Joe Hobden

Naturalist & Conservationist🌿

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Finally following the trend and moving onto Bluesky if anyone wants to follow. Won’t be posting anymore on here in the future

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Drosera (Sundew) plant doing its thing ...

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@StevePa46290725 @BBOWT Very envious of these!

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@GibsonTomgibo @ukorchids @Orchid_hunters @BSBIbotany Frogs can be a tricky there but can send you over some directions

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Looking like an excellent year for Musk Orchid with 100s now emerging at Noar Hill, Hampshire.

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Early Marsh Orchid var.pulchella at Thursley Common

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A day out and about on the North Downs, Surrey

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A recent adventure to a Surrey Beech woodland with @surreywallcreep where we located a staggering 5,000+ Bird’s-nest Orchid. Some of which were standing at almost knee height.

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Saturdays pilgrimage to visit Martin Down NNR. Burnt Tip Orchids being the next target of the year for me. The usual colony in good shape. Further afield I managed to find my own Burnt Tips in the long grass. Plenty of Marsh Fritillary to boot.

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Part 2 of my trip to the Chilterns I visited a one of a kind colony of Lady x Monkey Orchid hybrids. A beautiful Orchid with an equally beautiful landscape to match.

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@MallalieuMark @HawfinchesUK Hi Mark,
If you follow me back I’ll send you over a message.

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An incredible birding experience in Wiltshire whilst looking for Butterflies; stumbling across a juvenile Hawfinch. A species of near mythical status during the breeding season. I’ve spent countless hours searching locally for breeding Hawfinch this betters them all.

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Wednesdays trip to the Chilterns to see my first Military Orchids at Homefield Wood.

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Lady Orchids from Denge Wood, Kent. Every colour in the rainbow and more!

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A trip down memory lane on Monday to see Kents finest Orchids. It truly is the ‘Garden of England’.

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Fly Orchids in Hampshire today including a var Ochroleuca. An Orchid variation I’ve always wanted to see.

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Sward-leaved Helleborines from Chappetts Copse, Hampshire today.

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First few Greater Butterfly Orchids in flower today at Sheepleas, Surrey.

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Duke of Burgundy at Kithurst Hill, West Sussex yesterday.

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Green-winged Orchids in full flower at Marden Meadow, Kent. Always a great spectacle with plenty of colour variations offering extra interest.