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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 13h

I think I'd be tempted to just burn those socks and boots and start again!

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England

Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth

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

Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I've seen no field signs on my local patch for than 10 years although I think a single male investigating rare bred sows was shot a few years ago. Everyone with 5 acres wanted to play at shooting them & now we've lost a potentially useful resource. Wildlife charities don't dare to campaign for them.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I was just about to reply with the same comment, agree that's it's Cinnamon Bug.

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

The Haywain 2026

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I haven't either but I don't go that way very often and as you say timing and mowing probably matter. A lot of people seem to have given up on mowing this summer. I wonder if Autumn Ladies Tresses is a possibility there too?

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Probably well worth checking a few High Weald cricket pitches and village greens at the moment.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I noticed that driving past the other day, didn't have time to stop and appreciate it!

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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 · 16/07/2026

At least you can't confuse that with Silver-Washed!

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

You might have Large Tortoiseshells to contend with as well soon!

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Thanks for posting this, it's beautiful.

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

I had no luck with the Large Torts yesterday, think they'd already gone for a nap.

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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

Thanks Marc, I'll try to get some photos on a cooler day, I wasn't carrying any camera gear today as I was weighed down with water to keep me alive while surveying in an oven! My jaw hit the floor when I saw it. The stream is probably acidic as it's in an area with Folkestone Sand and Sandgate beds.

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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 · 23/05/2026

Didn't get any response at all sadly :-(

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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 · 03/04/2026

Really looking forward to this one, I've been eyeing this site from the motorway for years!

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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 · 13/03/2026

Oh wow congrats! You've inspired me to try again this autumn after my previous dismal failures!

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

Folkestone Cemetery also has a fantastic display of these. Most of the graves there are from the early 20th Century so I'm assuming the daffs were planted around the same time.

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

Have you tried Mick Crawley at Silwood Park already? I don't think he's on here unfortunately, only X.

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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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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Anywhere with lots of Sallow in South & East Kent is well worth checking both now & in June, suspect they will have already spread quite a way from the known sites. I had one in the garden in 2024 & I'm a fair few miles from the core area. Weird that I saw more of these than Small Torts last year!

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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 · 11/01/2026

Large Tort appears to be using Sallow down here in East Kent, it's fairly numerous in some large woods without any Elm.

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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 · 11/12/2025

I can't help wondering if Mediterranean Spurge is going to start to become a problem at some sites, it seems to be increasing around here.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I only ever seem to have small quantities of fruit available to me as most is out of reach, would be lovely to have buckets of them one year to do all kinds of drink and pudding experiments! Good luck with seed, I always failed but a farmer told me he had success by cleaning the seeds before sowing.

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The only thing I can compare the taste to is some kind of delicious fruit crumble, I love them! Not usually many hanging low enough for me to reach though :-(

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Chequertree @chequertree.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

That's right, everyone else seems to know about them already it seems :-)

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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 · 23/09/2025

Going to try both, also grafting onto one of @ruckingemoths.bsky.social orchard trees as insurance against disasters!

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