Great day with Natural England and Chilterns National Landscape colleagues at COAT 👇
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Val Woods encouraged us to have a go in trampers and all-terrain wheelchairs 🤗 for a better understanding of #access issues on National Trails NationalTrails.UK
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A big thank you to all the #partners and fantastic #volunteers who joined us AstonRowantNNR to celebrate #NNRWeek - we had a great range of speakers and welcomed Shaun the 🐑 to site, as a Natural England #CountrysideCode Champion

Great to see the results from one night's moth trapping AstonRowantNNR This is a white ermine #moth Chilterns National Landscape BC Upper Thames #NNR day. Chalk Cherries and Chairs Team

One of Phab UK #AccessConsultancyAndTrainingServices clients highlighting their accessibility. Proud to be a part of this project to open up the Chiltern Hills to everyone & to showing the rest of the UK how it could be done. If you get the chance, visit AstonRowantNNR.

Nice to see this grizzled skipper #butterfly today AstonRowantNNR Chilterns National Landscape BC Upper Thames

Enjoyed catching up w Natural England & friends y'day AstonRowantNNR for #NNRWeek2024 . Great to hear how mobility vehicles Chilterns National Landscape funded thro Defra UK's Access for All programme are helping inform organisations on improving #access to their own land.
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Talking about Juniper invertebrates AstonRowantNNR for the #NNR Event day, I beat this old female bush. Alive with Juniper shield bugs Cyphostethus tristriatus. Unconcerned by being dislodged, they carried on with the important business of the day even in my net...

. Chilterns National Landscape team started an office spring clean yesterday. Found some fascinating docs incl. the 1971 Plan for the #Chilterns , by the Chilterns Standing Conference, which includes reference to Aston Rowant #NationalNatureReserve .
Heading there now to celebrate #NNRWeek2024 !

Lovely day AstonRowantNNR celebrating #NNR week with Natural England Chilterns National Landscape Judy Webb Elaine King Chiltern Society talking with experts abt juniper, red kites, accessibility, and woodlands

Still some spaces available for our walk at Aston Rowant on Wednesday 29th May! A good walk and good cake promised 😊

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The Chilterns Walking Festival kicks off this Saturday, 18 May! 🥾🌳

Explore the beautiful Chilterns National Landscape, discover new walks, and learn about history, heritage, wildlife, farming and much more!

Have you booked your walk yet? 👇

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A nice Elachistid discovery from AstonRowantNNR now out in the latest Ent Rec, Elachista apicipunctella, luticomella and obliquella all reared from Wood Barley (H. europaeus), which seems to the be the first records of these species on this host in the UK: researchgate.net/publication/37…

I think this tiny flower is thyme-leaved sandwort growing on ant hills AstonRowantNNR for #wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland #WildFlowerID

Rainforest discovery day. Evening bat walk. Wildlife Photography. 🦋

These are just three of over 70 events taking place across the country this #NationalNatureReserves Week.

See what's happening near you from 20-31 May: nnrweek.com

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Great to catch up with Richard Fox and see some nice moths at AstonRowantNNR on Monday. Good practice for the walk I'll be leading here for BC Upper Thames on 25th May, focusing on finding moths in their early stages in spring - all welcome! (butterfly-conservation.org/events/an-uppe…).

Fantastic few hours at Aston Rowant with Will Langdon yesterday yielded 14 moth lifers for me. Loads of highlights inc adult Argyresthia praecocella, Mugwort Plume larva, Coleophora hemerobiella cases, Stephensia brunnichella & Paracrania chrysolepidella mines + 7 Elachista spp

With all this rain and hail, you wouldn’t think #butterflies were on the wing only last week AstonRowantNNR! Come back sunshine ☀️

A new locking mechanism installed on our Truckman, Rapid mower grease nipple fixed and monthly serviced - thanks to our wonderful volunteer! Plus, a little gate repair to finish the day 🛠️😍 #FixItFriday AstonRowantNNR

A great day on Monday with our volunteers, putting up nest boxes for the rare and elusive dormice! We’ll be monitoring the boxes throughout the Spring & Summer and hoping to find some residents🤞 AstonRowantNNR

Spotted some Wolf’s milk slime mould - Lycogala epidendrum when we were putting the dormouse boxes back up. AstonRowantNNR Dave Evans