Bison Ranger Experiences: Guided Tour
Meet one of the Wilder Blean Bison Rangers for an in-depth tour of the woodland and to hear all the latest updates from the project.
Topics: Grazing
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.
Pigs and wildflower meadows
The value of pigs in restoring woodlands is being increasingly recognised. For instance, pigs break up dense mats of pine needles to get new seedlings.
Introducing Our Conservation Grazers
The Wilder Blean Project just got a little bit wilder as we release conservation grazers at West Blean and Thornden Woods just in time to celebrate World Rewilding Day.
Wildlife volunteers brave freezing conditions to ensure their flock flourishes under dusting of snow
Staff and volunteers at Kent Wildlife Trust braved sub-zero temperatures this morning, Monday 12th December, to ensure the animals grazing over the charity’s nature reserves were thriving in the frosty conditions.
Volunteer Livestock Checker to Farmer Cluster Officer
Ellen Wilson writes about her experience volunteering with Kent Wildlife Trust as a Livestock Checker
Help the ‘Highland’ heroes of Kent
Highland cows with their distinctive long horns and flowing coats are the unsung heroes of nature conservation.