Coca Cola support for rare Kent habitat
The Ham Fen Peat Basin Restoration Project – thanks to funding from Coca Cola – will focus on Kent Wildlife Trust’s continued efforts to restore and enhance Kent’s last remaining ancient semi-natural fenland.
Topics: Habitats
Bring butterflies into your garden
Butterflies bring beauty to any garden. You can attract them by choosing nectar-rich plants that they love and that caterpillars can feed on.
Hidden Gems
Our Ashford Meadows Project Officer Camilla Blackburn shares how small sites can really make a difference to wildlife.
Birch in a bog…or how to spend a warm, sunny October day
Our Ashford Meadows Project Officer, Camilla Blackburn writes about a corporate volunteering day at Hothfield Heathlands.
New project to create glorious grasslands on your doorstep
Kent Wildlife Trust has begun an exciting new project to bring back our traditional hay meadows, which have declined nationally by 97% since the 1940s.
Kent Wildlife Trust wins Heritage Lottery Fund support for county-wide marine programme
Kent Wildlife Trust is delighted to announce that the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is supporting a £450,000 project to involve people in looking after Kent’s marine environment.
Boost for Kent habitats ‘East of Eden’ with exciting new restoration project
Kent Wildlife Trust has begun a progressive new project to reverse the decline in grassland, wetland and woodland habitats in river catchments across Kent.
Three Kent marine areas up for possible protection, but where is the rest of the network?
The long-awaited public consultation on the next stages of Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation was launched on Friday (30th January).
Barn Owls at Hothfield Heathlands
Add a well-placed barn owl box and Hothfield Heathlands becomes an ideal spot for barn owls.
A change in the weather
The change of weather in October took quite a bit of adjustment. Our gang of volunteers quickly changed from T-shirts and shorts to waterproofs and wellies. None-the-less our dedicated gang continued to come out in all weathers.