Owner, custodian of Alex farm pastures 15 acre SSSI, Shadoxhurst, Kenthttps://bsky.app/profile/shadoxhurstman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/shadoxhurstman.bsky.social/post/3muafrdu2v22iFalling off the Kent Weald, dropping onto Romney Marsh, the channel in sight, a dark morph juvenile Honey Buzzard heads south. (white ring - letter ‘A’). Nicely spotted by Jamie. @jamiepartridge.bsky.social29 Aug 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:zvwhuyjpcsjcoea72eqimht2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muafrdu2v22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/shadoxhurstman.bsky.social/post/3mm2c62kijc2oOrlestone forest: A phone vid of a teneral Downy Emerald Dragonfly. Its brown eyes will change colour to apple green as it matures. DE dragonflies seem to me to be more numerous than a decade or so ago.17 May 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:zvwhuyjpcsjcoea72eqimht2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2c62kijc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/shadoxhurstman.bsky.social/post/3mlscrqesws2mDungeness, Wednesday evening. At the tail end of migration, in between storms a small group of Kittiwakes loiter inoffshore.14 May 2026 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:zvwhuyjpcsjcoea72eqimht2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlscrqesws2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/shadoxhurstman.bsky.social/post/3mkiyyn7ts22cLovely seawatch at Dungeness tonight 5-7 pm: 1 G Skua, 1 Pomarine Skua, 7 Arctic Squa, 1 BT Diver, 46 BT Godwits, 9 Whimbrel, 16 C Scoters, 1 Guillemot, 7 Kittiwakes, 4 Med Gulls. @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social27 Apr 2026 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:zvwhuyjpcsjcoea72eqimht2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiyyn7ts22chttps://bsky.app/profile/shadoxhurstman.bsky.social/post/3miwhyc4suc2tSince mid March, I’ve idled away time watching the secretive Sallow Longhorn (Adela cuprella). They stay out of sight in the highest catkins of scrubby sallows. The males display together in sun, and when they land, they disappear into foliage—not to be seen again until the next flight show begins.07 Apr 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:zvwhuyjpcsjcoea72eqimht2/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwhyc4suc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/shadoxhurstman.bsky.social/post/3mirc7ias4c2oAlex Pastures, Kent, Probably our earliest ever Nightingale singing away this afternoon. Let me know if you heard an early one too!05 Apr 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:zvwhuyjpcsjcoea72eqimht2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mirc7ias4c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/shadoxhurstman.bsky.social/post/3lxpvddxl2227Dropping off the Kent Weald onwards to the East Sussex coast 2 female Honey Buzzards departing this morning.31 Aug 2025 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:zvwhuyjpcsjcoea72eqimht2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxpvddxl2227https://bsky.app/profile/shadoxhurstman.bsky.social/post/3lxkilmym5s27A second Osprey sighting over Orlestone for me this afternoon. Same bird as yesterday.. ..or just coincidence? Best wait for more sightings to answer that!29 Aug 2025 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:zvwhuyjpcsjcoea72eqimht2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxkilmym5s27https://bsky.app/profile/shadoxhurstman.bsky.social/post/3lxhysb27q227I don't see many of these over Orlestone! In fact my first ever, an Osprey flys high across the forest and then on towards the Rye / Camber area.28 Aug 2025 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:zvwhuyjpcsjcoea72eqimht2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhysb27q227https://bsky.app/profile/shadoxhurstman.bsky.social/post/3lxho5eqafk2zOsprey drifting away over Orlestone towards Rye presently.28 Aug 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:zvwhuyjpcsjcoea72eqimht2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxho5eqafk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/shadoxhurstman.bsky.social/post/3lx6cafjdzc2iAttention Honey Buzzard watchers; A distant but distinct bird over SE Kent today. Looks to have a number of secondaries missing and might be a bird that someone may have been surveying.24 Aug 2025 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:zvwhuyjpcsjcoea72eqimht2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx6cafjdzc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/shadoxhurstman.bsky.social/post/3lswl7ft7j22fIt’s a breakthrough year for Purple Emperors along the woodland edges of Alex farm Pastures, Kent. This week, our first 2 sightings (plus a bonus L. Tortoiseshell too). Frustratingly hard to get a record, but luckily this male made an accidental fly-past whilst filming Purple Hairstreaks.01 Jul 2025 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:zvwhuyjpcsjcoea72eqimht2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lswl7ft7j22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/shadoxhurstman.bsky.social/post/3lpmhlwdxkc2qCommon Cranes skirting Hamstreet, Kent and heading North this a.m. I wonder what their story is? Probably they've channel-hopped on a slowed migration.. and likely a loyal bird is staying with a lame mate - for better or for worse!20 May 2025 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:zvwhuyjpcsjcoea72eqimht2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmhlwdxkc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/shadoxhurstman.bsky.social/post/3lnx7e5jby22329 Apr 2025 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:zvwhuyjpcsjcoea72eqimht2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnx7e5jby223https://bsky.app/profile/shadoxhurstman.bsky.social/post/3ljisokbmzc22From Saturday, with winter tasks over at Alexs, time for some raptor watching. This unlikely and lucky group gathering started with local Buzzards and Ravens escorting a migrating Marsh Harrier over, which in turn aroused the interest of a Goshawk with the Peregrine not far behind.03 Mar 2025 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:zvwhuyjpcsjcoea72eqimht2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljisokbmzc22