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Violet click beetle

Violet click beetle

… Violet click beetle … Limoniscus violaceus … The violet click … very rare beetle that lives in decaying wood, particularly common beech and ash. It gets its name from its habit of … click if it falls on its back. It is found at just three sites in the UK. … Violet click beetle …

Greater water parsnip

… Greater water parsnip … Sium latifolium … Large scale drainage in the UK has seen a massive reduction in the … sensitive aquatic plant which now only occurs in around 50 sites in England. … Greater water parsnip …

Queendown Warren landscape shot showing a gate in the foreground and a lovely backdrop of trees and blue sky in the background

Queendown Warren

… scattered groups of early spider, bee and man. … As you leave the car park, you are greeted by Queendown Warren stretching from one side of the valley to the other. The reserve is a 76.5ha site containing a mixture of Chalk Grassland, open Pasture, …

Straw Belle Moth on grass at Lydden Temple Ewan

Lydden Temple Ewell named best place for Straw Belle Moths in the UK

… Related blog posts … Lydden Temple Ewell named best place for Straw Belle Moths in the UK … … crickets, another rarity that is restricted to a handful of sites in the country. … The management of this site by Kent … cattle grazing. Kent Wildlife Trust’s Estates Team has a combined total of 100 years of conservation grazing …

Brent goose

The brent goose flies to the UK for the milder winter. Two populations arrive: those with dark bellies can be found around Eastern England

Yellow-wort

… Yellow-wort has butter-yellow flowers. Its distinctive leaves sit opposite each other, but are fused together around the stem. … Yellow-wort …

Grasshopper warbler

… Grasshopper warbler … … tyles/node_hero_desk_wide/public/third_light/Grasshopper_warbler_005_cpt_Amy_Lewis.jpg?h=5f29f7b4&itok=sm_yOwQP … This small summer … away by its insect like trilling call … Grasshopper warbler …

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Harvest mice at Hothfield

… mice at Hothfield … Hothfield Heathlands is a SSSI listed site, owned by Ashford Borough Council and managed by Kent … in Kent, and one of the last remaining acid bogs in the whole of the south east. … Harvest mice at Hothfield …

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Lesser black-backed gull

… Lesser black-backed gull … Larus fuscus … The lesser-black backed gull can be spotted around the coast in … Walney Island, Cumbria. Look for it over fields, landfill sites and reservoirs during winter. … Lesser black-backed …

Mistletoe

… Mistletoe … Viscum album … Kissing under the mistletoe is a much-loved Christmas tradition, making this plant familiar to us all. It actually grows as a parasite on trees - look for it hanging off branches in large …