Wilder Kent Blog

Learn more about the wildlife and wild places in Kent and beyond.

Talk on the Wild Side Rethink Sea Link podcast crew standing at Pegwell Bay
© Tim Horton

Why we’re calling on National Grid to Rethink Sea Link

Rob Smith joins Kent Wildlife Trust's Nina Jones, Steve Weeks, and Emma Waller, as well as Save Minster Marshes' Nik Mitchell, to talk about National Grid's Sea Link plans - a cable, converter, and sub stations that could have devastating impacts on these internationally important sites for wildlife.

Talk on the Wild Side Sunrise at Dungeness with two boats on the shingle in low tide
Melvin Nicholson, Flickr

Island Creation at RSPB Dungeness

Rob Smith joins Craig Edwards, RSPB Area Warden for Dungeness nature reserve. Learn about the management of this reserve and the wildlife you can see in between a nuclear power station and MOD facility. It's incredible!

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Tom Gibbs and Donovan Wright - Bison Rangers

Bison Ranger Experiences at Wilder Blean

Rob Smith heads to West Blean and Thorndon Woods for a Bison Ranger Experience. Bison Ranger Tom Gibbs takes guests through the woodland in search of bison tracks and explains how the grazing animals here contribute to natural woodland regeneration.

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River Pollution and Nutrient Neutrality with Paul Hadaway

Rob Smith interviews Director of Conservation & Engagement at Kent Wildlife Trust on the Talk on the Wild Side podcast, about river pollution on the Stour and government plans for Nutrient Neutrality regulation. He also shows Rob how beaver dams have been an affective water purifier at Ham Fen Nature Reserve.