The glossy green spears that pierced dense leaf litter in late winter are now transformed into sheets of violet-purple-blue in the woodland edges of the reserve. The magical bluebell weeks began fairly early, a soft scent and a flood of colour that changes with the light and is tricky to catch accurately in photos since the flowers are not one solid colour.
Kent Wildlife Trust is deeply concerned following a fire on the evening of 19 April that has destroyed a significant area of priority saltmarsh habitat at Sandwich and Pegwell Bay National Nature Reserve, one of Kent’s most important and internationally designated wildlife sites.
Kent Wildlife Trust today reopens the Harrison Visitor Centre at Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve following a £2.1 million refurbishment to create a vibrant community space and improve access to nature.
It’s all happening, and unlike February, this month you can see and hear the signs, including the welcome trickling of water thanks to leaky dams and, yes, an awful lot of rain, so the squelch of mud on paths as well. Birds are calling, to defend territory, attract a mate, claim their space in roosts or just celebrate the dawn.
Winter may not be the season for surveying, but it is the perfect moment to pause, reflect, and celebrate the extraordinary insect life found across Kent Wildlife Trust reserves.
If December was a merry berry month for humans celebrating mid-winter festivities, January and February are serious berry months for birds and mammals aiming to survive winter...
Long-time volunteer Margery Thomas explores what Hothfield Heathlands is like on a crisp November day.
Area Manager, Ian Rickards, takes a moment to reflect on the work at Hothfield Heathlads throughout the summer months.
Pigs and tree pipits have returned to Hothfield Heathlands. Long-time volunteer Margery Thomas explores more in this blog.
Hothfield Heathland's bogs are one of only a handful of wet heaths in the Southeast, supporting a variety of dragonflies...
