New "Bugs Matter" survey update seems to show ongoing and rapid insect decline, based on bug splats on cars.
@KentWildlife
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November 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
New "Bugs Matter" survey update seems to show ongoing and rapid insect decline, based on bug splats on cars.
@KentWildlife
@KentWildlife
Small Scabious Scabiosa columbaria, Coney Banks, Chatham, with Kidney Vetch. #WildflowerHour #KentWildlife
July 12, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Small Scabious Scabiosa columbaria, Coney Banks, Chatham, with Kidney Vetch. #WildflowerHour #KentWildlife
BARN OWL
Isle of Sheppey, Kent
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Isle of Sheppey, Kent
#barnowl #birdphotography #bestbirds #birdlovers #birdphotographer #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeuk #Nikon #ukphotographer #oxfordshirephotographer #kentwildlife
January 23, 2025 at 5:50 AM
BARN OWL
Isle of Sheppey, Kent
#barnowl #birdphotography #bestbirds #birdlovers #birdphotographer #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeuk #Nikon #ukphotographer #oxfordshirephotographer #kentwildlife
Isle of Sheppey, Kent
#barnowl #birdphotography #bestbirds #birdlovers #birdphotographer #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeuk #Nikon #ukphotographer #oxfordshirephotographer #kentwildlife
Purple Sandpiper still at Swalecliffe this morning. #kentbirding #kentwildlife
March 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Purple Sandpiper still at Swalecliffe this morning. #kentbirding #kentwildlife
Best bits of bird noticing are unexpected. This was on the way to the station, Chatham. Herring Gull 'paddling' to draw worms to the surface. #Birds #KentBirds #KentWildlife
February 16, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Best bits of bird noticing are unexpected. This was on the way to the station, Chatham. Herring Gull 'paddling' to draw worms to the surface. #Birds #KentBirds #KentWildlife
First Milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), opening at Coney Banks, Chatham, late for #WildflowerHour #KentWildlife
April 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
First Milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), opening at Coney Banks, Chatham, late for #WildflowerHour #KentWildlife
Jay wing, Ridgeway Banks, Chatham. #LowCarbonBirding #KentWildlife
May 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Jay wing, Ridgeway Banks, Chatham. #LowCarbonBirding #KentWildlife
Bit of slow mo footage of a Humming-bird Hawk-moth seen in my garden yesterday. #Kentwildlife
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Bit of slow mo footage of a Humming-bird Hawk-moth seen in my garden yesterday. #Kentwildlife
Field Gromwell, in Borage family, reasonably rare plant of the field edge: often found in Medway gap. #WildflowerHour #Botany #KentWildlife
June 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Field Gromwell, in Borage family, reasonably rare plant of the field edge: often found in Medway gap. #WildflowerHour #Botany #KentWildlife
Dew covered Chalkhill Blue at sunrise on the morning of the 13th August, the hottest day of the year #ukbutterflies #kentwildlife @savebutterflies.bsky.social
August 22, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Dew covered Chalkhill Blue at sunrise on the morning of the 13th August, the hottest day of the year #ukbutterflies #kentwildlife @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Last minute xmas patch watching with @grahamthings.bsky.social was productive with 3 Snow Bunting Dartford Wlbr Purple Sandpiper & Firecrest. While this Bloxworth Snout was on my Kitchen Window #ukbirds #birds #TeamMoth #moths #kentwildlife #UKWildlife.
December 24, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Last minute xmas patch watching with @grahamthings.bsky.social was productive with 3 Snow Bunting Dartford Wlbr Purple Sandpiper & Firecrest. While this Bloxworth Snout was on my Kitchen Window #ukbirds #birds #TeamMoth #moths #kentwildlife #UKWildlife.
Goldilocks, Ranunculus auricomus. I go to this site for the Wood Anemone. Corner of Chatham Football Ground/playground, a nice population of them among Bluebells (English), Arum Lily a.o. growing under mature Chestnut trees, coping with disturbance. #WildflowerHour #BSBI #KentWildlife
April 26, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Goldilocks, Ranunculus auricomus. I go to this site for the Wood Anemone. Corner of Chatham Football Ground/playground, a nice population of them among Bluebells (English), Arum Lily a.o. growing under mature Chestnut trees, coping with disturbance. #WildflowerHour #BSBI #KentWildlife
August 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Beaver action along the River Stour in Canterbury city, Kent.
GO NATURE! 🤎
@kentwildlife.bsky.social
@mammalsociety.bsky.social
#beavers
#UKwildlife
#Kentwildlife
GO NATURE! 🤎
@kentwildlife.bsky.social
@mammalsociety.bsky.social
#beavers
#UKwildlife
#Kentwildlife
April 3, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Beaver action along the River Stour in Canterbury city, Kent.
GO NATURE! 🤎
@kentwildlife.bsky.social
@mammalsociety.bsky.social
#beavers
#UKwildlife
#Kentwildlife
GO NATURE! 🤎
@kentwildlife.bsky.social
@mammalsociety.bsky.social
#beavers
#UKwildlife
#Kentwildlife
Lots of Green Tiger Beetle (Cicindela campestris) activity on the bee bank at RSPB Dungeness, Kent yesterday, including this mating pair. #UKBeetles #KentWildlife
April 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Lots of Green Tiger Beetle (Cicindela campestris) activity on the bee bank at RSPB Dungeness, Kent yesterday, including this mating pair. #UKBeetles #KentWildlife
Stag's-horn Saxifrage. It's the time when small white flowers are found aplenty in rough urban ground. These are edge of car park / station platform, Chatham. Late or early for #wildflowerhour #kentwildlife #botany
March 2, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Stag's-horn Saxifrage. It's the time when small white flowers are found aplenty in rough urban ground. These are edge of car park / station platform, Chatham. Late or early for #wildflowerhour #kentwildlife #botany
An evening visit to Hothfield Heathlands KWT @KentWildlife. 2 superb male Nightingales singing, 1 Common Whitethroat, Blackcaps & Chiffchaffs, male Greenfinch, 4 Linnets, 4 Yellowhammers, 1 Reed Bunting plus fantastic views of a pair of Bullfinches gathering nest material…
April 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
An evening visit to Hothfield Heathlands KWT @KentWildlife. 2 superb male Nightingales singing, 1 Common Whitethroat, Blackcaps & Chiffchaffs, male Greenfinch, 4 Linnets, 4 Yellowhammers, 1 Reed Bunting plus fantastic views of a pair of Bullfinches gathering nest material…
May 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Longrock SSSI VC15 a brief visit this a.m. before the heat hit was rewarded by finding a Bright Wave several Km from the known strongholds. A V welcome addition to the site list #Teammoth @savebutterflies.bsky.social #Kentwildlife
June 26, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Longrock SSSI VC15 a brief visit this a.m. before the heat hit was rewarded by finding a Bright Wave several Km from the known strongholds. A V welcome addition to the site list #Teammoth @savebutterflies.bsky.social #Kentwildlife
Kent Field Club's Ian Tittley speaking on kelp decline at yesterday's excellent East Kent Conservation Research Symposium at the University of Kent. #EastKent #KentWildlife #algae #seaweed #kelp
December 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Kent Field Club's Ian Tittley speaking on kelp decline at yesterday's excellent East Kent Conservation Research Symposium at the University of Kent. #EastKent #KentWildlife #algae #seaweed #kelp
Found some signs of Beaver activity earlier at #Conningbrook lake Ashford.I have seen similar before along the River Stour and the main lake ,but these chewed branches were along a tiny culvert off of the river. #UKmammals #Kentwildlife
March 17, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Found some signs of Beaver activity earlier at #Conningbrook lake Ashford.I have seen similar before along the River Stour and the main lake ,but these chewed branches were along a tiny culvert off of the river. #UKmammals #Kentwildlife
Man Orchid growing, unusually, in a fairly dense thicket, Coney Banks, Chatham. #WildflowerHour #OrchidChallenge #KentWildlife
June 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Man Orchid growing, unusually, in a fairly dense thicket, Coney Banks, Chatham. #WildflowerHour #OrchidChallenge #KentWildlife
Chicory, Cichorium intybus, in #Asteraceae for #WildlfowerHour. Dale Street, Chatham -- getting another chance to emerge after a small amount of rain, on a mown patch #KentWildlife
September 20, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Chicory, Cichorium intybus, in #Asteraceae for #WildlfowerHour. Dale Street, Chatham -- getting another chance to emerge after a small amount of rain, on a mown patch #KentWildlife
A single Early Spider Orchid (Ophrys sphegodes) found along the railway track path at Samphire Hoe, Kent today. #UKOrchids #KentWildlife
April 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A single Early Spider Orchid (Ophrys sphegodes) found along the railway track path at Samphire Hoe, Kent today. #UKOrchids #KentWildlife