UK Government must increase efforts to protect at least 30% of land and sea by 2030 and strengthen environmental protections.
Help keep your little ones entertained with Kent Wildlife Trust this half-term by walking for wildlife, learning about superb spiders or taking part in a Halloween craft workshop. Between Monday 24th and Sunday 30th October we have a raft of nature-based activities on offer across the county.
The pitter patter of tiny hooves is ringing out across an ancient Canterbury woodland as Wilder Blean bison gives birth to female calf.
• Winning photographer captured the stunning owl as it swooped over Elmley Nature Reserve on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. • The Swale district boasted a raft of winners with two from Elmley and other from Oare, Faversham. • The photographers took inspiration from around Kent with snaps from Swanscombe, Maidstone and Woodchurch taking top honours. • Young photographer also winner of the bird category.
• Plans to scrap post-Brexit environmental laws condemned by Kent Wildlife Trust. • 17 protected wildlife sites in Kent could be downgraded if plans go ahead in December 2023. • Kent has been identified as a possible investment zone area, which will allow developers to bypass environmental regulation. • Charities are concerned the natural world will be unprotected from those who put profit before the planet. • Protecting natural spaces and restoring functioning eco-systems are one of the most effective immediate steps to combat climate change. • People asked to write to their MPs and sign up for more news from Kent Wildlife Trust.
People in Kent are being asked to support the Big Wild Walk this October to raise money to help protect Britain’s wild places.
The end of the school summer holidays saw the conclusion of this year’s national insect survey, Bugs Matter, on 31 August. Led by conservation charities Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife, the annual call to collaborate with citizen scientists across the UK generates crucial data regarding how national insect numbers are faring. Bugs Matter, based on the “windscreen phenomenon”, is one of the UK’s few long-term citizen science surveys of flying insect abundance, generating important data.
Discarded beer bottles, fly-tipping, stolen signage and dog attacks on livestock have all significantly impacted on the ‘cost of summer’ for a Kent wildlife charity.
