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Honeysuckle

… Honeysuckle … Lonicera periclymenum … A true wildlife 'hotel', Honeysuckle is a climbing plant that caters for all kinds of wildlife: it provides nectar for insects, prey for bats, nest sites for birds and food for small mammals. … Honeysuckle …

Piddock

… Piddock … Pholas dactylus and Barnea candida … Piddocks are a boring … into soft rock, creating a burrow. In fact, they're the opposite of dull - they glow in the dark! … Piddock …

Kent Wildlife Trust restores chalk grassland at Dover Castle

… … Kent Wildlife Trust restores chalk grassland at Dover Castle … Kent Wildlife Trust has completed an exciting project at Dover Castle to restore the … of the grazing and the habitat that surrounds the ancient site. … Historically, the land surrounding the castle would …

Hornet mimic hoverfly

… Hornet mimic hoverfly … Volucella zonaria … With black-and-yellow markings, the hornet mimic hoverfly looks like its namesake, but is harmless to us. This mimicry helps to protect it from predators …

Black redstart

… Black redstart … Phoenicurus ochruros … A rare breeder in the … UK, this sooty-coloured bird is as at home on an industrial site as it is on a rocky cliff face. … Black redstart …

Abandoned golf course Darenth valley - GrowUp Farms

Abandoned golf course is transformed into wildlife haven to help businesses safeguard nature

… businesses safeguard nature … Kent-based GrowUp Farms becomes the first approved buyer of carbon units generated by the Heather Corrie Vale wilding project, helping the farms to fight climate …

Queendown Warren

… scattered groups of early spider, bee and man. … As you leave the car park, you are greeted by Queendown Warren … side of the valley to the other. The reserve is a 76.5ha site containing a mixture of Chalk Grassland, open Pasture, and Woodland. … Queendown Warren …

Conservation charities call on Michael Gove to end theme park threat to nature

… have written to Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, calling on him to remove a controversial … threatens the future of a nationally important wildlife site in North Kent. … Letter to Michael Gove - Swanscombe …

All Nature Reserves

… Most people in Kent live within a few miles of a Kent Wildlife Trust nature reserve. From ancient woodlands to meadows and wetlands, they’re just waiting to be … ancient woodlands to meadows and wetlands, there are many sites just waiting to be explored. … All Nature Reserves …

Wilder Holiday Club - May half term - Tyland Barn, Maidstone

… Book Now … Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens … Go Wild with Wilder … Club this May half term! … Kent Wildlife Trust are the leading conservation charity in Kent and the experts when it comes to wildlife and outdoor learning. Join us this May …

Co-op Carbon Innovation Fund Project: Liquid compost bio-stimulant field trial and regenerative farming networks

… The site consists of a field of winter wheat, with three blocks … will receive a different treatment: with or without liquid compost and with or without synthetic nitrate applied at … having been mixed with water and the solid bits removed, leaving a liquid that is rich in living microbes. It needs …

The Blean Wildscape Community Advisory Group Meeting

… Book Now … West Blean Woods New Road Blean CT6 7NP … Come and meet us face to face for updates on monitoring and … share their opinions and ideas for the future of The Blean landscape. Following your feedback, the meetings have had a …