Wilder Kent Blog

Insect expert Ben Keywood from Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust takes a closer look at craneflies.

Simon Bateman-Brown, Head of Land Management at Kent Wildlife Trust explains some of the habitat management techniques his team undertake each year. Learn more about why we clear scrub, cut trees, open woodlands and coppice.

Daniel Wynn, Head of Nature-based Solutions at Kent Wildlife Trust talks about the pollution in the Stour and how we can work with development companies to mitigate the impact in our proposed Nutrient Mitigation Scheme.

We’re asking Kent residents to keep an eye out this year for the Asian hornet. Sightings in the UK have been happening since 2016 but this year the number of sightings is on the rise. Read the article below to learn about the risk of having them here and what we can do to help.

The Nature 2030 campaign asks that we make our polluters pay. In the last month, the government have been working hard to scrap regulations on nutrient neutrality which do just that. Find out more about this story in this blog.

Put the FUN back into fundraising with these five suggestions for schools from Tom White, our Wilder Kent Education Officer. Think bake sales, fun runs, art auctions and more!

The Government wants to ditch laws that require housebuilders not to harm rivers. But we know these rules work – they enable houses to be built and rivers to be protected. Here’s how, writes Ali Morse.

Margery Thomas, volunteer at Hothfield Heathlands describes an excursion to Ham Fen and Coombe Down taken by her and the volunteers to see conservation efforts at work there.