The 2023 Wilder Kent Awards, launched today by conservation charity Kent Wildlife Trust, urges local groups across Kent to take action against the climate and nature crises.
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 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.
Local community joins Kent Wildlife Trust to celebrate the opening of a brand-new trail at Hothfield Heathlands.
Hundreds of people joined Kent Wildlife Trust and their partner organisations at Sandwich and Pegwell Bay to celebrate 70 years since the declaration of the first National Nature Reserve.
A special zone where dog owners can let their pets run free will be launched at a special event celebrating Sandwich and Pegwell Bay and 70 years of National Nature Reserves.
A Town Council who transformed a piece of land into an oasis for bees and butterflies was among those recognised for their efforts as part of the 2022 Wilder Kent Awards.
An artistic celebration of the ground-breaking Wilder Blean project, in which wild bison will be released into a Canterbury woodland, has been unveiled around the city.
