Habitats: Pond

The rain-soaked lands of Britain and Northern Ireland are rich in rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, canals and ditches. Whether natural or artificial, they are the life-force behind the wildlife we love.

Tyland Barn is the headquarters of the Kent Wildlife Trust and a base for many of our educational activities. The restored 17th-century barn offers a flexible indoor space and is available for hire.

• Nature Reserves
• Visitor Centres

Important update: The Visitor Centre is now closed. The country park and gardens - managed by the Romney Marsh Countryside Partnership - will remain open to the public. Please read the update below.

• Common lizard
• Grass snake
• Great crested newt
• Insect spotting
• Walking

An ancient semi-natural woodland on the southeast side of a dry slope valley. Carpets of wood anemone are followed by bluebells, early purple and common spotted orchids.

• Nature Reserves
• Pond
• Woodland

Lying along the edge of the river Medway, this patchwork of wet fields and scrub is criss-crossed by ditches and home to many rare and unusual plants and animals.

• Grasslands
• Nature Reserves
• Pond

Rich in flora and fauna, this important reserve contains Kent's last four valley bogs and one of its few remaining fragments of open heath.

• Heathland
• Nature Reserves

Listen to the rolling waves on the sand and shingle, breathe in the saline scents of the saltmarsh, and watch the wonderful wildlife this very important and sensitive National Nature Reserve has to offer.

• Beach
• Marine
• Nature Reserves
• Pegwell Bay

The reserve is managed as part of an organic livestock farm in partnership with a local farmer and consists of neutral grassland, a small stream, a pond and areas of scrub and mature woodland.

• Nature Reserves

The ever-changing wood, home to the Wilder Blean project where we have introduced European bison.

• Bison
• Nature Reserves
• Woodland

Ancient woodland with a wide range of ground flora.

• Nature Reserves
• Woodland