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A flat periwinkle snail on a frond of seaweed.

Seabed secrets: 6 lesser-known marine species

National Marine Week is our celebration of UK seas! From 26th July - 10th August 2025 we'll be showcasing the 'Secrets of our Seabeds'. One of these secrets are lesser-known marine species.

People taking part in beach clean

National Marine Week 2025 - Celebrating Our Coast with Partners and the Public

Protected Area Warden Nina Jones reflects on this year's National Marine Week: a lively celebration of Kent’s marine and coastal environment. Kent Wildlife Trust hosted a varied programme of events across the county, from the rocky shores of Folkestone’s south coast to the sweeping sands of Pegwell Bay and the bustling quayside at Whitstable.

Blean Vegetation May 2022

Creating the Blean Wildscape vision

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.

Ragwort with a Thick Knee Beetle sitting on top

August on Hothfield Heathlands: Tree pipits and ragwort

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’.