Our Volunteers are Amazing
During Volunteers’ Week 2017 we want to take the opportunity to showcase the amazing things that our volunteers do to make Kent a better place for wildlife and for people.
Being a Volunteer Trainee Local Wildlife Sites Assistant
Local Wildlife Site volunteer trainee Christine Davison reflects on the experience of her traineeship with Kent Wildlife Trust.
February on Hothfield Heathland
Do you still feel like hibernating through to the end of winter? You would be in good company with many animals and invertebrates on Hothfield Heathland. However, a walk out there at this time of year is exhilarating and you won’t be alone.
Hidden Gems
Our Ashford Meadows Project Officer Camilla Blackburn shares how small sites can really make a difference to wildlife.
Painting the Town Green
Two volunteers used their woodworking skills to help "Paint the Town Green"
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.
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.