Staff and volunteers at Kent Wildlife Trust braved sub-zero temperatures this morning, Monday 12th December, to ensure the animals grazing over the charity’s nature reserves were thriving in the frosty conditions.
Thousands of pounds worth of gardening and power tools were stolen from Kent Wildlife Trust’s nature reserve in Sevenoaks.
At 8am on the 12th November 2022, Kent Wildlife Trust took a call from a walker who had discovered that many of the gates at Nashenden Down nature reserve in Rochester had been stolen leaving over 200 sheep and pigs at risk of escape and injury.
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.
• 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.
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.
