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.
Adonis Blue Environmental Consultants (ABEC) is a part of the wider Kent Wildlife Trust Group. This National Marine Week, let's explore what the ABEC Coastal Explorer Interns have been up to in their first month with us!
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.
Join Kent Wildlife Trust and Bird Wise East Kent at Whitstable Harbour on Saturday 9 August to learn about our amazing coastal wildlife and how to protect it.
Enjoy a guided walk at Pegwell Bay to learn about coastal wildlife including the local harbour seals.
Great British Spring Clean at Pegwell National Nature Reserve
Wildlife experts also raise concerns over invasive species recorded
Learn how to identify marine plants and animals and then carry out an intertidal survey
You hear “shark”, you think Jaws. Sadly, this is true for many of us… but then who hasn’t been slightly traumatised by Steven Spielberg’s enduring epic?
There's another world waiting beneath the waves. Seals weave in and out of sunlit kelp forests, cuttlefish flash all the colours of the rainbow, starfish graze along the muddy seabed and sharks slip through the open water.
