Habitats: Hedgerow

Farmland can conjure up rural images of brown hares zig-zagging across fields, chattering flocks of finches and yellowhammers singing from thick, bushy hedges and field margins studded with wildflowers.

Quilters Wood Reserve is an area of ancient semi natural woodland and chalk grassland situated near Bridge, Canterbury.

• Nature Reserves

Located next to an industrial estate on the outskirts of Dover, it is hard to believe a nature reserve is there when driving through the estate.

• Chalk Grassland
• Nature Reserves
• Woodland

The Culand Pits are a dramatic reminder of the role the cement industry played in shaping the landscape in the Medway Valley. The site is owned by Trenport Investments Ltd who fund the management.

• Nature Reserves

Lying along the edge of the river Medway, this patchwork of wet fields and scrub is criss-crossed by ditches and home to many rare and unusual plants and animals.

• Grasslands
• Nature Reserves
• Pond

Sweeping downland slopes packed with wildlife on the outskirts of Dover.

• Chalk Grassland
• Nature Reserves

Ancient chalk grassland with a very rich flora.

• Nature Reserves
• Woodland

These fragile woods support a diverse mixture of species from mighty oaks and majestic beech to violets and carpets of bluebells.

• Grasslands
• Nature Reserves
• Woodland

Hedgerows are one of our most easily encountered wildlife habitats, found lining roads, railways and footpaths, bordering fields and gardens and on the coast.

• Food and Farming
• Habitats