Wilder Kent Blog

Natasha Ruskin explores something terrifying: a world without woodlands.

This guest blog from Flora Hastings, Nature Immersion Workshop Leader, explores outdoors, immersive workshops that use the body and conversation to unravel the connections we have to the environment around us.

If you're a wildlife enthusiast that wants to get started with photographing what you see, it's important to get the basics down so you can make the most of those precious trips. Kent Wildlife Trust's Content Creator, Tim Horton, talks through his essential tips in this blog.

The Making Space for Nature Project is leading on Kent and Medway’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS). A team has been in place since October, engaging with stakeholders about nature recovery plans for Kent's future.

The county of Kent is blessed with an extensive coastal and intertidal environment comprising elements of the eastern Thames Estuary, the southern North Sea and the English Channel. In north-east Kent, located between the towns of Whitstable and Deal, is the North East Kent Marine Protected Area (NEKMPA) which includes the previously designated North East Kent European Marine Site, the Thanet Coast Marine Conservation Zone and Sandwich & Pegwell Bay National Nature Reserve.

The annual pinnacle of Kent Wildlife Trust’s ‘Wilder Volunteering Recognition Programme’ is the Wilder Kent Volunteer Awards that we are proud to host in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust.

In the last fifty years, both nightingales and turtle doves have suffered a population decline of over 90%. The usual threats of habitat degradation and climate change are partly to blame, but these two species are also at risk from a few more specific challenges.

For those of you reading this, many will feel disheartened by the fact that nature and wildlife were barely mentioned during the election campaign and debates. However, the result of the election did suggest that green issues are starting to take hold.