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Kent Field Club, founded in 1955, aims to study, record, and deepen the understanding and appreciation of the natural history of Kent, UK. Find more, see our publications, and/or join us here https://www.kentfieldclub.org.uk/
@kentfieldclub.bsky.socialFor #UKFungusDay, a small selection of the fungi seen on our field meeting today in Wichling Wood on the North Kent Downs. Names in alt-text. #fungi #fungus #mushrooms @britmycolsoc.org.uk
@kentfieldclub.bsky.socialJust 2 weeks till the 2026 Kent Wildlife Conference. So, don't delay - book today! We'll be welcoming @graemelyons.bsky.social, plus other speakers from @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social, @bsbibotany.bsky.social, @kentwildlife.bsky.social and more! www.kentfieldclub.org.uk/programme/up...
@vc40ladybirds.bsky.socialReposted by @kentfieldclub.bsky.socialAnd finally, from Paddock Wood last Thursday, the 'four Rs', Rhyzobius litura (Meadow Ladybird), R. chrysomeloides (Arboreal Ladybird), R. lophanthae (Bristly Ladybird) and R. forestieri (Forestier's Ladybird) #Coccinellidae #Kent #MicroLadybird
@vc40ladybirds.bsky.socialReposted by @kentfieldclub.bsky.socialAlso from Paddock Wood last Thursday, more of the same!! Scymnus suturalis (Conifer Ladybird), S. interruptus (Red-flanked Ladybird), Stethorus pusillus (Dot Ladybird), and Nephus quadrimaculatus (Ivy Ladybird) #Coccinellidae #Kent #MicroLadybird
@vc40ladybirds.bsky.socialReposted by @kentfieldclub.bsky.socialFinal recording day on Thursday last week in Paddock Wood, finding 20 Myrrha octodecimguttata (18-spot Ladybird)! Most I've ever had in one day! Also a few Chilocorus bipustulatus (Heather Ladybird) new for my #LadybirdYearList (only had them in France previously this year!) #Coccinellidae #Kent
@kentfieldclub.bsky.socialWe are very excited about all shieldbug records for VC15 & VC16! See www.kentfieldclub.org.uk/projects/shi...
@vc40ladybirds.bsky.socialReposted by @kentfieldclub.bsky.socialAnd finally, from Gravesend in Kent last Monday, Scymnus interruptus (Red-flanked Ladybird) and Coccidula scutellata (Spotted Marsh Ladybird), with the latter being new for my #LadybirdYearList 3 of 3 #Coccinellidae #Kent #MicroLadybird
@vc40ladybirds.bsky.socialReposted by @kentfieldclub.bsky.socialAlso from Gravesend in Kent last Monday were Scymnus auritus (Oak Ladybird), Rhyzobius chrysomeloides (Arboreal Ladybird), Rhyzobius litura (Meadow Ladybird), and Nephus quadrimaculatus (Ivy Ladybird) 2 of 3 #Coccinellidae #Kent #MicroLadybird
@vc40ladybirds.bsky.socialReposted by @kentfieldclub.bsky.socialA good day in Gravesend in Kent last Monday, finding Scymnus suturalis (Conifer Ladybird), Stethotus pusillus (Dot Ladybird), Rhyzobius lophanthae (Bristly Ladybird), and Rhyzobius forestieri (Forestier's Ladybird) 1 of 3 #Coccinellidae #Kent #MicroLadybird
@kentfieldclub.bsky.socialSome 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
@kentfieldclub.bsky.socialFungus field meetings now well under way. A few finds from our recent meeting at Pilots Wood & Polhill Bank in the west of the county: Larch Bolete, Suillus grevillei; Magpie Inkcap, Coprinopsis picacea; & caterpillar of Green Silver-lines moth, Pseudoips prasinana. #fungus #fungi #moths #KentNature
@dungenessowen.bsky.socialReposted by @kentfieldclub.bsky.socialSeptember across the wider Dungeness recording area had 10 new species for the year with the obvious highlight the Brown Booby Western Bonelli’s Warbler, American Golden Plover, Pec Sandpiper, Red-backed Shrike, Grey Phalarope etc The 2026 total is on 237 which surpasses any of the last 7 years
@kentfieldclub.bsky.socialLots of love for shieldbugs here in Kent ... www.kentfieldclub.org.uk/projects/shi... #shieldbuglove
@ginowazza.bsky.socialReposted by @kentfieldclub.bsky.socialHornet Robberfly at St. Margaret's Bay, SE Kent, today (26th Sept).
@bugmanjones.bsky.socialReposted by @kentfieldclub.bsky.socialNew to me. Since its British discovery in East Anglia in 1997, Sphragisticus nebulous seems to have started to spread widely. Loads near Rochester, Kent, a couple of weeks ago.
@baldbirder.bsky.socialReposted by @kentfieldclub.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
@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
@kentfieldclub.bsky.socialSome plants and a fungus from our field meeting at Hever Castle last weekend. Cowbane, Lesser Skullcap and Trifid Bur-marigold from round the lake, plus Dyer's Mazegill under a conifer. Cowbane not really a Kent plant, but well established around the lake edges ...
@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
@murrayorchard.bsky.socialReposted by @kentfieldclub.bsky.socialTo celebrate bird migration to and from the county, the KOS & partners are holding a day of birdwatching, ringing & recording on 27th of Sept. Please join us at one of 3 participating sites. See kentos.org.uk/index.php/even… for details & instructions of how to sign up where relevant.
