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Kevin Parr

@kevparr.bsky.social
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Author, idler, podcaster, amateur naturalist & angler.

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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
An adder this afternoon on my local patch. The population is thinning, much as it is across lowland England, so I cherish every encounter all the more…
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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
First marbled white of my year….and a fine place to be resting…
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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I heard a bit of squabbling in the bushes and peeked in…. Fox cubs - not long out of their den.
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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Publication day for ‘Woodlore’! Come and walk among the trees… www.magiccatpublishing.co.uk/products/woo...
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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The first wheatear of my spring. Always a happy, happy sighting….
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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The smallest of last year’s grass snake hatchlings has made it through to its first spring!
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Caught by the River @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
‘The soup cleared to consommé and steam curled off the backs of the cows.’ Shadows & Reflections: @kevparr.bsky.social on a 2025 of high winds and topsy-turvy seasons www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/02/shad...
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Fergus Collins @blorengeviews.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Find a little light in the global gloom - and join me, @kevparr.bsky.social and the team as, by pure chance, we capture a perfect starling murmuration for the Plodcast, down on the Somerset Levels. open.spotify.com/episode/4LL7...
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331. Enjoy an epic starling murmuration on the Somerset Levels with the Plodcast team
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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
An evening of tales about monsters and aliens… This should be a lot of fun..
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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
PUBLICATION DAY! ‘An Unnatural History of Britain’ is published today. Available from all the usual places - thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/...
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Nature in Media @wildmedia.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
🎧 The Plodcast: Big Butterfly Count 2025 The survey has begun! For all things 🦋 this is the podcast for you. @kevparr.bsky.social talks to @richardfoxbc.bsky.social Head of Science @savebutterflies.bsky.social at Bindon Hill, Dorset 🦋 are in trouble - you can help podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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308. Embark on a Big Butterfly Count on the Dorset coast with Butterfly Conservation
Podcast Episode · The Plodcast · 22/07/2025 · 1h 4m
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Lee | This Familiar Spot of Ground @tfsog.co.uk · 10/06/2025
I’ve bought another copy of this magnificent book by @kevparr.bsky.social. This time it’s for my old man for Father’s Day. An amazing book about nature, wildlife, the countryside and more. And one benefit of having a crap memory like me is I can read it again and still enjoy it like the first time!
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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The house martins arrived this spring to find no mud to build their nests. So I’ve been topping up their favourite puddle for the last month. They know what’s coming now - I step away and in they come….
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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The first time I have witnessed blackbird courtship. Amazing sight and sound - shame I only recorded a few seconds (and garbled over the top of it).
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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Sound up for the first willow warbler of my spring…
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Fergus Collins @blorengeviews.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
The Countryfile Magazine Plodcast - my audio baby - has been shortlisted for the Publishers Podcast Awards. Some very tough competition here but just reaching the 'final' is really happy news for me and the Plodcast team. Including the wondrous @kevparr.bsky.social
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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Crap video - don’t care. First swallow of my year….!
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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Oil beetle enjoying the sunshine!
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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
One of last year’s baby adders enjoying the sun after a successful hibernation. It was improbably small - could have coiled up on a 10p piece!
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Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Gratuitous video clip of the Wheatear from East Cliffs just now. Think this is our second earliest ever Wheatear
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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Gosh. Days like today are so important. That sun had some warmth and the birds responded. Buzzards jostling with peregrines, the float of a kite, and corn buntings and linnets in the top of the ash tree. All enjoyed from the sofa!
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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Fieldfare and starlings streamlining themselves against the wind….
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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
That is quite the morning sky….
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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Happy New Year everyone. Hope it’s full of luck, love and lovely things.
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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
A milky sun dipping into Storm Darragh…. Hold tight everyone!
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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
We’ve not seen much snow in Dorset in recent winters, so these past couple of days have been a treat. Just as well the fridge was full and the logs were in, of course…
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Kevin Parr @kevparr.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
The best roads have plants growing down the middle… (Following the trend of most popular post from the other place)
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