Kent Wildlife Trust to lead ambitious wildlife recovery across Kent
Three-year funding from Natural England will support projects to strengthen beaver populations, protect rare woodland invertebrates and recover threatened species.
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New community-led nature recovery programme to empower residents across Kent and Medway
A major new community-led nature recovery programme is set to transform urban neighbourhoods across Kent and Medway, helping residents take action for nature while building stronger, healthier and more connected communities.
Nature gets a boost in Pluckley as village reserve becomes Kent's 495th Local Wildlife Site
A much-loved community nature reserve in the heart of the Kent countryside has been officially designated as a Local Wildlife Site (LWS), bringing new protection to one of Pluckley's most valued green spaces.
Council backs farmer led approach to river and nature restoration
Maidstone Borough Council is set to support major river and nature restoration work across the borough with a grant to Kent Wildlife Trust, helping farmers and landowners work together to restore habitats, improve water quality and strengthen climate resilience.
Rare Kentish plant makes extraordinary comeback from brink of extinction
Once reduced to just a handful of plants across three sites, Kentish milkwort is thriving following a seven-fold population increase thanks to years of conservation work.
Wildlife Trusts demand irreplaceable status for chalk streams in open letter to government
Kent Wildlife Trust, alongside other regional Wildlife Trusts and The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, as part of the Save Our Chalk Streams Movement, have issued an urgent open letter to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Steve Reed.
Kent Wildlife Trust names new 350-acre nature reserve and begins next phase of ambitious wilding project
Combined Furnace Farm and Hoathly Farm site in the High Weald owned by Kent Wildlife Trust will be known as Ironhurst Valley Nature Reserve - a near-continuous wildlife corridor stretching across the Kent–Sussex border.
Double your impact for nature this week: Every donation to Amazing Grazing appeal is matched from 22–29 April
Kent Wildlife Trust is asking supporters to help support and expand its Wilder Grazing programme through the Big Give Earth Raise challenge - with every donation DOUBLED for one week only. The match funding goes live from midday today (22 April).
Fire destroys irreplaceable saltmarsh at Kent Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve during breeding bird season
Kent Wildlife Trust is deeply concerned following a fire on the evening of 19 April that has destroyed a significant area of priority saltmarsh habitat at Sandwich and Pegwell Bay National Nature Reserve, one of Kent’s most important and internationally designated wildlife sites.
Kent Wildlife Trust removes highland cattle from Hothfield Heathlands after viral TikTok sparks wave of visitor disturbance
Kent Wildlife Trust has taken the difficult decision to temporarily remove its Highland cattle from Hothfield Heathlands nature reserve, after sustained visitor pressure in the wake of viral social media content made it impossible for the animals to carry out their conservation grazing role safely.