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… Related news … The chough breeding season gets off to a flying start in Kent as the first eggs of the year are … for the project. We’re expecting the eggs to hatch in the coming weeks and then the hard work really begins. From the … acting as stepping stones to join up remaining isolated and fragmented populations.  These reintroductions will increase …

… Wild thyme … Thymus polytrichus … The delightful fragrance of wild thyme can punctuate a summer walk over a …

… chalk grasslands, its purple, trumpet-shaped flowers blooming in May and June. … Early gentian …

… National Marine Week, join the warden for a guided walk to explore wildlife on Kent’s largest National Nature Reserve, Pegwell Bay. There will be plenty to see from summer migratory birds, to wild flowers teaming with butterflies and bees and even young harbour seals. …

… Alder buckthorn … Frangula alnus … An uncommon tree of wet woodlands, …

… Common cockchafer … Melolontha melolontha … This large, brown beetle can be seen swarming around streetlights in spring. They live underground as … numbers. Listen for their characteristic buzzing sound. … Common cockchafer …

… Hoad's Wood Campaign, the author highlights the threat to the River Beult SSSI posed by plans to discharge 1,000 cubic metres of treated sewage daily—a consequence of the Chilmington Green housing project. … Rescue Hoad's Wood Campaign …

… … Tricladida … Planaria are flatworms in the phylum Platyhelminthes with amazing regeneration abilities giving them the …

… wildlife? … With 25% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions coming from energy supplies, there is a real need for … But what are the risks for wildlife? Here are five top questions about sustainable energy and the potential …

… Common shrew … Sorex araneus … The diminutive common shrew has a distinctively pointy nose and … It lives life in the fast lane, eating every 2-3 hours to survive, and only living for a year or so. Look out for …

… Falco columbarius … Our most diminutive falcon, the merlin is a pretty bird of prey. It chases small birds, flying low to the ground or hovering in the breeze because of its small size. Resident merlins are joined in winter by Icelandic migrants. … …

… Snipe … Gallinago gallinago … Listen out for the 'drumming' sound of a male snipe as it performs its aerial …