Kent Wildlife Trust
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Kent Wildlife Trust is working to ensure that our wildlife is protected and restored, now and in the future. We work to help organisations, people and communities connect to nature and care for our natural places: www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk
This week, our Planning Officer, Emma Waller, spoke at both the Issue-specific and Open Floor hearings for National Grid's Sea Link project.
CPRE Kent and Save Minster Marshes also made impassioned & heartening statements. 👏
Find out more of the latest here: kwtg.uk/rtsl
CPRE Kent and Save Minster Marshes also made impassioned & heartening statements. 👏
Find out more of the latest here: kwtg.uk/rtsl
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This week, our Planning Officer, Emma Waller, spoke at both the Issue-specific and Open Floor hearings for National Grid's Sea Link project.
CPRE Kent and Save Minster Marshes also made impassioned & heartening statements. 👏
Find out more of the latest here: kwtg.uk/rtsl
CPRE Kent and Save Minster Marshes also made impassioned & heartening statements. 👏
Find out more of the latest here: kwtg.uk/rtsl
Nature has always had its own way of balancing carbon... ⚖️ and us humans have a way of throwing it out of whack!
We dive into everything you need to know about carbon sequestration in this blog: kwtg.uk/carbon-blog
📷©️ Greg Hitchcock
We dive into everything you need to know about carbon sequestration in this blog: kwtg.uk/carbon-blog
📷©️ Greg Hitchcock
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Nature has always had its own way of balancing carbon... ⚖️ and us humans have a way of throwing it out of whack!
We dive into everything you need to know about carbon sequestration in this blog: kwtg.uk/carbon-blog
📷©️ Greg Hitchcock
We dive into everything you need to know about carbon sequestration in this blog: kwtg.uk/carbon-blog
📷©️ Greg Hitchcock
Another term of Nature Tots is underway in Maidstone - Tuesday and Friday morning slots still available! 🙌
Book now: www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on/nat...
Book now: www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on/nat...
Nature Tots
Nature Tots is Forest School tailored specifically for little ones, and can inspire a love of nature that lasts a lifetime. It’s run by Forest School leaders and is a wonderful opportunity for childre...
www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Another term of Nature Tots is underway in Maidstone - Tuesday and Friday morning slots still available! 🙌
Book now: www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on/nat...
Book now: www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on/nat...
The proposed Sea Link is in the examination stage of the DCO process.
This week, our Planning Officer Emma Waller is speaking at both the Issue-specific and Open Floor hearings to make our concerns heard and to urge National Grid to Rethink.
kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/campaigns/rethink-sea-link
This week, our Planning Officer Emma Waller is speaking at both the Issue-specific and Open Floor hearings to make our concerns heard and to urge National Grid to Rethink.
kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/campaigns/rethink-sea-link
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The proposed Sea Link is in the examination stage of the DCO process.
This week, our Planning Officer Emma Waller is speaking at both the Issue-specific and Open Floor hearings to make our concerns heard and to urge National Grid to Rethink.
kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/campaigns/rethink-sea-link
This week, our Planning Officer Emma Waller is speaking at both the Issue-specific and Open Floor hearings to make our concerns heard and to urge National Grid to Rethink.
kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/campaigns/rethink-sea-link
As is our seasonal right, we've been absolutely obsessing over fungi this autumn... and so have our followers! 😁🍄
Here are some of their wonderful photos.
Credits & thanks to: Oliver Settle
(1 of 6)
Here are some of their wonderful photos.
Credits & thanks to: Oliver Settle
(1 of 6)
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
As is our seasonal right, we've been absolutely obsessing over fungi this autumn... and so have our followers! 😁🍄
Here are some of their wonderful photos.
Credits & thanks to: Oliver Settle
(1 of 6)
Here are some of their wonderful photos.
Credits & thanks to: Oliver Settle
(1 of 6)
In the 2024 Wilder Kent Awards, Hextable Parish Council received a commendation for their work for wildlife...⭐
They restored & transformed the historic Hextable House Gardens into a haven for wildlife and people... (1/3)
They restored & transformed the historic Hextable House Gardens into a haven for wildlife and people... (1/3)
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In the 2024 Wilder Kent Awards, Hextable Parish Council received a commendation for their work for wildlife...⭐
They restored & transformed the historic Hextable House Gardens into a haven for wildlife and people... (1/3)
They restored & transformed the historic Hextable House Gardens into a haven for wildlife and people... (1/3)
This once-overshadowed pond at Hothfield Heathlands - kwtg.uk/hothfield - had been struggling with lack of light & build-up of leaf litter.
Ashford Area Warden, Will, and the volunteers have broken through the canopy to let light back in. Now to reconnect it to the rest of the heath and bog! 💪
Ashford Area Warden, Will, and the volunteers have broken through the canopy to let light back in. Now to reconnect it to the rest of the heath and bog! 💪
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This once-overshadowed pond at Hothfield Heathlands - kwtg.uk/hothfield - had been struggling with lack of light & build-up of leaf litter.
Ashford Area Warden, Will, and the volunteers have broken through the canopy to let light back in. Now to reconnect it to the rest of the heath and bog! 💪
Ashford Area Warden, Will, and the volunteers have broken through the canopy to let light back in. Now to reconnect it to the rest of the heath and bog! 💪
Area Warden, Max, took this fabulous picture at Heather Corrie Vale.
Did you know... highland cattle can be many different colours but, due to Queen Victoria's preference of red cattle, this is now the most common colour!
More about Wilder Grazing here: kwtg.uk/grazing
Did you know... highland cattle can be many different colours but, due to Queen Victoria's preference of red cattle, this is now the most common colour!
More about Wilder Grazing here: kwtg.uk/grazing
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Area Warden, Max, took this fabulous picture at Heather Corrie Vale.
Did you know... highland cattle can be many different colours but, due to Queen Victoria's preference of red cattle, this is now the most common colour!
More about Wilder Grazing here: kwtg.uk/grazing
Did you know... highland cattle can be many different colours but, due to Queen Victoria's preference of red cattle, this is now the most common colour!
More about Wilder Grazing here: kwtg.uk/grazing
Learning outside is fun because...
Check out these adorable answers from students from Chislet Primary, Herne Junior and Hoath Primary school!
Check out these adorable answers from students from Chislet Primary, Herne Junior and Hoath Primary school!
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Learning outside is fun because...
Check out these adorable answers from students from Chislet Primary, Herne Junior and Hoath Primary school!
Check out these adorable answers from students from Chislet Primary, Herne Junior and Hoath Primary school!
Win a signed copy of Lone Wolf!
We've partnered with author Adam Weymouth to give you the chance to win one of three signed copies of the book, shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford prize (the leading non-fiction prize in the UK). 🐺
Enter here: kwtg.uk/book-comp
We've partnered with author Adam Weymouth to give you the chance to win one of three signed copies of the book, shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford prize (the leading non-fiction prize in the UK). 🐺
Enter here: kwtg.uk/book-comp
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Win a signed copy of Lone Wolf!
We've partnered with author Adam Weymouth to give you the chance to win one of three signed copies of the book, shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford prize (the leading non-fiction prize in the UK). 🐺
Enter here: kwtg.uk/book-comp
We've partnered with author Adam Weymouth to give you the chance to win one of three signed copies of the book, shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford prize (the leading non-fiction prize in the UK). 🐺
Enter here: kwtg.uk/book-comp
Today we remember our Blean bison matriarch who passed aged 21, days before her herd welcomed a new calf. Her legacy: a wilder, richer woodland & a blueprint for UK wilding. 🦬💚
Part of Blean Bison Project with Wildwood Trust
🔗 kwtg.uk/bisonlegacy
📷 Hannah Mackins
Part of Blean Bison Project with Wildwood Trust
🔗 kwtg.uk/bisonlegacy
📷 Hannah Mackins
November 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Today we remember our Blean bison matriarch who passed aged 21, days before her herd welcomed a new calf. Her legacy: a wilder, richer woodland & a blueprint for UK wilding. 🦬💚
Part of Blean Bison Project with Wildwood Trust
🔗 kwtg.uk/bisonlegacy
📷 Hannah Mackins
Part of Blean Bison Project with Wildwood Trust
🔗 kwtg.uk/bisonlegacy
📷 Hannah Mackins
Remember remember... the hedgehogs that might be hiding in your bonfire!
Hedgehogs love to hide in the cool dark shelter of twigs and leaves. Read our action page on four simple steps you can take to check your bonfire. 👉 kwtg.uk/check-bonfire
📷©️ Jon Hawkins - Surrey Hills Photography
Hedgehogs love to hide in the cool dark shelter of twigs and leaves. Read our action page on four simple steps you can take to check your bonfire. 👉 kwtg.uk/check-bonfire
📷©️ Jon Hawkins - Surrey Hills Photography
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Remember remember... the hedgehogs that might be hiding in your bonfire!
Hedgehogs love to hide in the cool dark shelter of twigs and leaves. Read our action page on four simple steps you can take to check your bonfire. 👉 kwtg.uk/check-bonfire
📷©️ Jon Hawkins - Surrey Hills Photography
Hedgehogs love to hide in the cool dark shelter of twigs and leaves. Read our action page on four simple steps you can take to check your bonfire. 👉 kwtg.uk/check-bonfire
📷©️ Jon Hawkins - Surrey Hills Photography
The mushroom chronicles continue...
Ranger Heidi found these beauties at The Blean:
🍄 A matured fly agaric
🧠 A cauliflower fungus
What fungi have you spotted this year? Tag us in your finds! 🔍
Ranger Heidi found these beauties at The Blean:
🍄 A matured fly agaric
🧠 A cauliflower fungus
What fungi have you spotted this year? Tag us in your finds! 🔍
November 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The mushroom chronicles continue...
Ranger Heidi found these beauties at The Blean:
🍄 A matured fly agaric
🧠 A cauliflower fungus
What fungi have you spotted this year? Tag us in your finds! 🔍
Ranger Heidi found these beauties at The Blean:
🍄 A matured fly agaric
🧠 A cauliflower fungus
What fungi have you spotted this year? Tag us in your finds! 🔍
3 months left to take part in the Wilder Kent Awards! 🏆✨
Our Wilder Kent Awards - running January to January - is a scheme set up to recognise, reward, and encourage actions taken for nature in the county.
Join here: kwtg.uk/wka
📷©️ GRASS Cliftonville CIC, 2024 silver award winners
Our Wilder Kent Awards - running January to January - is a scheme set up to recognise, reward, and encourage actions taken for nature in the county.
Join here: kwtg.uk/wka
📷©️ GRASS Cliftonville CIC, 2024 silver award winners
November 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
3 months left to take part in the Wilder Kent Awards! 🏆✨
Our Wilder Kent Awards - running January to January - is a scheme set up to recognise, reward, and encourage actions taken for nature in the county.
Join here: kwtg.uk/wka
📷©️ GRASS Cliftonville CIC, 2024 silver award winners
Our Wilder Kent Awards - running January to January - is a scheme set up to recognise, reward, and encourage actions taken for nature in the county.
Join here: kwtg.uk/wka
📷©️ GRASS Cliftonville CIC, 2024 silver award winners
At Oare Marshes, our Swale volunteers have started their epic annual winter task, cutting reeds and bramble across the reserve.
Fancy getting out and about this winter across our reserves? Check out our current volunteering opportunities at kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/volunteering-opportunities
Fancy getting out and about this winter across our reserves? Check out our current volunteering opportunities at kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/volunteering-opportunities
November 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
At Oare Marshes, our Swale volunteers have started their epic annual winter task, cutting reeds and bramble across the reserve.
Fancy getting out and about this winter across our reserves? Check out our current volunteering opportunities at kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/volunteering-opportunities
Fancy getting out and about this winter across our reserves? Check out our current volunteering opportunities at kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/volunteering-opportunities
🎄 Get your Christmas shopping done and enjoy nature!
Join us at Tyland Barn on Thu 20 Nov for our pop-up shop - gifts from chocolates to bamboo socks.
Spend £40+ & get a free tea/coffee at the Pond Café ☕
Join us at Tyland Barn on Thu 20 Nov for our pop-up shop - gifts from chocolates to bamboo socks.
Spend £40+ & get a free tea/coffee at the Pond Café ☕
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🎄 Get your Christmas shopping done and enjoy nature!
Join us at Tyland Barn on Thu 20 Nov for our pop-up shop - gifts from chocolates to bamboo socks.
Spend £40+ & get a free tea/coffee at the Pond Café ☕
Join us at Tyland Barn on Thu 20 Nov for our pop-up shop - gifts from chocolates to bamboo socks.
Spend £40+ & get a free tea/coffee at the Pond Café ☕
In this weeks' nature reflections, students from Chislet Primary, Herne Junior and Hoath Primary schools ponder: what's your favourite thing to do outside?
What's your favourite thing to do outside? Let us know in the comments 👇
What's your favourite thing to do outside? Let us know in the comments 👇
October 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In this weeks' nature reflections, students from Chislet Primary, Herne Junior and Hoath Primary schools ponder: what's your favourite thing to do outside?
What's your favourite thing to do outside? Let us know in the comments 👇
What's your favourite thing to do outside? Let us know in the comments 👇
Here's a spooky specimen for you... the gory beefsteak fungus in all its glory. You can see where it gets its name from! 😶
Plus, a reminder to not dump pumpkins in the woods - they can pose a risk to animals (particularly if decorated!). 🎃
📷©️ Rob P
#HappyHalloween
Plus, a reminder to not dump pumpkins in the woods - they can pose a risk to animals (particularly if decorated!). 🎃
📷©️ Rob P
#HappyHalloween
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Here's a spooky specimen for you... the gory beefsteak fungus in all its glory. You can see where it gets its name from! 😶
Plus, a reminder to not dump pumpkins in the woods - they can pose a risk to animals (particularly if decorated!). 🎃
📷©️ Rob P
#HappyHalloween
Plus, a reminder to not dump pumpkins in the woods - they can pose a risk to animals (particularly if decorated!). 🎃
📷©️ Rob P
#HappyHalloween
Nature is at risk, but your voice can help.
The Planning Bill is nearly law. An amendment passed by the Lords yesterday offers vital protection - but it needs MP support to stay in.
📢 Tell your MP: please back Amendment 130 at action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301/action/1
The Planning Bill is nearly law. An amendment passed by the Lords yesterday offers vital protection - but it needs MP support to stay in.
📢 Tell your MP: please back Amendment 130 at action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301/action/1
October 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Nature is at risk, but your voice can help.
The Planning Bill is nearly law. An amendment passed by the Lords yesterday offers vital protection - but it needs MP support to stay in.
📢 Tell your MP: please back Amendment 130 at action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301/action/1
The Planning Bill is nearly law. An amendment passed by the Lords yesterday offers vital protection - but it needs MP support to stay in.
📢 Tell your MP: please back Amendment 130 at action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301/action/1
Our new term of Home Educated Forest School starts NEXT WEEK!
For young adventurers aged 11+, Forest School is all about hands-on learning, outdoor skills, and reconnecting with nature.
Book now 👉kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/education/forest-school/home-education
For young adventurers aged 11+, Forest School is all about hands-on learning, outdoor skills, and reconnecting with nature.
Book now 👉kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/education/forest-school/home-education
October 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Our new term of Home Educated Forest School starts NEXT WEEK!
For young adventurers aged 11+, Forest School is all about hands-on learning, outdoor skills, and reconnecting with nature.
Book now 👉kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/education/forest-school/home-education
For young adventurers aged 11+, Forest School is all about hands-on learning, outdoor skills, and reconnecting with nature.
Book now 👉kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/education/forest-school/home-education
🍁 Boost your wellbeing this autumn with our Weekend Wellness events! Enjoy forest bathing at Hothfield (9 Nov) or The Blean (29 Nov), or join a mindful walk & autumn crafts at Tyland Barn (15 Nov). 👉 kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/wellness-events
October 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🍁 Boost your wellbeing this autumn with our Weekend Wellness events! Enjoy forest bathing at Hothfield (9 Nov) or The Blean (29 Nov), or join a mindful walk & autumn crafts at Tyland Barn (15 Nov). 👉 kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/wellness-events
Nature Tots starts in ONE WEEK at Maidstone! ✨🌿
Tailored especially for little explorers aged 2–5, Nature Tots is Forest School fun designed to spark a love of nature that lasts a lifetime.
Don’t miss out - book now! 👉 kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on/nature-tots
Tailored especially for little explorers aged 2–5, Nature Tots is Forest School fun designed to spark a love of nature that lasts a lifetime.
Don’t miss out - book now! 👉 kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on/nature-tots
October 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Nature Tots starts in ONE WEEK at Maidstone! ✨🌿
Tailored especially for little explorers aged 2–5, Nature Tots is Forest School fun designed to spark a love of nature that lasts a lifetime.
Don’t miss out - book now! 👉 kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on/nature-tots
Tailored especially for little explorers aged 2–5, Nature Tots is Forest School fun designed to spark a love of nature that lasts a lifetime.
Don’t miss out - book now! 👉 kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on/nature-tots
Reminder that you can claim your free Will via Octopus Legacy 👇
We’ve partnered with expert estate planners, Octopus Legacy, to offer you the chance to write or update your will for free either online, over the phone, or in person with a professional will writer. 💚
Claim your free will online today: www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/support/dona...
Claim your free will online today: www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/support/dona...
October 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Reminder that you can claim your free Will via Octopus Legacy 👇
Have you heard of ecosystem services?
In short, they're the benefits that us humans gain from a healthy environment - from things as simple as clean water to more complex processes like the formation of soil and nutrient cycling...👉 kwtg.uk/eco-services
📷©️ Rosie Bleet
In short, they're the benefits that us humans gain from a healthy environment - from things as simple as clean water to more complex processes like the formation of soil and nutrient cycling...👉 kwtg.uk/eco-services
📷©️ Rosie Bleet
October 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Have you heard of ecosystem services?
In short, they're the benefits that us humans gain from a healthy environment - from things as simple as clean water to more complex processes like the formation of soil and nutrient cycling...👉 kwtg.uk/eco-services
📷©️ Rosie Bleet
In short, they're the benefits that us humans gain from a healthy environment - from things as simple as clean water to more complex processes like the formation of soil and nutrient cycling...👉 kwtg.uk/eco-services
📷©️ Rosie Bleet
A brief gap in the rain at Oare Marshes captured by Area Manager, Steve, who says, "Snipe numbers are starting to build on the west. Bearded tits and marsh harriers are around - but we still need loads more rain!"
What do you hope is at the end of the rainbow? 🌈
What do you hope is at the end of the rainbow? 🌈
October 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
A brief gap in the rain at Oare Marshes captured by Area Manager, Steve, who says, "Snipe numbers are starting to build on the west. Bearded tits and marsh harriers are around - but we still need loads more rain!"
What do you hope is at the end of the rainbow? 🌈
What do you hope is at the end of the rainbow? 🌈