Wilder Kent Blog

Winter may not be the season for surveying, but it is the perfect moment to pause, reflect, and celebrate the extraordinary insect life found across Kent Wildlife Trust reserves.

One of the many benefits of using grazing livestock in conservation management is that they produce dung. Their dung acts in various ways to enhance the landscape and provides benefits for a range of organisms that would otherwise be excluded in a machinery-based site management scheme.

Sara Booth-Card, ecologist, peatlands and Action For Insects campaigner at The Wildlife Trusts, looks out for the telltale signs of flying ant days and shares her love for the underground world of ants.

Insects are often overlooked, and yet they play a crucial role in maintaining the health of ecosystems and supporting human survival.

As the temperature is rising, here are a few tips to help the wildlife in the hot weather.