Wilder Kent Blog

Volunteer Matt Huggins explores the underground secrets of mycorrhizal networks and how they help trees to communicate with one another.

You hear “shark”, you think Jaws. Sadly, this is true for many of us… but then who hasn’t been slightly traumatised by Steven Spielberg’s enduring epic?

Insects are often overlooked, and yet they play a crucial role in maintaining the health of ecosystems and supporting human survival.

Learn more about the rarest of the milkworts, this perrenial plant grows on chalky grassland and limestone pastures in Kent.

Ladybirds are probably our most familiar beetles – and also some of the most popular. They’re known as the gardener’s friend, as many hunt the aphids that occasionally feed on our prized plants. Take a closer look in this blog!

I have to admit how little I knew about slugs and snails before reading the latest Wild About Gardens guide. The RHS and The Wildlife Trusts have given these incredible creatures a reputation makeover. Discover for yourself these magnificent molluscs and the benefits they bring to our gardens.

This World Wildlife Day we would love to celebrate the incredible wildlife we have in Kent but we know that we're loosing more wildlife and wild spaces every day. So this year we felt it was more important to join forces with others to show what our county might look like without wildlife. Read on to learn more.

“What’s he so excited about?” “Oh, it’s probably just the beavers.” This was one passer-by’s comments to another, as I stood on the bank of the Stour in central Canterbury excitedly pointing towards the river and gasping in astonishment.