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Friends of Aston Rowant NNR sharing sightings and activities on and around the reserve. Tag us to share the news!
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
29.07.2025 16:41 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Congratulations Cathy 👏
29.07.2025 16:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Chalkhill Blue. Aston Rowant NNR 25/7/25
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Silver-spotted Skipper beginning to emerge at Aston Rowant NNR. Six counted 25/7/25.
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Unbelievable blue of the Adonis @rowantnnr.bsky.social 🦋
26.07.2025 16:20 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A cooler weather for our surveyors on their transect this week: Ringlet, Chalkhill Blue & Small Heath aplenty @rowantnnr.bsky.social
24.07.2025 11:28 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Great! found 8 Narrow-lipped Helleborines in flower at Aston Rowant #NNR in beechwood on chalk over last weeks - first time seen on site since 2016! Combo of two wet years followed by hot & dry yr? @rowantnnr.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @chilternsnl.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
19.07.2025 15:05 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Such a better #summer for our #butterflies! The downland @rowantnnr.bsky.social is heaving with lots of species including gatekeepers and peacocks 🦋 #pollinators
15.07.2025 19:18 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0An interesting find @rowantnnr.bsky.social 🌸🌸🌸
09.07.2025 11:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Dingy White Plume
Reddish Light Arches
Brown Scallop
Shaded Pug
Enjoyable mothing at Aston Rowant NNR last night with @marcbotham.bsky.social A keen easterly wind limited the catch, but saw some really nice stuff that I don’t normally see incl Dingy White Plume, Reddish Light Arches, Brown Scallop, Large Nutmeg, Shaded & Satyr Pugs & Aethes tesserana. #teammoth
12.06.2025 19:31 — 👍 48 🔁 2 💬 4 📌 0
A peaceful end to a rather busy week @rowantnnr.bsky.social - Red kites calling all around - #conservation #grazing 🐑
04.07.2025 17:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A beautiful sunken way @rowantnnr.bsky.social - an interesting historic feature, now stuffed with #chalkgrassland #flowers & #butterflies 🌸🦋
30.06.2025 17:17 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
What a stunner! A fantastic Privet hawk #moth found whilst a recent #volunteer group was working on some fence repairs @rowantnnr.bsky.social
27.06.2025 17:26 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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
26.06.2025 14:03 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Small-flowered Sweet-briar, Rosa micrantha, on chalk grassland. Aston Rowant NNR, South Oxfordshire. #wildflowerhour. Not #urbanplants but very close to the M40!
15.06.2025 19:55 — 👍 18 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Spectacular swathes of Common Valerian & Dropwort at #AstonRowant #NNR. Two of my favourite flowers & Dropwort always characteristic of old #grassland in my experience. When does Dropwort ever colonise any new areas today? The Valerian scent was beautiful. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflower
16.06.2025 20:31 — 👍 21 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
