Wilder Kent Blog

Learn more about the wildlife and wild places in Kent and beyond.

Nature Reserves Yellow hammer with lunch
©️ Val Butcher

April on Hothfield Heathlands - Highland cows and nesting birds

We are into full nesting season including the birds who nest on the ground or very low down in scrub, which is over half of Britain’s breeding species including the stonechat, robin, blackbird, skylark, yellow hammer, tree pipit and chiff chaff, not to mention the migrants such as whitethroats who will arrive from the South in May.

Wilding A woman in a high-vis checking on cows at Ham Fen nature reserve.
©️ Steve Dallison

A day in the life of a Livestock Checker

Liz & Steve Dallison have been involved with KWT since 2010 and begun livestock checking around 4 years ago. In this blog, they talk about the best bits and challenges the work brings!