Monkton Nature Reserve

Come and join us tomorrow folks рҹҰү

Privet Hawk Moth found this afternoon by the pond.

Take a look at these fantastic photos of the four-spotted chaser dragonfly, common damselfly and juvenile taken at the reserve this week by visitor Brian Whitehead. Thank you for sharing these with us Brian Whitehead they are beautiful.

Time-lapse video of Monkton Nature Reserve Open Day 2019, filmed outside The Thanet Observatory. Captured at 1 frame per second, played back at 60 frames per second, so 1 minute of video is 1 hour real time. The video covers the entire event from pre-opening to post-closing. Can you see yourself?

To all our fabulous visitors today at the Open Day... thank you for coming and we hope you had an amazing day!

Some of our fabulous stalls, staff and volunteers at our Open Day today. Come and join us folks!

The day has finally arrived! DonвҖҷt forget to tag us in all your fabulous photos and weвҖҷll do our best to share them throughout the day.

Plants are ready for our open day on Sunday... and the new tables are looking great рҹ‘ҚрҹҸ» Great work Shedders!

рҹ§ҡвҖҚвҷӮпёҸрҹ§ҡвҖҚвҷҖпёҸ FAIRY CAM FOOTAGE рҹ§ҡвҖҚвҷӮпёҸрҹ§ҡвҖҚвҷҖпёҸ

рҹ§ҡвҖҚвҷӮпёҸрҹ§ҡвҖҚвҷҖпёҸ FAIRY FINDING EXPLORERS ARE YOU READY? рҹ§ҡвҖҚвҷӮпёҸрҹ§ҡвҖҚвҷҖпёҸ The fairies have decided that they love our reserve so much, that theyвҖҷve permanently moved in! Join us on our Open Day this Sunday and see if you can find their beautiful NEW FAIRY GROTTO! But sssshhhhh, when you find it, donвҖҷt tell anyone... itвҖҷs a secret! рҹ§ҡвҖҚвҷҖпёҸ рҹ§ҡвҖҚвҷӮпёҸ

OPEN DAY SUNDAY 30TH JUNE ... only one day to go! WeвҖҷve got free entry from 11am-3pm, pond dipping, birds of prey, stalls, a raffle, delicious cakes in The Cabin and more. Come and join us!

Have you seen what The Nature Shed Project have been up to today? The Nature Shed Project is a fantastic community lead programme - itвҖҷs a place to share, inspire and be inspired by other members through woodworking and carpentry. Want to know more? Head over to their Facebook page or better still, pop down to Monkton Nature Reserve this Sunday and see for yourself!

With special thanks to a fantastic volunteering team from PfizerвҖҷs today. We really appreciate it!

рҹ‘ҮрҹҸ»рҹ‘ҮрҹҸ» Check out whatвҖҷs on offer рҹ‘ҮрҹҸ»рҹ‘ҮрҹҸ»

To all our fabulous visitors today at the Open Day... thank you for coming and we hope you had an amazing day!

To all our fabulous visitors today at the Open Day... thank you for coming and we hope you had an amazing day!