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wildkenhill.bsky.social
Rewilding, regenerative farming, & conservation in harmony. Host of BBC The Watches 2021-23 Gathering Nature Festival Guided Tours
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One of the first butterflies on the wing in early spring is the original ‘butter-fly’, the Brimstone, and we have seen several over the weekend. Adult Brimstone can live for over ten months which makes them the longest lived of all British butterflies.

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Excellent list of brand new #rewilding books for #worldbookday! Spotting stories from @kneppwilding.bsky.social and @wildkenhill.bsky.social amongst others

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Sound up! Highlights from 45 minutes in the Beaver Woods this afternoon, where a few hardy Robins sang through the rain before the sun appeared and the rest of the birds put on a treat for the ears. How many different birds can you hear?

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

Here, where the Rewilding Area meets the freshmarsh, exposed earth caused by the rootling of the pigs is peppered with footprints and probing beak holes. Can you guess which bird might be taking advantage of the pig’s work? Bonus point for Photo 4 !!

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Nice walk at @wildkenhill.bsky.social in the sunshine (at last) - featuring a bonus Firecrest, huge numbers of noisy Siskins, Goshawk causing a ruckus, a titerama, Nuthatch frenzy, and the first large flock of Redwing I’ve seen in a while.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

#speciesaday no. 537 is Anotylus insecatus. A Nationally Scarce rove beetle of light soils, I have only encountered this four times; twice on the Iford Estate in East Sussex and twice @wildkenhill.bsky.social. One of the species with a crenulated edge to the pronotum but red elytra and a shiny head.

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

#speciesaday no. 533 (behind with this this week) is Otiorhynchus raucus. Nationally scarce b weevil. Ground-dwelling on warm, broken turf in the east (no Sussex records - only comes as far south as North Kent). Over-sized pronotum. From Breck-like habitat at @wildkenhill.bsky.social, a lifer!

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

Today has been all about the blue sky.

submitted 125 days ago • 0 comments