Learn more about the wildlife and wild places in Kent and beyond.
Margery Thomas, Hothfield Volunteer and regular columnist looks at the lack of butterfly sightings in recent months, the work volunteers are doing to remove bracken and how this all impact the wider management of the last remaining fragments of heathland we have left in Kent.
This Halloween, discover some of our most spooktacular species.
Late summer is the best time to discover one of the UK’s chunkiest caterpillars, the elephant hawk-moth.
Updates on how to stay cool at Hothfield Heathlands in September from Margery, as well as fire alert updates from Ian Rickards, Area Manager.
A recent report from Butterfly Conservation has identified Lydden Temple Ewell National Nature Reserve, managed by Kent Wildlife Trust, as the best place for Straw Belle moths in the UK.
