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Why Bugs Matter & what you can do to help

… just take my word for it. As Sir David Attenborough no less puts it, if we and the rest of the backboned animals … wide range of drivers of insect decline and they're fairly common ones that we all know for other biodiversity as well. … for Bugs Matter and that will bring up the Bug Life website. You can find out all the details there. A warning …

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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 …  This will encourage them to stay by giving them a safe place to hibernate over winter. … Help hedgehogs get around …

Wildlife garden in Kent

Wild About Gardens

… cover more land than in the UK than all nature reserves combined? If we work together and create wildlife-friendly gardens and green spaces, we will be able to create the crucial space and corridors for wildlife - … and details of current campaigns, please visit their website below. Visit Pesticide Action Network … Take a look at …

Family outdoors, photo by Thomas Alexander

Contact us

… it would help us to process any initial location request by completing a simple form. … Media enquiries … Want to film on … Post If you wish to write to us, our postal address is: Tyland Barn, Chatham Road, Sandling, Maidstone, Kent. ME14 3BD …

Kent's Conservation Landscape Tool

… below to be taken through to the app. Need help? We recommend you read our user guide (linked under "Downloads" … … Downloads … Want to know more? … Background and rationale There is a wealth of conservation work being undertaken … Data List 160 (the proportion of Local Wildlife Sites in management) and State of Nature in Kent reporting. …

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. …

How to enable landscape resilience

Learn more … How to enable landscape resilience … Industrial agriculture was designed … soil open to erosion barren. What remains is soil easily compacted in winter which can starve plant roots and give …

Bluebells and anenomes at covert wood by Tim Horton

10 Amazing Facts About Bluebells

… Read more blog posts … Here are 10 incredible things you may not know about Hyacinthoides … 8.  Bluebell bulbs contain a starch that in Elizabethan times was used to stiffen ruffs. 9. Gum from the roots was … bites, but is chemically very potent & can be toxic in large doses. … 11. Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides …

The 68th Annual General Meeting 2026

… will also participate in our governance through the annual election / re-election of our trustees and receive the … to any questions submitted in advance.   If you haven’t visited our fantastic new Visitor Centre at Sevenoaks this is … to know more this is your chance!   AGM 2026 Agenda  Welcome and apologies for absence   Approval of the minutes of …

Longhorn cattle

Hide and seek pros

… out more about our conservation grazers … Our longhorn cattle are a beautiful British breed with unique markings and … find the flapping arm technique works quite well as well. Compared with the older Highlands on nearby sites, these youngsters quite like to run when the mood …