Learn more about the wildlife and wild places in Kent and beyond.
Chalk grassland – also known as chalk downland or lowland calcareous grassland – is an increasingly rare habitat and one of the richest in Western Europe. In England, it’s mostly found on the North Downs but there are also patches scattered along the East Kent coast.
We bring to you, a feature article on Queendown Warren nature reserve. Find out how it came to be, what management is being done here, what species can be found and what the hopes are for the future.
Lyndsay Wayman-Rook, Old Chalk New Downs Projects Officer, explores how partnership work was key to restoring eight KWT sites across the Kent Downs as part of this inspiring project.
Wildlife can recover, but we often need to give it a nudge in the right direction. Here our warden, Alison, talks about an innovative approach used at Nashenden to help diversify a previous arable section:
