Nature within Ten miles of your House

Nature within Ten miles of your House NWTMOYH endeavours to show that you do not need to travel 100's of miles to experience the wonders o

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02/10/2022

• Plans to scrap post-Brexit environmental laws condemned by Kent Wildlife Trust. • 17 protected wildlife sites in Kent could be downgraded if plans go ahead in December 2023. • Kent has been identified as a possible investment zone area, which will allow developers to bypass environmental reg...

Nature within Ten miles of your House'Some recent photos from around Ashford this last few weeks'Photography by Paul Con...
20/09/2022

Nature within Ten miles of your House
'Some recent photos from around Ashford this last few weeks'
Photography by Paul Connor

'A Fox-Moth Caterpillar (My ID)Overview Courtesy of https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/fox-mothThis moth is named ...
20/09/2022

'A Fox-Moth Caterpillar (My ID)

Overview Courtesy of https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/fox-moth

This moth is named after its colouration; males are usually foxy-red/brown and females grey-brown. However, moths from cooler upland areas tend to be darker and less red than those from southern areas. Females are larger with considerably longer forewings and lack the feathered antennae of the males. This moth can be distinguished from similar species by the absence of a central white spot on the forewing. The male flies rapidly on sunny afternoons just above the ground searching for females which are nocturnal.

Photography by Paul Connor

20/09/2022

This weekend!

01/09/2022

🙌Help shape our bid!

💚We want you to tell us which place in the Geopark is most special to you. It might be the place you go to find the best fossils, or the spot on your favourite dog walk with incredible views of the Downs. You could ask yourself the question: if someone came to visit, where is the one place in the Kent Downs I would take them?

It doesn't have to be the biggest or 'best' site, it can be somewhere that you personally value that isn't so well-known. A building in your town or village with a fascinating history, a tranquil dry valley hidden away down a country lane, the disused quarry where you used to hang out as a kid - we'd love to hear from you.

👉Answer our 2 minute survey and help us tell the story of the Geopark, your answers will help shape our UNESCO bid https://bit.ly/3QaipY7

'A Small Red eyed Damselfly' (My ID)Overview courtesy of https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/species/small-red-eyed-damse...
27/08/2022

'A Small Red eyed Damselfly' (My ID)

Overview courtesy of https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/species/small-red-eyed-damselfly/

A small dark Damselfly with a bronze-black top of the thorax and grey legs.

Male: brown-red eyes and a blue and black abdomen.

Female: brown eyes and a black abdomen with a small blue tip.

Latin Name Erythromma viridulum

Habitat
Found on ponds, lakes and ditches and sometimes on brackish water. It seems to be associated with floating vegetation such as Hornwort and Water Milfoil.

Status & Distribution
Recent colonist (first records 1999).

Spread spectacularly through southeast England and the Isle of Wight in the years immediately following its first appearances.

Has now reached Devon in the west and North Yorkshire in the north, but expansion has slowed.

Photography by Paul Connor

Nature within Ten miles of your House 'A Common Blue' FactsheetOverview Courtesy of https://butterfly-conservation.org/...
15/08/2022

Nature within Ten miles of your House

'A Common Blue' Factsheet
Overview Courtesy of https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/common-blue

The Common Blue is the most widespread blue butterfly in Britain and Ireland and is found in a variety of grassy habitats.

The brightly coloured males are conspicuous but females are more secretive. The colour of the upperwings of females varies from almost completely brown in southern England to predominantly blue in western Ireland and Scotland, but the colour is variable within local populations with some striking examples. Unlike Adonis and Chalkhill Blues, the dark veins do not extend into white fringes of wing margins.

It remains widespread but there have been local declines within its range.

Photography by Paul Connor

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