@kentgrasshoppers.bsky.socialTurning the garden compost today, & thought I'd have a quick sift, just in case. And (*does air punch*) got my first garden record for Lesser Earwig, in the shape of this apparently one-winged female. #KentNature #earwigs #dermaptera
@lowcarbonkev.bsky.socialSussex WT post w/ pic of Kent (Folkestone)?
I for one welcome our new overlords! 😉
Nah. Survey is for Southern region, #KentNature to Dorset.
Could be worth your time:
"..an opportunity to inform NR's habitat management approach in your area, in ways that align with and support local priorities.."
@sejarnold.bsky.socialKent Wildlife Conference: 25th October 2026
Uni. of Kent/Darwin Conference Suite
£22 (£15 students) incl. refreshments/lunch
Theme: biological recording & its importance. @graemelyons.bsky.social speaking on pan-species listing! #KentNature #NaturalHistory
www.kentfieldclub.org.uk/programme/up...
@baldbirder.bsky.socialLarge flock (17+) of Long-finned Pilot Whales on the River Thames, viewed from Gravesend, this evening. First I've seen in UK waters this century. Last image shows one animal frequently on its side...fingers crossed for it. BDMLR are aware. #kentnature @kentfieldclub.bsky.social #cetaceans
@ponddipping.bsky.socialThe first firebug we've seen in our garden! Not the first for the locality, but on a hollyhock seed head, which the previous sighting was also on. #kentnature
@andrewlipczynski.bsky.socialThe confiding juvenile Dotterel found on the shingle @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social this morning attracted a small steady procession of respectful admirers, only troubled by some wind-blown litter and no doubt bemused by it's probable first contact with homo snapiens 📷🤳 #Kentbirding #Kentnature
@kentgrasshoppers.bsky.socialSouthern Green Shieldbugs (3rd & 5th instars, I think), sunning themselves on Wisteria in the garden yesterday. #KentNature #bugs #Shieldbugs
@kentfieldclub.bsky.social... the excellent Kent Rare Plant Register, put together for Kent Botanical Recording Group, attributes Cowbane's presence to deliberate planting in the Castle's water maze. #KentNature #KentBotany
@steveoldscope.bsky.socialDespite appearances, Wasp Spiders are pretty chill and tolerate a phone held v close up. Faversham area #kentnature
@kentfieldclub.bsky.socialSome insects from our field meeting at Hever Castle last weekend. Juniper Shieldbug & nymph, Parent Bug, and the picture-winged fly Dioxyna bidentis. #KentNature. #bugs #Shieldbugs #Hemiptera #Diptera
@baldbirder.bsky.socialEnjoyed an evening with the Beavers on the River Stour in the centre of Canterbury yesterday - great to see these fabulous beasts going about their business with so many people passing by. #KentNature @kentfieldclub.bsky.social #UKMammals
@lowcarbonkev.bsky.socialSuch a common sp. here, their movements often go overlooked. I see handfuls off inland most autumns, but this was nice. Continentals moving after moult? Icelandics on way who knows where?
That'll do.
@spg73.bsky.social