Topics: Volunteering

Volunteer, Margery Thomas, explores winter on Hothfield Heathlands - one of Kent's last four valley bogs and one of its few remaining fragments of open heath.

• Hothfield Heathland
• Species
• Volunteering

At Kent Wildlife Trust, our volunteers are one of our most precious resources in the journey to create a #WilderKent. Without their passion, dedication, and tireless efforts, so much of what we achieve wouldn’t be possible.

• Nature Reserves
• Volunteering
• Working in Conservation

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.

• Conservation
• Hothfield Heathland
• Nature Reserves
• Volunteering

Update from Nina Jones, protected warden for Sandwich & Pegwell Bay.

• Volunteering

To aid in the management and restoration of habitats in the Medway Valley, working on Holborough Marsh, Peters Pit and Wouldham Common. You will work alongside other like-minded volunteers to improve wet grassland for breeding waders such as lapwing and redshank, chalk grassland for butterflies and wildflowers, as well as aid in the restoration of woodland and scrub habitats.

• Volunteering

A run down and overgrown medieval churchyard in Sandwich has been restored to a beautiful wildlife haven by a group of local volunteers who live locally and are part of the congregation at the church. In this amazing story, you'll hear from the people who brought this churchyard back to life and find out what they discovered when you peeled the ivy back from the tombstones.

• Conservation
• Volunteering
• Wilding

In this article, join me on a journey through Southroad Wood, an integral part of the Hunt’s Wood Local Wildlife Site in Kenardington near Ashford.

• Conservation
• Local Wildlife Sites
• Volunteering
• Wilding

At Nashenden Down you can help with one of our exciting wilding sites, returning ex arable farmland back into flower rich meadow, woodland and scrub mosaic full of butterflies and wildflowers. Rotational scrub and woodland management to encourage breeding birds such as Nightingale and Turtle Dove, and managing ponds of amphibians and dragonflies.

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Join our dedicated team at Darland Banks in the heart of the Medway Towns, you will help with removing scrub and improving the chalk grassland for butterflies and wildflowers. Rotational scrub coppice and ride management to encourage breeding birds along with orchids and Adders. In summer we count one of the biggest populations of Man Orchids in the country.

• Volunteering

Join the Blean volunteer team and get stuck in with helping to look after the iconic Blean Woods.

• Volunteering