Great evening Anno Distillers in Marden Kent sampling a wide range of artisan gins

11th successive month of #invertebrate surveys in #RiverCray at Brook Park #StPaulsCray for Riverfly Partnership @WildLondon ZSL Science initiative Thames21 Environment Agency Bromley Parks + a couple of impressive Bullheads amongst the samples

No spawn seen... hopefully won't be long! Last night #Commons volunteers checked ponds & wetland areas - great to see a male Toad, Frogs (male and female) and a fleeting glimpse of a small Newt KRAG Bromley Parks Froglife @WildLondon

This morning is the last #TheLifeScientific in this run. My guest is the amazing dipterist Dr Erica McAlister Dr Erica McAlister . Back on air with a new run on 25 June. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

After another long search today, finally found & photographed a Common Lizard (Zootoca vivipara) Chislehurst Commons . Well hidden, keeping out of harm's way - this one looks to have shed part of its tail. KRAG @WildLondon The British Nature Guide

Friends of Brook Park set up ready for Midfield Primary School River Cray #chalkstream wildlife day Riverfly Partnership @WildLondon Bromley Parks

Good to see Common Darter #dragonfly males active in the sunshine this afternoon around #RushPond #Chislehurstcommons @WaterForWild British Dragonfly Society Chislehurst Commons

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. Chislehurst Commons #winter #autumn #winterinsects

Well, that's a nice surprise... seen this morning Chislehurst Commons less than 100m from the Hight St, a solitary #wigeon amongst the usual ducks, geese and gulls @WildLondon RSPB London Bird Club #ChislehurstCommons

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

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 British Moths UK Moth Identification The British Nature Guide @WildLondon

Possible new sighting for Chislehurst Commons - immature Migrant Hawker #dragonfly #ChislehurstCommons British Dragonfly Society @WildLondon Kent Wildlife Trust Marc Heath

Nice to see 3 Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta) emerging early morning @nethergongcampi. British Dragonfly Society The British Nature Guide NatureUK Kent Wildlife Trust BBC Springwatch

At least 7 of what looks like a cricket-bat spider Mangora acalypha seen amongst gorse and heather on #ChislehurstCommons Chislehurst Commons this morning. BAS Ian Beavis

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? Chislehurst Commons Steven Falk Ian Beavis

Our highest Riverfly Partnership survey score (monthly since Apr 2018) for #RiverCray #chalkstream at Brook Park Bromley Parks boosted by >300 blue-winged olive & >600 olive mayflies + >100 cased caddis Thames21 ZSL Science South East Rivers Trust Environment Agency

Always worth looking up in the trees on #ChislehurstCommons... this morning this #tawnyowl was looking down at me! Chislehurst Commons @ChislehurstSocy Visit Chislehurst @WildLondon RSPB #londonbirds

With Butterfly Conservation 🦋 #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 Chislehurst Commons Butterfly Conservation Kent & SE London @WildLondon Kent Field Club

From shape, markings + sheet web with funnel deep in gorse & heather on #ChislehurstCommons, this looks to be a labyrinth spider Agelena labyrinthica (with snack) Chislehurst Commons BAS Kent Field Club WILDGuides Britain's spiders