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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The Haywain 2026

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Nice to see a Wall in the garden this morning.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Striped Hawkmoth enjoying the Petunias in my dad's East Kent garden yesterday evening.

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Richard Fox @richardfoxbc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Mothing at Folkestone Warren last night was like trapping in a different country - so many species that I never see in Devon: commonest macro was Rest Harrow 🤯 #teammoth

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I went out early yesterday morning for what was likely to be my one chance to see a local Purple Emperor this year. Butterflies were not enjoying the heat, disappearing by the minute as they took shelter. After a gruelling 3 hours of walking I got back to the shaded car park & this chap was waiting

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Rather extraordinarily I stumbled across a Golden Ringed Dragonfly laying eggs in a tiny shaded stream at a site East of Maidstone today. Is anyone aware of any sightings of this Western and Northern species away from the far South-west of the county?

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The spectacularly pretty Mullein Moth caterpillars in the garden have been fattening up fast in the past week. I see them much more often than I do the adult moth, occasionally feeding on Buddleia leaves rather than Mulleins.

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"Quercus" @quercus632511.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Grizzled Skippers appear to have had a good season locally (and nationally).Winter/early Spring work parties have certainly helped at some of the local woodland sites.....they're now on their last knockings.......roll on next April ! #insects #butterflies #wildlife

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Very pleased that planting Bladder Campion in the garden a few years ago has continued to pay off, my first Netted Pug of the season popped up in the kitchen yesterday evening.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

My first Adonis Blue of the year today :-)

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Kent Field Club @kentfieldclub.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Yesterday's field meeting on the Leeds Castle estate was very productive. Lots of stuff to sort out still, but species recorded on the day included Early & Changing Forget-me-nots, Sandrunner shieldbug, Grizzled Skipper, various Orthoptera, Viviparous Lizard, and more. #KentNature

A view of a deep, sandy depression, with small figures standing in it.

A Grizzled Skipper, brown with square, white speckled, on a buttercup flower.

Tiny blue flowers of Early Forget-me-not in the foreground, with mixed open vegetation behind.

A Common Groundhopper sits on a dead leaf, and is similar in colour to some of the background vegetation.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Apricot fruit set looking rather promising!

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

@froglife.bsky.social @kentfieldclub.bsky.social any idea what species of Terrapin this is? Hanging out at a friend's pond in East Kent.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Fist Swallow of the year chattering over Finberry Lakes in Ashford this afternoon, hope it can find some insects to eat!

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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of hormuz

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

First Hummingbird Hawkmoth of the year powering around my East Kent garden this morning.

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I was watching the new BBC sitcom Small Prophets this evening and had to pause when, in episode 3, there appears to be a lot of Aponogeton distachyos, Cape-pondweed, in the canal! #TVBotany @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Palustris @palustris.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Seeing this a lot: hedgerow and in-field trees coming to the end of their lives with no replacements being planted or allowed to regenerate. Combination of natural ageing (Enclosure period hedges now c. 250 yrs old), Ash Dieback & other stresses. Important biodiversity resource at risk.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

My local council has been taken in by this gimmick unfortunately, am curious who sold the idea to them.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Still seeing these beauties in the garden every day, after a late start (presumably due to poor overwintering) they've had a good year again.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Had a lovely surprise this afternoon, found the rather rare Deptford Pink growing by a roadside on Romney Marsh.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

A late Wall appeared briefly in the garden this morning.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

The unusual 'white' wilding Apple tree in the village is fruiting well this year. Rather thick skin & somewhat bland flavour so it might originate from a discarded Golden Delicious or Granny Smith core. Interesting enough for me to try top working a piece onto one of my own trees this Winter.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

A very pretty farmland bird mix down by the river this year, let's hope it works!

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Finally caught up with some stunning Wasp Spiders in the village this evening. By all accounts they're having a much better season locally after a good few years where numbers have been fairly low.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Southern Water, I hate you, & I hate the parasitic international 'investment' funds who own you & profit from the disgusting mess you've made of this tiny little river which I love. Pic shows a filthy East Stour River, Kent, several miles downstream of sewage release. Discharging 4 hrs & counting.

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Josh Jones @josh0506.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Just rescued this Large Tortoishell from my garage window, surrounded by spiderwebs! VC15 @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Richard Fox @richardfoxbc.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Four of the spectacular moth lifers that I saw among 160+ species in a Kent wood on Friday night with @mammalmark.bsky.social @dartfordtrapper.bsky.social @ruckingemoths.bsky.social & co. Light Crimson Underwing, Rose Plume, Olive Crescent & Bisigna procerella (Beautiful Silver-mark) #teammoth

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

A Sussex Emerald was a very nice surprise in the garden moth trap last night. High overnight temperatures encouraging dispersal maybe? Probably 7 or 8 miles from the nearest colony I know of, overnight minimum was a bonkers 20.8C here.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

It's an exceptional year for Apricots here with fruit set bordering on the ridiculous, and to have them ready to eat before June is out is incredible.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

After an exceptionally dry year these Sticklebacks are hanging on in the last bit of water in this dried up woodland stream in Orlestone Forest. With more very high temperatures forecast and no rain on the horizon their days are numbered.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Looks like the Orchids are having a poor year on this nice patch of grassland along the railway in the village, I assume the dry Spring meant many shrivelled, but Marbled White and Small Skipper are having a good year. Also v pleased to find Fairy Flax here for the first time.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

A particularly lovely patch of Columbine in Eggringe Wood, Kent today.

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William (Bill) Sutherland @billsutherland.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Arable land has been flattened by history of ploughing. In restoring such sites it is important to introduce variation. Here I look at butterfly banks and enthuse over the experimental testing. youtu.be/5kgAXVFo610?...

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Habitat flattening: the often ignored component of conservation management and restoration

YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

My first Emperor Dragonfly of the year last week at Waterbrook, Ashford.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Every parish has an Ivy dickhead.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Weird parasitic Dodder plants snaking their way through a Kentish meadow.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Peacock on a field boundary Chequertree at Bridgefield, Ashford today. A reminder that this site was ancient woodland until at least the 1940s before being flattened for agriculture by 1960. Now being repurposed again as a new build housing estate.

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William (Bill) Sutherland @billsutherland.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Dead wood is known to be important in forests. The RSPB are carrying out experiments as part of the Cairngorm Connect project to creat deadwood at scale with remarkable consequences. youtu.be/4VFhv3RUrys

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Role of disturbance in forests need disturbance: lessons creating deadwood

YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

A nice looking Lackey caterpillar in Woodchurch yesterday evening.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

First Poplar Hawkmoth I've seen this Spring, lovely! Also I've never noticed before how much the tufts on Frosted Green moths look like little cat ears :-)

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

What hope have our rivers got? Huge pile of stinking poultry litter/manure, 25m long, 4m wide and 2m high, just 3 or 4 metres from the water's edge along the East Stour River, Kent and another even larger pile set further back. The field is usually underwater for several months of the year.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Pleased to find a new monad for the lovely White Sedge (Carex canescens), a very rare plant in Kent. As is usual in these parts it's growing in a peaty woodland pool.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Extraordinary markings on this Purple Thorn make me think of of intricate inlays on fancy furniture.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

The Blackthorn flowers are incredible this year, what an absolute joy!

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

And much more diverse than expensive, dreary rows of plastic tubes favoured by politicians and organisations who make money from planting dreary rows of plastic tubes.

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"Quercus" @quercus632511.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Scrub bashing at Dungeness earlier ,before starting had a quick look along the power station wire fence and found a superb male Black Redstart ,joined after a while by a female.On the way home I had an hour in the local wood and was very pleased to find 2 Large Tortoiseshell ,my 5th and 6th of 25'

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Curious framing of council tax increases for 2nd home owners by Dan Whitehead on Sky News site. The quote 'naked cash grab' from the "Taxpayers' Alliance", a Tufton St junk tank, is placed front & centre, getting mentioned 3 times. I don't think that this is an accident. news.sky.com/story/second...

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Second homes to be taxed double by most councils - a 'naked cash grab' or not far enough?

Exclusive Sky News data shows around 75% of councils in England will introduce the discretionary charge from April - essentially doubling the tax on properties classed as second homes.

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