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We have had the driest spring since 1956, with river and stream flow already well below average for the time of year, a worry for everyone. Area Manager Ian Rickards reports that “this crazy weather has been beneficial for some insects, but the vegetation is already struggling, which will have a knock-on effect other insects later in the year. Water levels are dropping dramatically, with ponds and water bodies drying out very quickly.” The livestock have water troughs but the thin layer of peat in the bogs can dry out easily and be eroded by wind when exposed as plants adapted to damp conditions wither. The successive broods of nestling birds mostly eat insects and larvae, which provide moisture as well as protein, so they are also at risk.

Join Kent Wildlife Trust for these family rockpooling events at Folkestone Lower Leas Coastal Park.

We need to raise £95,000 by 25 August 2025 to continue delivering our Wilder Education programme for the next six months. Your support will help thousands of children across Kent explore nature, learn to love it and grow up ready to protect it.

In 2019, we launched an ambitious strategy – Wilder Kent 2030 – with a clear goal: to reverse biodiversity decline and put nature in recovery across the county and beyond. Now, we’re taking stock. This impact report reveals the tangible, inspiring, and sometimes sobering outcomes of our work so far.

Enjoy a guided walk at Pegwell Bay to learn about coastal wildlife including the local harbour seals.

Learn about wilding and how keystone species have been restoring Kent's last remaining Fen.

Join our friendly and enthusiastic volunteer team. Area Warden Max will lead practical tasks at a handful of Kent Wildlife Trust reserves across West Kent.

Kent Wildlife Trust is calling on the public to take action before Monday 23 deadline.

A moth species long thought to be extinct in England has made a dramatic return, rediscovered at local conservation charity Kent Wildlife Trust’s Lydden Temple Ewell Reserve near Dover after a 73-year absence.

Bob is the most striking and charismatic of our longhorns; he is well loved by our staff and volunteers. He is good natured and respects the 10-metre distance that should be kept between people and livestock. Bob can sometimes be quite stubborn; if he is feeling particularly restful he will refuse to move for anything.

Read our 2024 Annual Report here.

The latest development in the Government’s plan to speed up development and has brought proposed changes to the way that BNG is implemented.