Kent Wildlife Trust to lead ambitious wildlife recovery across Kent
Three-year funding from Natural England will support projects to strengthen beaver populations, protect rare woodland invertebrates and recover threatened species.
Topics: Species Reintroductions
Chough: Inspiring the next generation through community engagement
Kent Wildlife Trust's Chough Appeal is more than just a conservation initiative—it’s a powerful tool for community engagement and education. This blog is written by Jenny Luddington, the Youth Education and Engagement Officer for Kent Wildlife Trust...
The sky's the limit for Kent conservationists at nineteen red-billed chough take flight in the South East after a 200-year absence
A total of nineteen red-billed chough have now released into the wild as part of a groundbreaking conservation project to return the at-risk species to Kent.
Pine martens, feasibility studies, and what reintroduction could look like
Now what's the difference between a weasel and a stoat? Well, of course one is weaselly recognised while the other one is stoatally different. But could you tell a pine marten from either of them?
Award-winning conservationists celebrate as dream to return red-billed chough to the South East reaches new heights
Choughs breed in the wild in the Kent for the first time in two centuries as the second season of releases gets underway.
Nuts about squirrels! The story of the red squirrel
We couldn't let Squirrel Appreciation Day (21st of January) pass without doffing our caps to these agile, speedy, intelligent mammals and shining a spotlight on the grey and red squirrels that live in the UK.
Collaborative conservation in the South East: Pine martens
This year, Kent Wildlife Trust, in collaboration with Wildwood Trust and Sussex Wildlife Trust, Ashdown Forest and Forestry England, is beginning to explore the social and ecological feasibility of reintroducing pine martens to Kent and Sussex, while co-developing a ten-year strategy with a wide range of stakeholders to restore the species in the South East.
All about beavers in Kent!
Education Manager Tom White tells us about his first experience seeing a beaver in the wild.
Choughing Brilliant! – Reintroducing Chough in Dover
Rob Smith takes this episode of Talk on the Wild Side to Dover where he visits the incredible Liz Corry who has seen the project through from the hatching of the chough chicks to watching them fly over Dover Castle.
Oyster Reintroduction in Essex with Blue Marine Foundation
Rob Smith heads to Brightlingsea to meet Matt Uttley of the Blue Marine Foundation to talk about his work restoring native oysters in Essex with the Essex Native Oyster Restoration Initiative (ENORI).