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.
Topics: Volunteering
Re-creating meadows in Thanet
Kent Wildlife Trust’s Big Lottery funded three year project, Painting The Town Green is currently working with the local community in Newington near Ramsgate to invigorate the green spaces at St Christopher Church. Anna Morell, who works with the Project, visited the community to see what they are going wild about in early Summer.
Is that a duck or an owl?
Lynne and Peter Flower have written an update on our work to enhance the number of Barn Owls in and around Kent.
Reflections from a Train Window…
Paul Hadaway, our Connectivity Programme Manager, has written for us about his reflections on conservation in the county inspired by the beauty he encoutered during a train journey.
March on Hothfield Heathlands
Margery Thomas is one of our fantastic volunteers and she has written a blog for us about our Hothfield Heathlands nature reserve. She spends many hours supporting our wardens to protect and enhance wildlife at this special reserve.
Building homes for barn owls
Our hardworking volunteers, Lynne & Peter Flower, have written their second blog for Kent Wildlife Trust. This time they are focusing on our work building homes for barn owls.
Barn Owls
Lynne and Peter Flower, Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, write about the work they do to support and protect existing barn owls and create safe places for them to increase in numbers.
Water Vole reintroduction at Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve
In 2011 the idea of reintroducing water voles to Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve was first suggested and now, three years later, we are delighted to have recently reintroduced fifty of them.
Litter Picking at Conningbrook Lakes
This month Volunteers from Kent Wildlife Trust (KWT), Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership (KSCP) and The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) Wild Crew, supported by the Heritage Lottery and Wye Parish Council completed a mass clear up along the River Stour.
The Richard Neame Local Wildlife Site Award 2014
Congratulations are in order for Bredhurst Woodland Action Group (BWAG), winners of the Richard Neame Local Wildlife Site Award 2014 for their significant contribution to nature conservation in Kent.