{"id":9273,"date":"2025-08-18T18:04:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/?page_id=9273"},"modified":"2025-08-18T20:33:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:33:33","slug":"aston-rowant-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/aston-rowant-wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"Chilterns Wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chalk grassland rich in flowers on a south-facing hillside at Aston Rowant, the scarp of the Chilterns (basically, an extension of the North Downs). In the distance is the plain of the Oxford Clay that underlies the chalk. Out of sight is the rest of the chalk scarp, which forms a line of hills to north and south, with several nature reserves and places good for wildlife. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Flowers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Chiltern Gentian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dog Rose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ragged Robin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Yellow Rattle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Common Spotted Orchid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chalk Fragrant Orchid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bee Orchid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wasp Orchid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pyramidal Orchid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Milkwort<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hoary Plantain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eyebright<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Yellow-wort (a gentian)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Goatsbeard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tufted Vetch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bluebells<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chalk grassland flowers, including Rock-Rose and Wild Thyme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cowslips<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Butterflies and Moths<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Dark Green Fritillary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Forester moth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Small Copper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Adonis Blue: wing edge is checkered<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Adonis Blue, underwing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Silver-Spotted Skipper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Marbled White<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ringlet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Brown Argus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mother Shipton moth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Yellow Shell moth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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6-spot Burnet moth caterpillar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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6-Spot Burnet moth on Marjoram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Other Insects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Sphecid digger wasp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Meadow Grasshopper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Scabious Sawfly, Abia sericea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rustic Sailor Beetle, Cantharis rustica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ichneumon Wasp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Vertebrates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Fallow Deer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Red Kite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kestrel hovering<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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