Coastal cliffs
Whether they are tumbles of soft rock home to a variety of invertebrates, or hard, soaring rock faces bustling with huge seabird colonies, cliffs may be challenging to explore but are well worth the reward.
Topics: Coast
Sand dunes
Sand dunes are places of constant change and movement. Wander through them on warm summer days for orchids, bees and other wildlife, or experience the forces of nature behind their creation – the raw power of a winter storm.
Beaches and Shorelines
Skip the town beach and find an untamed shore to explore. Wild sand and shingle beaches are great places to see the variety of natural habitats and the amazing force of the elements that help shape them.
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh
Enormous flocks of geese, ducks and swans swirl down from wide skies to drop onto the flat, open expanses of flooded grazing marshes in winter. In spring, lapwing tumble overhead and the soft, damp ground speckled with cuckooflowers provides excellent habitat for waders probing for prey in the damp soil. By summer, when the ground is drier, some marshes are cut for hay or silage, but the ditches remain wet and come alive with dragonflies and other insects.
Island Creation at RSPB Dungeness
Rob Smith joins Craig Edwards, RSPB Area Warden for Dungeness nature reserve. Learn about the management of this reserve and the wildlife you can see in between a nuclear power station and MOD facility. It's incredible!
Tell the National Grid to "Rethink Sea Link"
We support the use of renewable energy, but not at the cost to wildlife.
How to go rockpooling with the family
Nina Jones, Protected Area Warden at Kent Wildlife Trust has created this handy guide to going rockpooling. Rockpooling a great summer activity to be had with the whole family, just make sure you're safe and you keep wildlife protected from harm too.
National Marine Week: Marine Protected Areas
A focus on Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs).
Coast Explorer Internship Takeover!
We’re handing over to our interns Leanne Riddoch and Maud Philippot to talk about their roles as Coast Explorer Interns.
Five New Marine Conservation Zones for Kent as part of 41 designated by Government across the UK
Kent Wildlife Trust is delighted with the Government’s designation of an additional five Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) in Kent, but now wants to see real action.