Learn more about the wildlife and wild places in Kent and beyond.
I have been a BeeWalk volunteer with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BBCT) since 2024. I have also been a Kent Wildlife Trust volunteer joining the Pine Marten project at Bedgebury in 2025. I live near Queendown Warren and the South East Area Manager (BBCT) was interested in how a chalk cliff area traditionally managed for butterflies supported bumblebees in this rare habitat.
Winter may not be the season for surveying, but it is the perfect moment to pause, reflect, and celebrate the extraordinary insect life found across Kent Wildlife Trust reserves.
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.
Emma Lansdell, Kent's Plan Bee Officer kicks off Insect Week with an excellent blog on pollinator lifecycles. Learn how they go from egg to maturity and what you can do to help improve their numbers.
