Our Projects

Wilder Blean is a ground-breaking wilding project involving the introduction of European bison to an ancient woodland to restore natural ecosystem function and boost biodiversity.

Choughs have been absent in the wild in Kent for over 200 years due to habitat loss and historical persecution. We want to return these charismatic birds to the skies of Dover.

Bugs Matter is a national citizen science survey to build a better picture of how our insect populations are doing to inform effective conservation policy and practice.

Kent Wildlife Trust and Wildwood Trust, in collaboration with Sussex Wildlife Trust, are assessing the possibility of restoring pine martens to the South East of England. 

We are restoring Dover’s species-rich chalk downland through a collaboration between Kent Wildlife Trust and Kent Downs AONB. Working with volunteers and local land managers we aim to restore this rare and special habitat for the benefit of both people and biodiversity.

This project aims to encourage and inspire everyone in Kent to create vital stepping stones for nature to reverse the loss of biodiversity by gardening in a nature-friendly way. 

We are restoring peat bog habitat at Hothfield Heathlands, which acts as a carbon store and provides essential habitat for a wide range of wildlife species that depend upon it. 

We are looking for citizen scientists to monitor a section of river in the Stour catchment to collect valuable data on water quality, habitat conditions and pollution sources. 

We want to protect and restore the dramatic views and diverse wildlife and habitats of the High Downs by connecting and improving not only these wildlife rich habitats, but expanding opportunities for wildlife by working and helping neighbours, farmers and landowners throughout the project area.

The Fifth Continent Landscape Partnership Scheme delivered a number of exciting projects based around three key themes; to Restore, Rediscover and Reclaim Romney Marsh.

This exciting project introduced the astonishing wildlife that lives around Kent’s shores to people around the county.

We worked with the local community, landowners and businesses to restore ecosystem functions in the River Stour Catchment to lessen the impacts of climate change on our community and wildlife. 

The Bee Roads work formed part of a wider 3-year project called ‘Making a Buzz for the Coast’. This was led by Bumblebee Conservation Trust in partnership with Kent Wildlife Trust and covered 135 miles of Kent’s coastline from Dartford to Deal.

This project was an exciting community-focused programme in the Dover area which reconnected people with the wildlife that lives around them and improved local well-being.

This was an exciting 3-year project based at Cromer’s Wood in Sittingbourne to reconnect people to the crafts and skills of traditional woodland management that benefit both wildlife and people.

Nature’s Sure Connected was a National Lottery Heritage Fund project led by Kent Wildlife Trust that developed a practical framework for evidencing landscape-scale outcomes of landscape-scale conservation.

The Project worked to conserve the ancient stonework and historic fortifications of Dover Castle while also supporting the species rich chalk grassland on the surrounding landscape. 

Over a three-year period, Kent Wildlife Trust along with 23 partners from the UK, the Netherlands, France and Belgium researched the journey from roadside management to final manufactured products, in the process creating a business case for a circular green economy using verge clippings.