Events

Jay
Mark Hamblin

Beginners’ Birdwatching

18 May 2025, 10am - 3:30pm
Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

Do you love birds but need a bit of help identifying them?

Normal fee: £37.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off.

Meadow plant identification day

20 May 2025, 10am - 4pm
Between Marden and Staplehurst on Marden Road Cranbrook TN12 0JQ

Refresh or improve your identification skills of meadow plants

Standard fee: £37.50 per person per day.
Chalk Grassland
c) Greg Hitchcock

Chalk grassland plant identification day

27 May 2025, 10am - 4pm
Common Road Chatham ME5 9RG

Refresh or improve your identification skills of woodland plants

Standard fee: £37.50 per person per day.
A monkey orchid at Park Gate Down

Introduction to Orchids

28 May 2025, 10am - 4pm
Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

Learn more about wild orchids: their life cycles, where to find them, and how to identify them

Standard fee: £37.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off.
Wildflower meadow
Wild flower meadow, Corn cockle, Corn flower, Centaurea montana, Agrostemma githago, Poppy, Papaver rhoeas, Sheffield - Paul Hobson

Beginners' Guide to Wildflower Identification

31 May 2025, 9:30am - 5pm
Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

Learn how to identify and classify flowers, how to use botanical keys and gain a better understanding of botanical terms

Standard fee: £37.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off.
beaver ham fen swimming terry whittaker

A morning at Ham Fen

1 Jun 2025, 10am - 1pm
Ham Fen Nature Reserve, Worth, CT14 0DZ

Learn about wilding and how keystone species have been restoring Kent's last remaining Fen.

Standard fee: £35 per person
Yorkshire-fog
©Philip Precey

Grasses for Beginners

7 Jun 2025, 10am - 4pm
Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

Did you know that there are over 150 species of native grasses in Britain? Come along and learn how to identify some of the most common species.

Standard fee: £37.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off.
Reculver Visitor Centre and Country Park

The Geology of Reculver Country Park

20 Jun 2025, 10:30am - 4pm
Reculver Country Park, Ocean View car park, Bishopstone Glen, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 6QF

Discover the geological materials used in buildings and shore defences around Reculver and examine a classic coastal cliff section.

Normal fee: £37.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off.