnr.bsky.social #teammoth
May 12, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Of course, the butterflies of the chalk grasslands are stunning…. but what a lovely little common purple & gold moth this is @rowantnnr.bsky.social #teammoth
Spring is marching on @rowantnnr.bsky.social - Bluebells have been wonderful!
May 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Spring is marching on @rowantnnr.bsky.social - Bluebells have been wonderful!
The fluffy fox #moth caterpillar, determinedly stomping through the #chalkgrassland @rowantnnr.bsky.social
April 24, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The fluffy fox #moth caterpillar, determinedly stomping through the #chalkgrassland @rowantnnr.bsky.social
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Pleased to find the first couple of Early Purple Orchids Orchis mascula in flower at Aston Rowant NNR chalk grassland @rowantnnr.bsky.social beautiful & apparently used to be so common, but now scarce. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
April 13, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Pleased to find the first couple of Early Purple Orchids Orchis mascula in flower at Aston Rowant NNR chalk grassland @rowantnnr.bsky.social beautiful & apparently used to be so common, but now scarce. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Happy spring, everyone! 🌺 Come celebrate the sunshine with us, on a task at Aston Rowant NNR, in South Oxfordshire @rowantnnr.bsky.social – that's tomorrow, Sunday 22nd. We will be removing scrub encroaching on the base Beacon Hill, and repairing a fence. #Oxford ocv.org.uk
March 21, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Happy spring, everyone! 🌺 Come celebrate the sunshine with us, on a task at Aston Rowant NNR, in South Oxfordshire @rowantnnr.bsky.social – that's tomorrow, Sunday 22nd. We will be removing scrub encroaching on the base Beacon Hill, and repairing a fence. #Oxford ocv.org.uk
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Wonderful to hear Tom Bindoff awarded a BEM! Such a great volunteer for Aston Rowant NNR @rowantnnr.bsky.social
Tom Bindoff from Watlington, a specialist in accessible gates and stiles for public footpaths, receives the BEM for services to outdoor accessibility to nature. Composer and pianist Max Richter, who lives near Great Tew in north Oxfordshire, is appointed a CBE.
December 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Wonderful to hear Tom Bindoff awarded a BEM! Such a great volunteer for Aston Rowant NNR @rowantnnr.bsky.social
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Chilterns beechwoods, stunning just now, before the beautiful autumn colour leaves all are blown to the ground. Then they are are nice to kick through as you walk through the woods & great for #fungi of course Aston Rowant NNR @chilternsnl.bsky.social @rowantnnr.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Chilterns beechwoods, stunning just now, before the beautiful autumn colour leaves all are blown to the ground. Then they are are nice to kick through as you walk through the woods & great for #fungi of course Aston Rowant NNR @chilternsnl.bsky.social @rowantnnr.bsky.social
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Grassland #fungi time Excellent finds at Aston Rowant NNR included earthtongues, yellow spindles, beige coral, parrot waxcaps & the rare tiny brown toadstools called Fanvaults -the Hodophilus (Camarophyllopsis) species (last 2) some of which smell of mothballs! #fungifriends @rowantnnr.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Grassland #fungi time Excellent finds at Aston Rowant NNR included earthtongues, yellow spindles, beige coral, parrot waxcaps & the rare tiny brown toadstools called Fanvaults -the Hodophilus (Camarophyllopsis) species (last 2) some of which smell of mothballs! #fungifriends @rowantnnr.bsky.social
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A big mystery of autumn. Why are certain #fungi fruiting bodies spectacular colours? Yes a lot are white buff /brown, but bright yellow, red, green, blue -just why? L -Parrot waxcaps here from @rowantnnr.bsky.social. Green (look hard) & yellow, go pink later. R- Orange cup Melastiza cornubiensis
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM
A big mystery of autumn. Why are certain #fungi fruiting bodies spectacular colours? Yes a lot are white buff /brown, but bright yellow, red, green, blue -just why? L -Parrot waxcaps here from @rowantnnr.bsky.social. Green (look hard) & yellow, go pink later. R- Orange cup Melastiza cornubiensis