UK risks major embarrassment on global stage at nature COP15 as wildlife declines at home
Kent Wildlife Trust urges MPs to back ambitious nature recovery targets
Into the wild – another milestone for Wilder Blean bison herd as they explore new woodland area in Canterbury
The gates of West Blean Woods have now been fully opened to the UK’s first free-roaming bison. The herd was released into 5 hectares of the ancient Canterbury woodland back in July.
Wildlife volunteers stood down after raw sewage pumped into sea off Margate
Charity volunteers have been forced to cancel a wildlife survey after raw sewage was pumped into the ocean off the coast of Margate.
People urged to write to their MP and make a noise to enable the vision for Swanscombe Peninsula to become a reality
A vision for a nature haven where critically endangered Distinguished Jumping Spiders and rare Man Orchids can flourish has been unveiled by the Save Swanscombe Peninsula community group.
Conservation coalition calls for immediate review of Lower Thames Crossing
Lower Thames Crossing branded ‘likely the most environmentally damaging road scheme in England’
Kent Wildlife Trust call on UK Government to be world leader on climate at COP27 by taking urgent action to restore nature at home
UK Government must increase efforts to protect at least 30% of land and sea by 2030 and strengthen environmental protections.
Kent’s youngest ecosystem engineer welcomed to herd as first ‘Wilder Blean’ bison calf is born in the UK
The pitter patter of tiny hooves is ringing out across an ancient Canterbury woodland as Wilder Blean bison gives birth to female calf.
Citizen Scientists across the UK demonstrate that “Bugs Matter” this summer
The end of the school summer holidays saw the conclusion of this year’s national insect survey, Bugs Matter, on 31 August. Led by conservation charities Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife, the annual call to collaborate with citizen scientists across the UK generates crucial data regarding how national insect numbers are faring. Bugs Matter, based on the “windscreen phenomenon”, is one of the UK’s few long-term citizen science surveys of flying insect abundance, generating important data.