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kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social
3 Redwings over the garden this morning, in Doddington on the #KentDowns. #KentNature #KentBirding
October 8, 2026 at 8:19 AM
kentfieldclub.bsky.social
Some woodland-floor life from our recent field meeting at Great Spelty Wood on the dip-slope of the #KentDowns. Names in alt text. Highlight the very rare fungus Limacella ochraceolutea, found by Mario Tortelli. #KentNature #fungi #MushroomMonday
October 5, 2026 at 10:50 AM
madeleinefwhite.bsky.social
A fab day in the Kent Downs, exploring Saxon history for my new novel. St Oswald’s at Paddlesworth was the gem: tiny, peaceful and full of atmosphere.

I’m becoming increasingly interested in the women who helped Christianity take root across Anglo-Saxon England.

#KentDowns #SaxonHistory #AmWriting
October 3, 2026 at 7:36 PM
pwight62.bsky.social
It was worth the climb for the view.
📸 taken from a well deserved pew.
#KentDowns
April 24, 2026 at 9:19 AM
pwight62.bsky.social
Atop the snow capped #KentDowns
January 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
pwight62.bsky.social
Slightly concerned that I've walked into a field of Triffids.
#KentDowns #Kent
August 16, 2024 at 3:10 PM
heartofkenthospice.bsky.social
Looking to challenge yourself in 2025?

Take on the Kent Downs 50 Ultra Challenge. A 50km walk, jog or run around the beautiful Kent Downs.

Help raise funds for Heart of Kent Hospice by choosing us as your chosen charity.

More: www.hokh.org/event/kent-d...

#challenge #kent #kentdowns
July 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social
Cowslip starting to bloom in cattle pasture on the #KentDowns, on Good Friday. #wildflowerhour #CowslipChallenge #KentNature
A green field of short-cropped grass, with woodland in the background. A Cowslip with two or three open flowers is to the left of the foreground. A few other Cowslioscan be seen (out of focus) further away to the right.
April 5, 2026 at 7:04 PM
kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social
Rustyback is a scarce fern in Kent, but is well established on this roadside wall in Wychling on the #KentDowns. Only when walking (as today) or cycling past do I get a chance to stop and admire it. #ferns #KentNature
Close-up of Rustyback plants, their leaves alternately-arranges, dull green pinnae, amongst Ivy on a wall of red brick. Rustyback ferns of different sizes, scattered on a red brick wall. Ivy covers the wall at the top and to the left.
December 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social
An amazing find from today - this Spanish Fly beetle (Lytta vesicatoria) was on my other-half's shoulder when it was spotted by a friend as we walked round the village. A first local record of this super-rarity! #beetle #beetles #KentNature #KentDowns
A large, metallic-green beetle with a bronzy sheen to the elytra, walking on short grass and clover.
May 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social
A nice patch of Adder's-tongue fern discovered on a local walk in Doddington this morning - I had previously found just one plant in this location previously (some 2 or 3 years ago), but now there are at least 30! Only spotted one bearing the distinctive fertile frond. #ferns #KentDowns #KentNature
A woodland floor, with dead leaves as well as green floiage, including leaves of Wild Strawberry. In the centre, a slender stem bears a broad, green blade of Adder's-tongue. Where the blade joins the stem, a second, slender, spore-bearing stem arises. A wider view of the woodland floor, where eight or more of the flat, green fronds of Adder's-tongue grow amongst other vegetation including violets and Wild Strawberry.
April 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social
The other day I caught a male Red-girdled Mining Bee in the garden. Today a female, carrying a lot of pollen, so nesting nearby. Appears to be quite sparsely recorded on the #KentDowns. #KentNature #bees
A small, dark bee, standing on the end of my thumb, and seen from the side, with its head to the left. It has dark red markings on the abdomen, and its visible hind leg is carrying a mass of yellow pollen.
April 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social
"Don't rush me - I'm thinking about it." Common Twayblade working up to flowering, in #woodland on the #KentDowns. #KentNature #orchids
Common Twayblade on a woodland floor. A pair of broad, dark green leaves, between which is a short stem bearing a mass of tight flower-buds. Moss in the foreground.
April 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social
An afternoon stroll towards Torry Hill, via the byway called Coal Pit Lane. First Speckled Wood, Orange-tip & Green-veined White of the year, plus Comma, Peacock & Brimstone. And a Raven. #KentNature #KentDowns #butterflies
An unsurfaced track passing through open woodland.
April 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social
The first Wood Anemones in flower on a wooded roadside bank here on the #KentDowns. And yellow flowers of Lesser Celandine and Primrose, all taken this weekend for #Wildflowerhour. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #KentNature
Wood Anemone on a roadside bank on the edge of a woodland. Lesser Celandine on a roadside hedgebank. A patch of Primroses in Beech woodland.
March 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social
From here on the #KentDowns, Butcher's-broom and Spurge-laurel in (understated) flower this week for #Wildflowerhour. #KentNature
Butcher's-broom. A stem bearing flattened, pointed, leaf-like structures. On one is a small flower with three pale yellow petals and a purple centre. Spurge-laurel. A brown stem bears large, glossy, dark green leaves. Towards the tip is a group of yellow-green, narrowly bell-shaped flowers.
January 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social
Corky-fruited Water-dropwort flowering this week on a roadside bank on the #KentDowns. A plant that has recently become more widespread in Kent. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
A dropping stem with an umbel of white flowers.
December 15, 2024 at 8:52 PM
kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social
Raven on a phone mast, 300m from the back garden today. It was a bit shouty.

I shall not be embarking on a career as a nature photographer any time soon.

#kentbirding #kentnature #kentdowns
November 18, 2024 at 3:40 PM
kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social
Through Sharsted Woods this morning. Two or three Firecrests knocking about with the Long-tailed, Blue and Coal Tits. Bullfinch calling. One or two Hornets still buzzing around. #KentBirds #KentNature #KentDowns
October 28, 2024 at 12:11 PM
kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social
Out and about round Luddesdown yesterday. Impressed by the amount of Stinking Chamomile growing amongst the vines in the organic vineyard. Also found my first Vernal Shieldbug. #arableplants #wildflowers #bugs #kentwildlife #kentdowns
June 25, 2024 at 8:08 AM
kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social
Good 'ere, innit? #bluebells #spring #kentnature #kentdowns
A carpet of bluebells in a coppice woodland.
April 23, 2024 at 10:02 AM
kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social
It's happening ...

The first Bluebell to flower near my home on the #KentDowns are always in the same spot.

#kentwildlife #wildflowerhour
A Bluebell just starting to flower. Bright blue flowers against a background of green leaves.
March 18, 2024 at 1:03 PM
metwalkers.bsky.social
Sunday walk, all welcome join us.
www.metropolitan-walkers.org.uk
#ramblersuk #hilking #walking #solestreet #kent #darnleymausoleum #hollyhill #kentdowns #luddesdown #whitehorsewood
May 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
keithharrison.bsky.social
These upbeat @yorkshiredales.org.uk #FIPL podcasts got a mention at last week’s @thebaytrust.bsky.social staff meeting; work on our #GenerationRestoration project (title nod to @unep.org!) was #KentDowns #FIPL aided its 1st stage & we were discussing our story; stage 2 planting happening today :-)
yorkshiredales.org.uk Yorkshire Dales National Park @yorkshiredales.org.uk · Dec 31
Welcome to the fifth episode of FiPL Farm Diaries. In this episode we focus on practical habitat creation and 3 land managers who are restoring ponds, wetlands, and meadows

📻 Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3bChjn33Wmak4XZkL1tNUl?si=GjFAji2OQy2VO936gAI24Q

#YorkshireDales #FiPL #Defra
March 16, 2026 at 4:01 PM
grahamedenphotos.bsky.social
Well Hill Mission Church, Kent uk.
- One of a tiny handful of remaining English wooden churches, built for agricultural labourers and opened in 1893.

#churchcrawling #churchphotography #kent #rare #church #architecture #woodenbuildings#kentdowns #hoppickers #englishlandscape #landscapephotography
March 13, 2026 at 5:25 PM