A fallen tree trunk by the side of a river. There are 'knaw marks' made by a Beaver.
Beaver action along the River Stour in Canterbury city, Kent.
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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
5 petalled small whiteflowers growing from small rosettes of divided leaves
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
A flat, arable landscape with pylons under a gloomy cloudy sky.
Hard work, but fun, between Scots Float & Newington Bridge on edge of the marsh: 130 Teal, 7 Wigeon, 8 Gadwall, Woodcock, Great White Egret, 12 Yellowhammer, 5 Stonechat, 70 Redwing, 120 Fieldfare, Red Kite, Marsh Harrier. NO Corn Buntings here this winter.
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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
A rough field surrounded by tall, leafless trees on a gloomy, still day.
Small Hythe - Maytham Wharf - Blackwall Bridge - Wittersham: 12+ (maybe 15) Goosander, 4 Great White Egret, 1,500 Lapwing, 55 Teal, 50 Wigeon, 3 Kingfisher, 4 Grey Wagtail, Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, 250+ Fieldfare, 180+ Redwing, 51 sp
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What can children teach us about nature? 🦋
This week pupils from Chislet Primary, Herne Junior & Hoath Primary share their wildlife wisdom with us!
Part of our Wilder Schools Programme through Wilder Blean, thanks to National Lottery Heritage Fund 💚
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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
Bit of slow mo footage of a Humming-bird Hawk-moth seen in my garden yesterday. #Kentwildlife
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Not long now till the Kent Wildlife Conference. Have you booked your (very reasonably priced) place? Ten speakers, covering bees, botany, beavers and much more, plus lunch and refreshments all included. Let's all meet IRL!
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A small front garden I pass on my way to the pharmacy, literally all over it, ivy bees are nesting! Hundreds. Every single garden that is sealed for car parking is part of a loss of habitat, actual and potential. #bees #KentWildlife
Did you know our head office of Tyland Barn has a free to visit nature park and gardens? 🌱🐝
We loved showing people round at our recent open event! Pop along Monday - Friday, 9.30am to 3.30pm to explore for yourself.
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Hemiparasite news: Red Bartsia is widespread, dotted about
at Coney Banks Chatham. Yellow Rattle (now at seed stage) is concentrated in two open areas that get a late summer cut. Was the YR introduced, the RB part of the established flora? #hemiparasites #KentWildlife #grassland #wildflowerhour
Found this moth sadly dead in my garden this morning, is it a Striped Hawk Moth? #moths #Kentwildlife
Anyone able to identify this bee for me? I found it using my bee hotel, the holes are 4mm for comparison #bees #Kentwildlife
Kids wildlife workshop at Folly near #TunbridgeWells (TN3 9LU) . #Kentwildlife #SussexWildlife #wildlife
Today's children are facing a nature deficit. ⚠️🌳
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Field Gromwell, in Borage family, reasonably rare plant of the field edge: often found in Medway gap. #WildflowerHour #Botany #KentWildlife
A strange but enjoyable encounter with two deer on my drive home from work recently. These would have to be the most Easterly deer I've seen in kent, in maize fields, between Whitfield and Deal. #Kentwildlife
white flowers, each with four petals curving back on themselves
Hairy St JohnsWort, yellow flowers and buds, stem is round
Squinancywort, #Rubiaceae, now appearing -- often pinkish but this was pure white; and Hairy St Johns Wort, #Clusiaceae, with round stem and, if you zoom in, tiny black glands round the sepals. Favours chalky ground. Coney banks, Chatham. #WildflowerHour #Botany #KentWildlife
The speed these adult Swift enter the nest here is incredible. The trust they must have in each other to nail their landing 😅 #Kentwildlife
Flowering spike of Common Broomrape, thick stem, hairy, whitish flowers, brownish 'scale-like' parts are not tue leaves, no chlorophyll
A younger plant, flowers more purple with white bases, only a few so far separated from the rounded clump of buds, hyacinth-like in form
Went looking for orchids, found broomrapes. Common Broomrape, Orobanche minor, parasitic on pea family and other hosts book says. There were lots, quite widely varied in appearance. Nashenden bridleway, which has good lane verges. #WildflowerHour #BSBI #botany #ParasiticPlants #KentWildlife
A brown bug with white 'shoulders' on a bright-green leaf.
Saw this White-shouldered Shieldbug (Dyroderes umbraculatus) on the Isle of Oxney, just north of Rye, today. First recorded in UK in 2013.
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Sure is a great day for doomscrolling, but for light relief here's some Kent wildlife from the weekend. Med Gull was at Faversham duck pond. Hedgehog I disturbed in garden shed and was making its way to an alternative hideout. #Kentwildlife #kentbirding
Two out the thirteen clutches, however have failed but despite this, if the remaining clutches are successful, this year will be my best year yet. #Kentwildlife
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The fourth Swift chick hatched today in box 21a. But with a 3, 4 and 5 day headstart, its siblings already have the upper hand. However, I do love an underdog, and I'll be rooting for it from the sidelines #kentwildlife
flowering spike of Man Orchid: green shell lile flowers with the yellowish supposed figure of a man emerging like tongues
Man Orchid growing, unusually, in a fairly dense thicket, Coney Banks, Chatham. #WildflowerHour #OrchidChallenge #KentWildlife
