Kent Field Club, founded in 1955, aims to study, record, and deepen the understanding and appreciation of the natural history of Kent, UK. Find more, see our publications, and/or join us here https://www.kentfieldclub.org.uk/https://bsky.app/profile/kentfieldclub.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kentfieldclub.bsky.social/post/3mua2k73qx22fHardly a day of rain this summer, but we hit this one with our field meeting at Crow Plain Farm in the Low Weald. But still managed a few insect records, including Mottled Shieldbug, Birch Shieldbug, and the Rhopalid bug Stictopleurus abutilon. #KentNature #bugs #Hemiptera29 Aug 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:aopil2r6fxsf55ud5grdc6rd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mua2k73qx22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kentfieldclub.bsky.social/post/3mtbijkm2fk2nOur Saturday meeting ought to have been destroyed by drought, but instead the 4ha Forge Field site (part of Leeds Castle Estate) kept 6 naturalists busy for 4 hours, turning up a range of interesting insects and plants. There's so little acid grassland left in Kent, & it needs more love! #KentNature17 Aug 2026 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:aopil2r6fxsf55ud5grdc6rd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbijkm2fk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kentfieldclub.bsky.social/post/3mt6ufxvz7c2jWe thought the acid grassland at Forge Field nr Leeds Castle would be shrivelled-up for our field meeting yesterday. Well, it was dry but very far from lifeless, with Harebell, Tormentil, insects inc. Liorhyssus hyalinus (pictured), Pantaloon Bee, Red-banded Sand-wasp, & much more. #KentNature16 Aug 2026 09:22 +0000at://did:plc:aopil2r6fxsf55ud5grdc6rd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6ufxvz7c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/kentfieldclub.bsky.social/post/3msnjeihtic2sFor anyone and everyone with an interest in biodiversity in and around Kent - tinyurl.com/WildConf2026. We love our social media chums, but it's great to get together IRL. Book your place today! https://tinyurl.com/WildConf202609 Aug 2026 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:aopil2r6fxsf55ud5grdc6rd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msnjeihtic2shttps://bsky.app/profile/kentfieldclub.bsky.social/post/3ms6sjr4uo22tDry, hot and sunny for our meeting at @kentwildlife.bsky.social's new Ironhurst Valley Nature Reserve last Saturday. The reserve straddles the boundary between Watsonian West Kent and East Sussex, marked in places just by a small ditch and crossed by a tiny bridge.03 Aug 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:aopil2r6fxsf55ud5grdc6rd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6sjr4uo22thttps://bsky.app/profile/kentfieldclub.bsky.social/post/3mrrwrb55p22dHighlight of our field meeting last weekend near Deal - this nymph of the shieldbug Arma custos, swept by Laurence Clemons. A species found new to the UK in 2024 by Simon Warry, and this nymph confirms that it's now breeding here. #UKBugs #Shieldbugs @britishbugs.bsky.social @rockwolf74.bsky.social29 Jul 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:aopil2r6fxsf55ud5grdc6rd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrwrb55p22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kentfieldclub.bsky.social/post/3mr5n3mjzqs2iVery pleased to have @graemelyons.bsky.social as a speaker at the Kent Wildlife Conference this October, talking on "Pan-species listing – how to become a super-naturalist". Open to all: go to tinyurl.com/WildConf2026 for details & booking. #pansspecies #panspecieslisting #biologicalrecording https://tinyurl.com/WildConf202621 Jul 2026 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:aopil2r6fxsf55ud5grdc6rd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5n3mjzqs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kentfieldclub.bsky.social/post/3mqvwnyvuis2zLooking forward to our field meeting there in a couple of weeks' time, where we'll be helping to collect some baseline species records. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jul 2026 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:aopil2r6fxsf55ud5grdc6rd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqvwnyvuis2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kentfieldclub.bsky.social/post/3mqk37o4usc23Last Saturday, we were in the Low Weald, in meadows & wet woodland being managed with conservation in mind. Common insects included the tortoise beetle Cassida vibex, while wet woodland held big stands of Yellow Loosestrife & the scarce Yellow-loosestrife Bee Macropis europaea. #KentNature #Bees13 Jul 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:aopil2r6fxsf55ud5grdc6rd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqk37o4usc23https://bsky.app/profile/kentfieldclub.bsky.social/post/3mqebquny4s2gA further thought on this - it would be worth comparing sown with unsown new meadows to see how/if sowing affects subsequent colonisation by unsown species. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jul 2026 08:48 +0000at://did:plc:aopil2r6fxsf55ud5grdc6rd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqebquny4s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/kentfieldclub.bsky.social/post/3mqctt2b7jc2yTo quote from the piece: "our study poses the question: should we be employing patience over seed packet more often?” Yes we should, if we want rich, vibrant plant communities as part of nature recovery. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:aopil2r6fxsf55ud5grdc6rd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqctt2b7jc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kentfieldclub.bsky.social/post/3mqc4ufeozk2wDelighted that Murray Orchard of @kentishplover.bsky.social will be a speaker at this year's Kent Wildlife Conference. He's talking on 'Kent’s Nightingales - mining the data, tracking the birds, and strategies for their recovery'. Go to tinyurl.com/WildConf2026 for details & booking. #kentbirding https://tinyurl.com/WildConf202610 Jul 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:aopil2r6fxsf55ud5grdc6rd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqc4ufeozk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kentfieldclub.bsky.social/post/3mq2vczmdqs2nA New Atlas of the Kent Flora (by Eric Philp, published 2010) has long been out of print. However, we've now been able to make available a downloadable PDF version. 350 pages long, and with more than 1,100 colour distribution maps. Get it here for just £5: https://www.kentfieldclub.org.uk/a-new-atlas-of-the-kent-flora-download-version07 Jul 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:aopil2r6fxsf55ud5grdc6rd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2vczmdqs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kentfieldclub.bsky.social/post/3mpsv67pixs24John Rowland of @dice-kent.bsky.social will be speaking on "Great Crested Newts: what mark-recapture can tell us that traditional surveys can’t" at this year's Kent Wildlife Conference - one of a great line-up of speakers & subjects. For details & booking, go to tinyurl.com/WildConf2026 #herpetology https://tinyurl.com/WildConf202604 Jul 2026 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:aopil2r6fxsf55ud5grdc6rd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpsv67pixs24https://bsky.app/profile/kentfieldclub.bsky.social/post/3mpsv67pixs24John Rowland of @dice-kent.bsky.social will be speaking on "Great Crested Newts: what mark-recapture can tell us that traditional surveys can’t" at this year's Kent Wildlife Conference - one of a great line-up of speakers & subjects. For details & booking, go to tinyurl.com/WildConf2026 #herpetology https://tinyurl.com/WildConf202604 Jul 2026 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:aopil2r6fxsf55ud5grdc6rd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpsv67pixs24https://bsky.app/profile/kentfieldclub.bsky.social/post/3mp4dpex2uk24What happened to the late Francis Rose's long planned Flora of Kent? Find out at this year's Kent Wildlife Conference, from @bsbibotany.bsky.social vice-county recorder, Geoffrey Kitchener, just one of a full line-up of speakers. Go to tinyurl.com/WildConf2026 for details & booking. #KentBotany https://tinyurl.com/WildConf202625 Jun 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:aopil2r6fxsf55ud5grdc6rd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4dpex2uk24