Kevin M0KSJ

Back to zoology roots volunteering with local conservation projects + enjoy local, industrial & family history, photography & "ham" radio- callsign M "zero" KSJ

[Kevin M0KSJ @M0KSJ]

From shape, markings + sheet web with funnel deep in gorse & heather on #ChislehurstCommons, this looks to be a labyrinth spider Agelena labyrinthica (with snack) @ChisCommons @BritishSpiders @kent_field @WILDGuidesBooks Britain's spiders

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With @savebutterflies #ButterflyCount starting today - good to see >10 purple hairstreaks on #ChislehurstCommons oaks this morning. Not obliging with wings fully open on landing, but distinctive underwing markings visible @ChisCommons @BCKentBranch @WildLondon @kent_field

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Always worth looking up in the trees on #ChislehurstCommons... this morning this #tawnyowl was looking down at me! @ChisCommons @ChislehurstSocy @VisitChis @WildLondon @Natures_Voice #londonbirds

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Our highest @Riverflies survey score (monthly since Apr 2018) for #RiverCray #chalkstream at Brook Park @idverde_Bromley boosted by >300 blue-winged olive & >600 olive mayflies + >100 cased caddis @Thames21 @ZSLScience @SE_Rivers_Trust @EnvAgency

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@iancbeavis @ChisCommons @StevenFalk1 Many thanks Ian, thought it was likely, but my photos lacked some ID features. Will have a look around the area for any Andrena nesting activity.

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Seen on #ChislehurstCommons, nomad bee (Nomada flava or panzeri ?) On nettle leaf, then bramble where appeared to lie head down folding mid+front legs under body - similar to photos seen of "sleeping" bees? @ChisCommons @StevenFalk1 @iancbeavis

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@dineshraov @BritishSpiders @ChisCommons @iancbeavis Thanks, does look very distinctive clise up

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At least 7 of what looks like a cricket-bat spider Mangora acalypha seen amongst gorse and heather on #ChislehurstCommons @ChisCommons this morning. @Britishspiders @iancbeavis

[Kevin M0KSJ @M0KSJ]

@BritishSpiders @ChisCommons @iancbeavis Thanks, will check the rest of the site.

[Marc Heath @MarcHeathym007]

Nice to see 3 Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta) emerging early morning @nethergongcampi. @BDSdragonflies @Britnatureguide @NatureUK @KentWildlife @BBCSpringwatch

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Possible new sighting for @ChisCommons - immature Migrant Hawker #dragonfly #ChislehurstCommons @BDSdragonflies @WildLondon @KentWildlife @MarcHeathym007

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@g8itb @BritishMoths @MothIDUK @Britnatureguide @WildLondon Spending more time in my garden

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Garden #lockdownNature photos taken in #Chislehurst last Sunday. Amazing antennae! Looks like a male Green Longhorn moth (Adela reaumurella). Several seen around apple tree. #micromoth @BritishMoths @MothIDUK @Britnatureguide @WildLondon

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@g8itb @ChisCommons @SoldierfliesRS Very much a case of "as and when" opportunities arise Richard.

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A bonus sighting on yesterday's exercise walk on #ChislehurstCommons @ChisCommons ... Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major #BeeFlyWatch @SoldierfliesRS

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Well, that's a nice surprise... seen this morning @ChisCommons less than 100m from the Hight St, a solitary #wigeon amongst the usual ducks, geese and gulls @WildLondon @Natures_Voice @LondonBirdClub #ChislehurstCommons

[Chislehurst Commons @ChisCommons]

Beautiful autumn scene of the commons adjacent to Heathfield Lane. This is one of the sites that has been left to support the over wintering of insects.
@ChisCommons #winter #autumn #winterinsects

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Good to see Common Darter #dragonfly males active in the sunshine this afternoon around #RushPond #Chislehurstcommons @WaterForWild @BDSdragonflies @ChisCommons

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Friends of Brook Park set up ready for Midfield Primary School River Cray #chalkstream wildlife day @Riverflies @WildLondon @idverde_Bromley