Join the Big Wild Walk and help protect wild places
People in Kent are being asked to support the Big Wild Walk this October to raise money to help protect Britain’s wild places.
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Kent residents asked to stand up and fight for nature as government bill puts over 500 environmental protection laws at risk
Plans to scrap post-Brexit environmental laws condemned by Kent Wildlife Trust; 17 protected wildlife sites in Kent could be downgraded if plans go ahead in December 2023.
Captivating image of rare bird stuns judges to take Kent Wildlife Trust Photo Of The Year title
Winning photographer captured the stunning owl as it swooped over Elmley Nature Reserve on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
Kent’s youngest ecosystem engineer welcomed to herd as first ‘Wilder Blean’ bison calf is born in the UK
The pitter patter of tiny hooves is ringing out across an ancient Canterbury woodland as Wilder Blean bison gives birth to female calf.
Go wild this half-term with nature-based activities at Kent Wildlife Trust
Help keep your little ones entertained with Kent Wildlife Trust this half-term by walking for wildlife, learning about superb spiders or taking part in a Halloween craft workshop.
Kent Wildlife Trust call on UK Government to be world leader on climate at COP27 by taking urgent action to restore nature at home
UK Government must increase efforts to protect at least 30% of land and sea by 2030 and strengthen environmental protections.
Awards scheme which encourages schools and community groups to take action for the environment launches today
The 2023 Wilder Kent Awards, launched today by conservation charity Kent Wildlife Trust, urges local groups across Kent to take action against the climate and nature crises.
Conservation coalition calls for immediate review of Lower Thames Crossing
Lower Thames Crossing branded ‘likely the most environmentally damaging road scheme in England’
People urged to write to their MP and make a noise to enable the vision for Swanscombe Peninsula to become a reality
A vision for a nature haven where critically endangered Distinguished Jumping Spiders and rare Man Orchids can flourish has been unveiled by the Save Swanscombe Peninsula community group.
Gates stolen at Nashenden nature reserve putting 200 animals at risk
At 8am on the 12th November 2022, Kent Wildlife Trust took a call from a walker who had discovered that many of the gates at Nashenden Down nature reserve in Rochester had been stolen leaving over 200 sheep and pigs at risk of escape and injury.
Wildlife volunteers stood down after raw sewage pumped into sea off Margate
Charity volunteers have been forced to cancel a wildlife survey after raw sewage was pumped into the ocean off the coast of Margate.
Into the wild – another milestone for Wilder Blean bison herd as they explore new woodland area in Canterbury
The gates of West Blean Woods have now been fully opened to the UK’s first free-roaming bison. The herd was released into 5 hectares of the ancient Canterbury woodland back in July.