The #Chalk downland @rowantnnr.bsky.social now enters its purple phase: clustered bellflower, hare bell and sways of scabious!

Our annual count of Broad-leaved Cudweed @rowantnnr.bsky.social under sunshine this year! Huge thanks to Oxfordshire Flora Group & @judywebb.bsky.social for joining us - the numbers are looking promising for this important species in our #arable plots - @rbgkew.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social

A cooler weather for our surveyors on their transect this week: Ringlet, Chalkhill Blue & Small Heath aplenty @rowantnnr.bsky.social

Such a better #summer for our #butterflies! The downland @rowantnnr.bsky.social is heaving with lots of species including gatekeepers and peacocks 🦋 #pollinators

A peaceful end to a rather busy week @rowantnnr.bsky.social - Red kites calling all around - #conservation #grazing 🐑

A beautiful sunken way @rowantnnr.bsky.social - an interesting historic feature, now stuffed with #chalkgrassland #flowers & #butterflies 🌸🦋

What a stunner! A fantastic Privet hawk #moth found whilst a recent #volunteer group was working on some fence repairs @rowantnnr.bsky.social

Swathes of flowers @rowantnnr.bsky.social under the sunshine this week, including one of our favourites - Squinancywort. Here it can be found carpeting the tops of Yellow meadow ant hills #wildflower #NNR