#rowant
Some moody scenes from Autumn 2024.

#woodland #photography #landscape #nature
December 10, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Small Copper on Hemp Agrimony at Aston Rowant #wildflowerhour #daisyfamily
August 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Wasp Spider from Aston Rowant NNR.
@britishspiders.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Silver-spotted Skipper seen yesterday at Aston Rowant nature reserve. The first time I have ever seen one. #Savebutterflies
July 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Adonis Blue butterfly at Aston Rowant NR today. Always a joy to see 😍 #butterflies #blue
August 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Adonis Blue. Aston Rowant NNR, Oxfordshire. 13/8/22.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social
December 7, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Silver-spotted Skipper at Aston Rowant NNR yesterday (1/8/26.)
@rowantnnr.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
August 4, 2026 at 7:44 AM
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
Medieval glass fragments rearranged at St Peter’s and St Paul’s, Aston Rowant.

#StainedGlassSunday
April 6, 2025 at 6:36 AM
July 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Stunning Adonis Blue butterflies at Aston Rowant NNR 🦋🤩 Always a treat to see, such a vibrant blue 💙 #butterflies
August 8, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Silver-spotted Skippers, seen yesterday at Aston Rowant NNR, Oxon.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Adonis and Chalkhill Blues from Aston Rowant NNR, Oxon, and Common Blue from Hazelborough Woods, Northants today.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Second brood male Adonis Blue. Aston Rowant NNR, Oxon 3/8/26
@rowantnnr.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
August 5, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Stunning male second brood Adonis Blue. Aston Rowant NNR 25/7/25
@rowantnnr.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
July 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
A few more Adonis Blues from Aston Rowant NNR.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Silver-spotted Skipper beginning to emerge at Aston Rowant NNR. Six counted 25/7/25.
@rowantnnr.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
July 26, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Crosswort (Cruciata laevipes) growing on mounds of yellow meadow ants at Aston Rowant NNR #wildflowerhour
May 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
St Peter’s and St Paul’s Aston Rowant

#tilesontuesday
April 8, 2025 at 6:20 AM
I’ve been on the
Champernowne trail to Aston Rowant, a pretty village in
South Oxfordshire.

#researchtrip
March 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Added Adonis Blue and Silver Spotted Skipper to species sighted in '25 . Aston Rowant NNR today in better weather than was forecast. @upperthames.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Chiltern Gentians and Silver-spotted Skippers on Bald Hill, Aston Rowant NNR last week @bsbibotany.bsky.social
September 3, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Small-flowered Sweet-briar, Rosa micrantha, on chalk grassland. Aston Rowant NNR, South Oxfordshire. #wildflowerhour. Not #urbanplants but very close to the M40!
June 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
St Peter’s and St Paul’s, Aston Rowant,Oxfordshire amongst the primroses.

Sir John Champernowne died at his favourite manor at Aston Rowant in April 1503. Perhaps the primroses were in bloom, as they are today

#steeplesaturday #primroses
March 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Dropwort, Filipendula vulgaris almost outnumbering the orchids at Aston Rowant NNR. #wildflowerhour
June 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM