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Kent Field Club, founded in 1955, aims to study, record, and deepen the understanding and appreciation of the natural history of Kent, UK. Find more, see our publications, and/or join us here www.kentfieldclub.org.uk/
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On Saturday was Kent Field Club's first fungus meeting of the year, at Hosey Common in West Kent. Lots to be found, including the species shown in photos below. Names in alt text. All photos courtesy of Phil Ambler. #fungus#fungi#mycology#KentNature#autumn

Tricholoma sulphureum (Sulphur Knight)
Cortinarius flexipes (Pelargonium Webcap)
Elaphomyces granulatus (False Truffle) with a parasitic Tolypocladium sp. (Truffleclub)
Cortinarius violaceus (Violet Webcap)
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Great field meeting yesterday at Kent CC's White Horse Wood Country Park and its environs. The happy-looking scorpionfly is Panorpa germanica (ID helped by recent article in British Wildlife), and, yes, that is a Hornet Robber-fly perching on a finger. #kentnature

The pale blue flowers of Blue Fleabane amongst other grass and flowers, with people in background.
A scorpionfly - a black-and-yellow insect with a long, beak-like head, emerging from a glass tube.
A very large, hairy, orange fly sits on a person's finger.
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#kentnature This morning was the September Milton Creek CP wildlife survey. A Jay was a rarity for the park, small parties of Swallows & House Martins flew through. 20+ Migrant Hawkers, 2 Willow Emerald & a Southern Hawker seen. 3 Mottled Shieldbug were a lifer. Shrill & Brown-banded Carder seen

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A new ID guide is now available for all 27 species in the robberfly family (Asilidae) in the UK. Download the PDF from dipterists.org.uk/soldierflies...#soldierflies

An example page from the identification guide for robberflies, showing comparison photos with labelled features for two species of Machimus robberfly
Screenshot of acknowledgments: These guides are only possible thanks to the generosity of the brilliant photographers who have
allowed their images to be used. Special thanks to Steven Falk and Malcolm Storey, whose photo collections form the backbone for this species guide: Steven Falk’s photo collections on Flickr – Malcolm Storey’s BioImages website

Other photos included in this guide are by Andy Brown, Arnold Wijker, Colin le Boutillier, Dick Belgers, Fritz Geller-Grimm, Geoffrey Foale, Ian Andrews, James Fowler, Janet Graham, Jeremy Early, Kevin McGee, Malcolm Smart, Marc de Winkel, Mark Gurney, Martin Harvey, Nigel Jones, Paul Kitchener, Rob Petley-Jones, Simon Van Toller, Sue Taylor, Sylvie Herault and Tim Worfolk.
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A new challenge this week! #ClimbingPlants#wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm

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If you've been wondering why your #KentNature#KentWildlife post wasn't showing up in our Kent Nature feed, the problem should be fixed now! Thanks to everyone who's been using these tags - we love seeing your posts!

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22 Straw Underwings last night out 26 moths that were in the trap.. #teammoth#KentNature

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Chamomile now showing well on Tunbridge Wells Common thanks to new mowing regime on the Lower Cricket Ground. One of only three sites for this species in Kent.

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Kent Field Club, founded in 1955, aims to study, record, and deepen the understanding and appreciation of the natural history of Kent, UK. Find more, see our publications, and/or join us here www.kentfieldclub.org.uk/
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