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Marden Meadows: A legacy of a species-rich meadow

… securing a safe space for wildflowers to bloom for years to come. … Help protect British meadows … Learn about other Legacy Landscapes … Sponsorship costs just … heritage enables the reserve to act as a key donor meadow site for the Coronation Meadows Project, providing …

Kids looking for birds with binoculars at Holiday Club

Wilder Holiday Club

… I feel it was very reasonably priced! He’ll definitely be coming back again! Thank you. … The staff were welcoming and … in Tourism South East's Beautiful South Awards for excellence 2024, in the category Active & Learning Experience of … keep an eye out this summer for a few dates at our new site in West Blean and Thornden Woods.  With a range of …

hedgehog highway illustration

How to create a hedgehog hole

… … More ways you can help wildlife … Hedgehogs need to be able to roam far and wide in search of food, mates and nesting sites - the average hedgehog roams 2km a night! Get together with your neighbours to make a hole in your …

Feral goats

Feral goats

… Find out more about our conservation grazers … Coming in a wide range of sizes, colours and patterns, with … are perhaps the ideal conservation animal. Their field of clear vision is fairly narrow but wide. This means goats can … they aren’t used more in conservation work. Keeping them on-site and off roads (and other places they shouldn’t be) is …

Goats

The time team

… We need to raise £120,000 by the end of April to scale up our Wilder Grazing programme and bring more land back … a habit of jumping out of the wood to snack on fast food leftovers. Overall though, this group tend to stay focused … revealing other habitats that used to be present on this site such as heathland and open grasslands. They do all of …

The toothwort plant with white leaves, tinged with pink.

Toothwort on Hothfield Heathlands in May

… Toothwort is yet another plant on the reserve that is cleistogamic, producing subterranean flowers which are … in the Orobanchaceae or broomrape family, as is the hemiparasite lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica found on the margins of … on an evening stroll on 7 April ‘Plenty of singing chiffchaffs, 2 blackcaps, green & greater spotted woodpeckers, 2 …

Ragwort with a Thick Knee Beetle sitting on top

August on Hothfield Heathlands: Tree pipits and ragwort

… fauna, this important reserve contains Kent's last four valley bogs and one of its few remaining fragments of open … and early summer; adding faggots of brushwood from on-site clearance work to leaky dams, fencing ponds that need … wind in the top bog, the most acid of the bogs, has been commented on a lot this summer. The gleaming white blobs are …

Local elections 2023

… 4th May, have your say in the biggest set of local elections for decades. More than 550 seats are up for grabs … grass to grow for bees, to stop using weedkillers, support communities to create spaces for nature and much more. The … hectares of wildlife-rich habitats outside protected sites by 2028, compared to 2022 levels and roll out Local …

The visitor centre at Romney Marsh Nature Reserve.

Romney Marsh Visitor Centre and Nature Reserve

… Marsh Countryside Partnership - remain open to the public. Please read the update below. … Important update: The Visitor … open to the public. Please read the update below. … Having completed a full review it’s become clear that with visitor … organisation/s to take it on and go on to safeguard this site for future generations. As a SSSI site there is not …

water for birds

How to provide water for wildlife

… as shelter and breeding grounds. Butterflies get valuable minerals and salts from slightly muddy water, and birds use water to bathe and remove parasites. Just about any stand of water in your yard, from a … during the chilly winter months as sources of water can become frozen and more difficult to find. If you install a …

February on Hothfield Heathland

… through to the end of winter? You would be in good company with many animals and invertebrates on Hothfield … … So even if the grass snake is tucked up under a log pile for a few more months, everything on the heath is not … is more information about wildlife gardening on the website of the Wildlife Trusts. Warm clothes and sturdy …

A windswept tree against a misty sky with the sun peeking through.

Finding light in the dark: How to connect to nature in winter

… … As winter takes hold, and you repeatedly find yourself commenting on how dark it is at 5pm, don’t despair. The colder months give us some excellent opportunities to connect with nature. Here are our top … to spot in winter     4. Take a safari  Check out the website of your local wildlife trust or conservation groups. …