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19-05-2006, 03:32 PM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Maidstone, Kent
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| | | Hello from Kent!
Hello everyone,
Just thought I'd say hello. I've been very impressed by the friendly and supportive atmosphere on this site, and the excellent photos people post. The identification advice offered by your members is also a great idea, especially for those harder to ID groups.
I've been lucky enough to work in nature conservation for the last 12 years (where does the time go!). The last 7 of those years I have spent working in Kent. I enjoy walking, cycling and photography. As this is starting to sound like a CV i'll shut up now  .
All the best
Steve |
19-05-2006, 03:34 PM
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Hello Weeksy good to have you on the site your experience should be valuable
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19-05-2006, 03:41 PM
|  | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Kent
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Hooray!! Another Kent person. Welcome onboard the WAB. Nice to have neighbours down the road. Jolly old Gravesend here! Looking forward to your posts. ww |
19-05-2006, 03:44 PM
|  | Member of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Essex
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Hiya Steve. Very nice to have you with us. Enjoy the site |
19-05-2006, 03:46 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hampshire, England
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Hello! Lovely to meet you!
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19-05-2006, 03:48 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Horsham W Sussex
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Hello Steve and welcome here..................Jon |
19-05-2006, 03:51 PM
|  | Frozen | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: N.E. Lincolnshire
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Hello Steve, welcome to WAB
I bet you could tell us some interesting stuff about your work. Look forward to hearing a lot from you mate. |
19-05-2006, 04:08 PM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Maidstone, Kent
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Wow, thanks for the quick responses!
As far as work goes I am one of the small team of wardens that manage the nature reserves for Kent Wildlife Trust. My specific patch is in west kent and covers a mix of sites including chalk downland, woodland, marshes and even former chalk pits.
I'm afraid i'm no expert in wildlife ID, but I'm a decent enough field naturalist and I am happy to help out where ever possible.
Kent at this time of year is a lovely place, Lady orchids flowering amongst the bluebell woods, everything just starting to emerge after the winter (even though today is a bit grey and windy!). I'm always happy to help people with advice about where to see wildlife in the county. I'll try and post some pictures if I can work out how to resize them!
Thanks again for the warm welcome!
Weeksy |
19-05-2006, 04:12 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Crawley,Sussex
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Hi Steve 
Nice to have you as part of the WAB Forum.
Enjoy. |
19-05-2006, 04:14 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Horsham W Sussex
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Originally Posted by Weeksy Wow, thanks for the quick responses!
As far as work goes I am one of the small team of wardens that manage the nature reserves for Kent Wildlife Trust. My specific patch is in west kent and covers a mix of sites including chalk downland, woodland, marshes and even former chalk pits.
I'm afraid i'm no expert in wildlife ID, but I'm a decent enough field naturalist and I am happy to help out where ever possible.
Kent at this time of year is a lovely place, Lady orchids flowering amongst the bluebell woods, everything just starting to emerge after the winter (even though today is a bit grey and windy!). I'm always happy to help people with advice about where to see wildlife in the county. I'll try and post some pictures if I can work out how to resize them!
Thanks again for the warm welcome!
Weeksy | Kent, the garden of England. Steve, if you are using windows xp, go to there website and look up power tools and in there you will find a picture re sizing tool to download...........Jon  |
19-05-2006, 04:21 PM
|  | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: exmouth devon uk
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Hi and a very warm welcome to WAB
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19-05-2006, 04:35 PM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Maidstone, Kent
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Thanks Jon, I've tried the picture resizing tool and it works a treat. |
19-05-2006, 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Weeksy Thanks Jon, I've tried the picture resizing tool and it works a treat. | Your welcome, its good isn't it.................Jon |
19-05-2006, 05:08 PM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Maidstone, Kent
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Nice website you have there Cherrybee.
I have very fond memories of the Exmouth area. I started out as a trainee with Devon Wildlife Trust and spent alot of time working on Bystock nature reserve near Exmouth. I love the heathlands in that area. |
19-05-2006, 07:18 PM
|  | Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Nottingham
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A warm Welcome to WAB Steve, I look forward to seeing you take part in the forums and the galleries.. |
19-05-2006, 09:20 PM
| | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: exmouth devon uk
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Originally Posted by Weeksy Nice website you have there Cherrybee.
I have very fond memories of the Exmouth area. I started out as a trainee with Devon Wildlife Trust and spent alot of time working on Bystock nature reserve near Exmouth. I love the heathlands in that area. | Thank you and welcome.I live in Littleham and the pools only take 10 minutes to get there on my scooter.I have rather neglected my site lately, needs new photos but spending the warm weather collecting them and then I can update it in the cold winter 
Did you work Bystock Pools it is very pretty there
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19-05-2006, 09:45 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Laindon, Basildon, Essex.
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Hello Steve
A warm and belated welcome to WAB from me too.
It sounds like you have a really interesting job working for the KWT. I am sure we will hear more from you .... and don't forget some photos of Kent wildlife for the gallery.
Richard |
31-05-2006, 06:57 AM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Birling, Kent
Posts: 183
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Hi Steve,
I am another Steve from Kent. I joined the site a couple of weeks ago - it is a fabulous resource. I live near Maidstone and close to my patch New Hythe Gravel pits/Leybourne Lakes - check out my blog http://newhythe.blogspot.com/
May bump into you sometime.
Steve |
31-05-2006, 07:22 AM
| | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Kent
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Hello. Have both you Kent 'Steves' been to Northward Hill RSPB reserve at High Halstow?
They do great evening walks and morning ones, come to that, and they're all a very friendly bunch that love birds. Julie-Wild-Woman of Kent. |
31-05-2006, 07:31 AM
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Hi Weeksy
A warm welcome to WAB.
Sounds to me that you have a great job, look forward to some of your threads
Mick
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01-06-2006, 07:43 AM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Birling, Kent
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Hi Wild Woman - I have been to Northwood Hill several times. It is excellent for butterflies. Used to be brilliant for White Letter Hairstreak but they are scarce there now. Still good for Purple Hairstreak though.
Steve |
02-06-2006, 07:05 AM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Maidstone, Kent
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Hi Newhythebirder (Steve), nice blog you have there with some great photos. One of my work sites is not far from your birding spots, Holborough Marshes on the outskirts of Snodland. Its a nice reserve (apart from a bit of a motorbike problem  ) where we are trying to get back breeding lapwing and redshank.
Wild-Woman, yes Northwood Hill is great especially watching the breeding herons. As Steve says I last went there to see the White Letter hairstreaks.
Hi Canonman, thanks for the welcome.
all the best
Steve |
02-06-2006, 07:46 AM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Exmouth Devon
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Welcome to the wab Weeksy.
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06-06-2006, 06:02 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sheffield
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Hi Weeksy and a very warm welcome to WAB
John |
06-06-2006, 06:05 PM
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Hi and a very warm welcome fro me too
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