Behind the scenes, we're creating resources to help you make your response. 👉 In the meantime, please check out our campaign page and sign up to our Speak Up for Nature newsletter to be the first to hear about next steps: www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/camp.../save... 📷©️ Victoria Bushell

🦬 3 things to expect from a Bison Ranger Experience: 1️⃣ Hands-on tracking tech 2️⃣ Updates from the people who know the herd best 3️⃣ Best chance of spotting wild bison 📅 Jul 30 | Aug 8 | Aug 19 | Sep 7 | Sep 17 kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on/bison-ranger-experiences

Spotlighting one of our Wilder Kent Awards 2025/26 gold winners: Communigrow! 💡 Communigrow is an outstanding example of how food growing can transform lives, strengthen communities,  and restore nature all at the same time. 💛 Could you take part in the Wilder Kent Awards this year? kwtg.uk/wka-26

It's amazing how fast wildlife moves in once given space. Near Canterbury, seed-sown meadows are thick with ox-eye daisies. Ponds are alive with dragonflies, black-tailed skimmers and nearby a turtle dove sings. We're only just starting - help Kent's nature recovery: kwtg.uk/back-from-the-brink

Huge congrats to Sandown School in Deal! After joining our Wilder Schools programme this year, they've won the REACH Award 'Green Organisation of the Year 2026' from Dover District Council for their nature conservation & community engagement work! 🏆 Funding from Barratt David Wilson

Happy as a... pig in a trough! 🐷 This was last week during the hotter weather. Area Warden, Will, was down to Hothfield training a volunteer on carrying out pig checks, when they found this one enjoying a cool-down in a water trough. This check was an easy tick! ✅😂

Ironhurst Valley is only just beginning its restoration journey — this early stage takes real resources. 🌾 Area Manager Dan shows what's happening now: wildflower seeding to stabilise soils, and wetlands planned to help protect Lamberhurst from flooding. Donate at kwtg.uk/back-from-the-brink

New blog by volunteer Margery on July at Hothfield Heathlands: a bat and amphibian walk turned up pipistrelles, frogs, newts and a singing nightingale. Plus two orchids uncommon in Kent, thriving in the reserve's unusual acid soils – heath spotted and southern marsh orchid. kwtg.uk/julyhothfield

Area Manager Ian Rickards is at Hunstead Wood, showing why nature sometimes needs help to heal. Managing this reserve costs £30k+ a year. Our goal is a site that manages itself again, with natural processes doing the work. 💚 Help us get there kwtg.uk/back-from-the-brink

Holiday Club provides a safe, secure, and stimulating environment under the supervision of our experienced Education Officers. Children get to explore the nature reserve, learn new skills, make new friends, and create memories that last. 💚 See you there? www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on/hol...

The Kent Wildlife Trust Photography Competition is back! Capture the wildlife, wild places and natural beauty of Kent through your lens. Submit by 30 September 2026. Find out how to enter: kwtg.uk/photography-competition 📸 2024 winner, Mist on the Marsh, David Jenner

What a brilliant day at Dover Harbour Festival ✨ Our team chatted to 200+ visitors about the chough reintroduction project (a partnership with Wildwood Trust & Paradise Park) and their return to Kent's coastline. 🐦‍⬛ Kids loved our bird beak game!

Beneath your feet, across Kent, seeds lie dormant - waiting for space and light to become a meadow, a wood, a heathland. Wilding takes decades, not days. It needs patience, expertise and investment. Help us raise £130k by September 🌱 kwtg.uk/back-from-the-brink

10 years, 120+ articles, one brilliant volunteer. We caught up with Margery Thomas to chat about her decade of writing about Hothfield Heathlands' flora and fauna. Read the full interview: kwtg.uk/10yearswithKWT

📢 BIG news for Kent's wildlife! We've secured £1.28m from Natural England's Species Recovery Programme to help threatened species recover over 3 years - including strengthening beavers on the River Stour and protecting rare invertebrates in the Blean. Find out more: https://ow.ly/VQgg50Zlqtw

Planning a visit to Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve this summer? 🌿 Before you head out, take a moment to familiarise yourself with our visitor guidelines. Thank you for doing your part to keep Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve wild, safe and welcoming. You can plan your visit at https://ow.ly/jFYW50Zl22U

Two of the glorious 72 peacock butterflies reared by our Area Wardens Rob and Rosemary, after the caterpillars were rescued from nettle cuttings. 🦋☀️ Nettles are a vital foodplant for peacocks, so leaving a patch to grow really does help this beautiful species. 📷 Stephen Weeks

Cyanotype printing captures plant silhouettes using nothing but sun and chemistry. ☀️ Try it yourself at our Open Garden, Sat 8 August - pick blooms and foliage on the day and make your own botanical sun print. Book today: kwtg.uk/opengarden

Good news for the Dover twist moth, once thought extinct in England & rediscovered at Lydden Temple Ewell last year! On a recent survey, we found over 20 of them. 👏 Both ourselves and Butterfly Conservation are working together to learn all we can about how we can help the Dover twist thrive. 💚

All you need to do to earn the summer badge is tick off 3 of the relevant seasonal actions, like... 🌺 Creating a wildlife-friendly window box 🦗 Leaving areas of your garden undisturbed for wildlife 🐦 Cleaning any nest boxes Don't have the app yet? Get started: mywilderkent.app 📷©️ User: HanC123

Come and meet us on June 30th for updates on monitoring & evidence, and the latest from Save the Blean. The Blean Wildscape Community Advisory Group is a space for local people to come and share their opinions and ideas for the future of the Blean landscape. 💚 👉 kwtg.uk/blean-meeting-june-2026

Introducing Wilder Streets, Wilder Lives 💚 We're bringing nature recovery to some of Kent and Medway's most resource deprived urban areas. With local partners and support from The National Lottery Community Fund, we're helping communities lead local nature action to 2029. 👉 kwtg.uk/wilderstreets

Dreaming of a garden buzzing with bees and fluttering with butterflies? 🐝🦋 Read about easy-to-grow flowers and plants that help support pollinators and bring your outdoor space to life: kwtg.uk/gardening-by-the-sea Join us at our Open Garden @ Tyland Barn on 8 Aug: kwtg.uk/open-garden-summer 🌿

Meet the bison rangers of the Wilder Blean project who care for the bison and more! 🦬 The bison rangers are out on site every day with a diverse role, from fixing fences and leading tours to welfare checking the animals. Read the blog: https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/meet-the-bison-team

Fackenden Down is alive with colour. 🌸 These gorgeous pictures were captured by our Volunteer Coordinator, Jennie. Why not head over? 🚶‍➡️👉 https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/fackenden-down #NorthDowns #WildOrchids #NatureReserve

100 articles written for Hothfield Heathlands. 💚 That's right - volunteer, Margery Thomas, has written her 100th article about the reserve in 10 years working with the Trust! 🙌 Read 'June on Hothfield Heathlands: Cuckoos & nightingales' here: kwtg.uk/june-hothfield 📷 Heath milkwort

Interested in becoming a member? Visit www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/suppor.../be... 📷©️IFP Visuals

Members of Kent Wildlife Trust are invited to join us online or at the Sevenoaks Harrison Visitor Centre on Saturday 11th July for the 68th Annual General Meeting. 🙌 If you're a member, make sure you check your inbox for your invitation and the link the register. 📷©️IFP Visuals

Are you a small, local business looking for an opportunity to promote your products or services? We'd love to hear from you. 💚 We're offering a series of pitches at our Sevenoaks Visitor Centre on August weekends! For more info contact our Visitor Centre Manager: james.davis@kentwildlife.org.uk

🦋 Painted ladies, small blues, brimstone caterpillars and mullein moth caterpillars have all been spotted on our reserves recently! Want to help track insect abundance across the UK? Join the #BugsMatter survey. Survey season runs until September: kwtg.uk/bugs-matter-survey 🐛🚗