Topics: Wilding

Since 2022, the UK has sworn in four new prime ministers, the interest rate has risen from 0.25% to 5.25%, and, as of the 18th July, bison have been in the Blean for two whole years.

• Press release
• Bison
• Nature Reserves
• Projects
• Wilder Blean
• Wilding

With input from Simon Bateman-Brown, Head of Land Management, and Evan Bowen-Jones, Chief Executive of Kent Wildlife Trust, we explore the conservation work we have done at Heather Corrie Vale since attaining validation against the Wilder Carbon Standard, by Soil Association Certification.

• Conservation
• Grazing
• Wilder Carbon
• Wilding

In Kent, our grazing animals roam the reserves using their instincts and experience to guide them towards delicious nutritious vegetation and away from potentially toxic plants. This deep-rooted wisdom is a product of evolution and survival instincts passed down from generation to generation but particularly prevalent in the old-fashioned breeds that we use.

• Grazing
• Plants
• Wilder Grazing
• Wilding

How do you restore a chalk downland? Our appeal to purchase an extension to our existing Polhill Bank nature reserve offers us a unique opportunity to restore an additional 26 acres of arable land into a rare and biodiverse habitat in Sevenoaks, Kent. But how do we achieve this goal? Here are our plans.

• Campaigns and Projects
• Conservation
• Polhill Bank
• Protect Polhill
• Wilder Grazing
• Wilding
• Wildlife

Our work at Polhill Bank has been ongoing for several years now. Over time, we have purchased more neighbouring patches of land there, adding up to around 16 hectares now under our nature-positive management. In many ways, our wilding journey in the area goes back more than a decade; in others, it’s only just begun.

• Campaigns and Projects
• Polhill Bank
• Protect Polhill
• Wilder Grazing
• Wilder Kent Strategy
• Wilding

In September 2023, representatives from the Department of Transport, National Highways, Natural England, South East Water, RSPB, and the Lifescape Project joined Kent Wildlife Trust on a discovery trip to the Netherlands to glean insights on how the Dutch have tackled the challenge of providing space for nature in a crowded landscape.

• Conservation
• Wilder Blean
• Wilding

Kent’s landscape is diverse. From the rolling chalk grasslands, humming with insects in the summer, or the quiet reverence of ancient woodlands, to the iconic white cliffs that frame our coastline. These habitats support species of county and national importance, and for those of you that have explored Kent’s countryside, you will no doubt appreciate how special they are.

• Local Nature Recovery Strategy
• Local Wildlife Sites
• Wilder Kent Strategy
• Wilding

We humans have a habit of thinking in terms of opposition: there’s rain or shine, hot or cold, and land or sea – to name but a few. Salt marshes, however, are something in between.

• Conservation
• Marine
• Wetlands
• Wilding

Kent Wildlife Trust and Wildwood Trust wins the Innovation award for the BIG Biodiversity Challenge.

• Press release
• Bison
• Nature-based Solutions
• Wilder Blean
• Wilding

The Wildlife Trusts ramp-up plans to combat nature crisis with new rewilding programme.

• Press release
• Campaigns
• Nature Reserves
• Wilder Kent Strategy
• Wilding