The Blean Wildscape is a landscape-scale wilding project, covering over 12,000 hectares, including the largest area of ancient broadleaved woodland in southern Britain and seven nationally and internationally designated nature sites.
Nature Tots is Forest School tailored specifically for little ones, and can inspire a love of nature that lasts a lifetime.
Nature Tots is Forest School tailored specifically for little ones, and can inspire a love of nature that lasts a lifetime.
Join us for Forest School for the home education community. Discover ways to have fun outdoors and meet new friends. Suitable for ages 4-11.
Create a year-round home for wildlife in your garden, with our themed workshops. This time, we'll be looking at the importance of winter.
Pigs and tree pipits have returned to the reserve. Hazel and Beech, the pair of Large Black pigs who in the winter made their mark on the small compartment below the concrete causeway, returned to that fenced-in compartment in mid-July continuing, as Area Manager Ian Rickards says, ‘their quest to snuffle across the site, creating bare ground, rooting up bracken and creating lots of opportunities for our wildlife to capitalise on’.
Wilder Blean Butterfly monitoring results
Since May, an army of citizen scientists has been embarking on a unique mission - counting bug splats on car number plates to help monitor the health of the UK and republic of Ireland’s insect populations.
White Cliffs Primary School in Dover began their pilot project in May 2025 as the young people involved were keen to be part of the Beach of Dreams Project.
KRAN work with separated young refugees and asylum seekers; young people aged 16 to 24 who have arrived in Kent alone and are claiming asylum. Kran provide them with a safe, positive space and support them to succeed. Jenny has been working with these young people to connect them with local cultural and natural spaces.
The Turner Free School is an academically ambitious and inclusive school for 11-18 year old pupils in the Cheriton area of Folkestone. Jenny has been exploring using some of the school's large outside space for rewilding, including a pilot project idea for a wildlife pond.
Aspen 2 is the Dover District Specialist Provision for students aged 11 - 18 with profound, severe and complex learning needs.
