Soaring beech trunks and a feeling of spaciousness mean that these woods have often been likened to cathedrals. Dense shade means that little grows on the thick layer of fallen leaves underfoot, but some of our most treasured and enigmatic orchids are found here while dark, muffled yew woods hold some of our most ancient trees.
Hollie leads the development and delivery of our strategic conservation programmes at the Kent Wildlife Trust ensuring that we deliver maximum impact for nature, communities and places across Kent.
The brent goose flies to the UK for the milder winter. Two populations arrive: those with dark bellies can be found around Eastern England; while those with pale bellies can be found in the North East.
Kent Wildlife Trust will work with Amazon’s cloud computing arm towards the international launch of ‘Bugs Matter’ – a citizen science app to monitor trends in insect populations.
Long-time volunteer, Margery Thomas, talks us through all the exciting fungi at Hothfield Heathlands and their importance.
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Hollie leads the development and delivery of our strategic conservation programmes at the Kent Wildlife Trust ensuring that we deliver maximum impact for nature, communities, and places across Kent.
Head of Strategic Conservation Initiatives at Kent Wildlife Trust offers her take on the hotly anticipated Labour budget to support rebuilding Britain.
Do you want to learn more about plant names but don’t know where to begin?
This small summer migrant travels from Africa to breed in the reedbeds of the UK. Rarely seen but given away by its insect like trilling call; the movement of the head during calling makes it tricky to pinpoint the exact location of singing perch.
Kent Wildlife Trust volunteer Margery Thomas talks about the stunning Hothfield Heathlands Nature Reserve and what kind of species we can expect to find there in August.
Spend a morning with one of the Bison Rangers, discovering all the latest updates and joining them to try tracking the Wilder Blean herd.
