Salad burnet
A low-growing herb of chalk and limestone grassland, Salad burnet lives up to its name - it is a popular addition to salads and smells of cucumber when crushed!
A low-growing herb of chalk and limestone grassland, Salad burnet lives up to its name - it is a popular addition to salads and smells of cucumber when crushed!
The egg-shaped, crimson flower heads of Great burnet give this plant the look of a lollipop! It can be found on floodplain meadows - a declining habitat which is under serious threat.
This day-flying moth is found on flowery meadows, often in the company of other moths and butterflies.
The six-spot burnet moth is a day-flying moth that flies with a slow, fluttering pattern. Look for it alighting on knapweeds and thistles in grassy places. It is glossy black, with six red spots…
What are species reintroductions and how are they linked to rewilding?
Ladybirds are probably our most familiar beetles – and also some of the most popular. They’re known as the gardener’s friend, as many hunt the aphids that occasionally feed on our prized plants.…
Stan Smith, Wilder Landscapes Manager at KWT, looks at current species reintroduction and wonders if we are asking the right questions before we introduce new species.
After listening to the 2-hour English Species Reintroduction Taskforce session on the 21st March, Evan Bowen-Jones, CEO of Kent Wildlife Trust shares his thoughts.
Evan Bowen-Jones, CEO of Kent Wildlife Trust gives an overview of his time providing evidence for the the EFRA (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee) in the Houses of Parliament as part…
Mammal expert Stuart Edmunds introduces the four species of mice you can see in the UK.