Nick Green

Passion for ecology and my local woodland wildlife. Trying to make a difference at Alex Farm Pastures, Kent a 15 acre, SSSI (private access) in Kent.

[Nick Green @ShadoxhurstMan]

@SBO_Jason @DungenessBO Cracking picture! One for the wall on the Obs!

[Nick Green @ShadoxhurstMan]

@BirdingDave That's a really nice piece of film. Gets over the winter beach environment perfectly!

[Nick Green @ShadoxhurstMan]

Alex Pastures / Orlestone forest environs: Small parties of Hawfinches appearing daily at the moment (first appeared 22/10). At Alexs feeding on Birch and Oak tips but predominantly on a bountiful crop of Sloes. 4 present today - long may they stay!

[Nick Green @ShadoxhurstMan]

@LosBirder Brilliant!

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@h_Mathieson_ @lesserspotnet Yes, happy to do so!

[Nick Green @ShadoxhurstMan]

Back in June, Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers bred successfully rearing 2 young in the Orlestone forest area. Sad to hear that just 9 LSW were able to be monitored by the LesserSpot network. Sorry my news is late, at least it gets the survey up to ten pairs. @lesserspotnet

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@JWentomologist @olds_liam Fantastic video, and very helpful to me as I'm presently searching (without definitive success) of finding SSM Mining Bee in Kent. I really like your SS Nomad Bee filmed in slow-mo too!

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@LMasseyImages I think that's an adult female Honey Buzzard Luke. Great of you to get such a good view!

[Nick Green @ShadoxhurstMan]

@Quercus632511 Good work on spotting the Pupal cases!

[Chequertree @Chequertree1]

Something is going very, very wrong with woodland ride management by @ForestryEngland in East Kent. The last few days have seen miles of rides full of flowers in FC owned blocks of Orlestone Forest SSSI shorn down to billiard table length like this.

[Nick Green @ShadoxhurstMan]

@StevenFalk1 Just checking it out on your Flickr site now. I get it with the ‘reddish pile on top of the thorax’ - thank you!

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At Alex Pastures, Kent, these largish looking Furrow Bees have caught my eye. Looking at Steven's references, could they be Lasioglossum xanthopus / Orange footed Furrow Bee? @StevenFalk1

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@Quercus632511 Wow! fantastic picture! Envious as I’ve not caught up with any yet myself.

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@Quercus632511 Enjoying your posts Quercus! S-Washed and W- Admirals scarce in number this year just 3 of both y’day in the Alex’s area.

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Now a regular June new event, 5 Southern Migrant Hawkers zig-zagging over the meadows at Alex Pastures. Hunting similar to the mid-summer Migrant Hawker, I’m wondering if they’ve found a new breeding niche, in the many silt-lined & muddy ponds that dot the Weald. @BDSdragonflies

[Nick Green @ShadoxhurstMan]

@LosBirder The last one is the Semaphore fly (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus), they can be seen in their thousands on the edge of muddy ponds making little dances, flicking their wings in display. Find them on the edges of muddy puddles, forest ponds, but maybe not on Dungeness shingle!

[Nick Green @ShadoxhurstMan]

@Quercus632511 You're welcome! 😊

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Fresh, ginger male Long Horned Bees are back on the wing at Alex Farm Pastures. Once a rarity, their numbers now seem robust and increasing year on year - comfortably out numbering even Common Carders today. Here they are visiting Bugle and Bitter vetch.

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@Quercus632511 That's an excellent count of G. Hairstreaks - well done!

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@woodlandbirder All I can say is that I hope your Polish colleagues can learn from our mistakes. Judging by the chasim between ecologists and politicians in Poland, I don't see any sign of that.