Terrible news. A large section of the Hoverport reed bed has been destroyed by fire!!! #Kentbirding
Posts by Keith Ross
Even with its wings closed the Wall Brown #Butterfly is still pretty stunning. This one was on the #Pegwell clifftop path this afternoon. π·ππ¦ππ #spring #wildlife
Some nice wildlife on my walk down to the Day of Action for Nature at the Viking Ship yesterday. #Pegwell #spring #wildlife
Thanks to young wildlife filmmaker Connor Carruthers of The Planet We Call Home for sending me some pics from yesterdays Day of Action for Nature hoverport wildlife walk. π·ππͺ»π¦ π¦π¦πͺ± #saveminstermarshes #rethinksealink #savethehoverport #pegwell #spring #wildlife
I was not expecting to take around one hundred people (over three walks) on a guided nature walk around the hoverport as part of the Day of Action for Nature. A great turn out!!! π·ππͺ»π¦ π¦π¦πͺ± #saveminstermarshes #rethinksealink #savethehoverport #pegwell #spring #wildlife
Great to see a pretty rare Wall Brown #Butterfly in the garden today. π·π₯οΈπ¦ππ #Ramsgate #spring #wildlife
The Newts were busy depositing eggs in the garden wildlife pond today. π₯π₯οΈπ¦π¦π¦ππ #Ramsgate #newts #spring #wildlife
Looks like the vixen has been suckling some cubs π πΉπ¦π¦π¦ππ #Ramsgate #spring #wildlife
Some lovely visitors to the garden bin lid bird bath yesterday. Including Blue tits, Long-tailed tits, Robin, Chiffchaff, Collared doves and Blackcap. πΉπ€οΈπ¦π¦ππ #Ramsgate #binlidbirdbath #spring #wildlife
A lovely day out in Broadstairs where I witnessed something I've only ever seen in wildlife documentaries, Dunnock cloaca pecking! π₯ππ #broadstairs #spring #wildlife
Good to see growing numbers of Slow worms! π₯π₯οΈπͺ±πͺ±πͺ±πͺ±πͺ±ππ #spring #wildlife
It looked like I wasn't going to see any Lizards yesterday but by the end of a very long walk I had spotted 5.π·ππ¦π¦π¦π¦π¦ππ #spring #wildlife
Bumped into Ryan and his young son at the old #Pegwell hoverport where we got to watch a Kestrel land just above the Green Woodpecker nest hole as the male was excavating it and this beautiful Fox sunbathing below the cliff. π·ππ¦ π¦ππ#spring #wildlife
Good to see male and female Blackcaps back at the old #Pegwell Hoverport today. π·ππ¦ββ¬ππ #spring #wildlife
The Wood Ants at East Blean woods always steal the show. This bunch were carrying off a Hawthorn shield bug. π₯ππͺ²πππππ
A lovely sunny day out at East Blean woods with Sharon. My first Orange tip Butterfly of the year along with Brimstone, Green Longhorn and Orange underwing moths. Treecreepers, GS Woodpecker, Kestrel and Buzzards. We also found a Jackdaw and Great tit nest.
A cute little Bunny Rabbit for Easter ππ₯π°πππ #Pegwell #spring #wildlife #easterbunny
A very atmospheric end to yesterday. π₯π«οΈππ #Ramsgate #PegwellBay #SandwichBay #Deal #fog
The award for the UKs best and most comfortable nest goes to the Long-tailed tit. π₯ππͺΉπͺΆπ¦ππ #Pegwell #spring #wildlife
After watching a couple of them flying high above me, one of the Skylarks landed quite close to me in the #Pegwell horse paddocks. π₯ππ¦ππ #spring #wildlife
I've never seen Avocets do this before. At first I thought they were about to mate but maybe it's some sort of bonding behaviour? π₯πππ #Pegwell #spring #wildlife
At the side of the road down to the old #Pegwell hoverport I spotted βοΈ & βοΈ hairy-footed flower bees on the dead nettles. Amazing to witness & film but I was equally surprised to see a spider step in & try and break it up! π₯ππͺ»πππ·οΈππ #hoverport #spring #wildlife #saveminstermarshes #RethinkSeaLink
It's not often I get to see a Stonechat on #Ramsgate westcliff. π·ππ¦ππ #spring #wildlife
Surprised to see only one Lizard out in the sunshine today but did get four Slow worms under the mat. π·ππ¦πͺ±πͺ±πͺ±πͺ± #Pegwell #spring #wildlife
Always distant but great to see a Red Kite flying over Manston from the #Pegwell clifftop yesterday. π₯ππ¦ ππ #spring #wildlife
A lovely sunny day out at Samphire Hoe with Sharon yesterday. Lots of Stonechats, 2 Peregrines & barrel rolling Raven. Nice to see some Common Lizards & a huge Bloody nosed beetle. π·ππ¦ π¦ββ¬π¦π·οΈπππ #samphirehoe #spring #wildlife
On the way down to the old #Pegwell hoverport this afternoon I spotted this Fox hunting on the salt marsh and then it spotted me. Looks like it caught something to eat as well. π₯ππ¦πππ #spring #wildlife
Back in 2024 I had the 'pleasure' of joining Janet, Toby & film crew on a boat trip from #Ramsgate to see the seals at #Pegwell Bay for '48 hours with Fielding'. It was a very rough crossing. I thought we were going to drown! Now I just have to find a Blu ray player to watch it on! π₯π¬π₯οΈππ¦ #DoctorWho
At the start of spring on a sunny day the Common lizards begin to come out of their winter hibernation. π₯πππ¦π¦π¦ππ