Where to see wildlife in Kent
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- Blean Woods RSPB
- Buckland lake reserve
- Chartwell
- Cliffe Pools RSPB
- Dungeness RSPB
- Elmley Marshes RSPB
- Nor Marsh and Motney Hill RSPB
- Northward Hill RSPB
- Oare Marshes
- Sandwich and Pegwell Bay nature reserve
- Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory
- Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve
- Sissinghurst Castle Gardens, National trust
- Stodmarsh National Nature reserve.
- Tudeley Woods RSPB
- Wye National Nature Reserve.
Recent Kent news
- Otter recovery has reached every UK county – Except Kent
- England’s rarest bumblebees make a comeback in the South East
- Sussex & Kent Wildlife Trusts receive major grant
- Britain’s bittern population is booming
- Churchill’s many talents - War leader, Nobel laureate… butterfly enthusiast
- First sighting of purple heron chicks confirm UK wildlife first
- Unusual whale species recorded off the UK
- Record number of nightjars in Kent's Blean Woods
- Pearl-Bordered fritillary reintroduced to sites in Kent and Sussex
- Absent damselfly re-discovered in Britain after 57 years
- Rare Emerald moths discovered in Kent
- Purple herons breed for the first time in the UK
- First Purple herons ever to nest in the UK at Dungeness
- Leucistic chaffinch in Kent
- Bumblebees to be re-introduced at RSPB Dungeness
More Kent news
- Mediterranean gull numbers boost on the Medway – Join an ‘Autumnwatch at the Riverside’ event
- Clouded Yellow & Painted lady butterflies still arriving in the UK in large numbers
- Unusual bird in Kent
- First ever record of a Tufted puffin in the UK
- First ever recorded Humpback in Thames found dead
- First successful captive breeding paves way for reintroduction of extinct bumblebee to UK
- Kingfisher killed by credit crunch!
- Paul O’Grady (AKA Lilly Savage) bitten by an adder
- Best year for bitterns for 130 years in Britain
- RSPB to restore 600 acres of Kent countryside & wetlands - hopefully
- Bird Strike Risk a Major Hazard for Lydd Airport Expansion
- Research project maps Lyme Bay biodiversity hotspots, highlights threats
- ‘Dave the Dolphin’ missing from Kent Coast
- Folkestone's friendly dolphin injured by boat
- Dead Dolphin had tail amputated.
First sighting of purple heron chicks confirm UK wildlife first It's a sight wildlife lovers have been waiting for - the first purple heron chick ever to be raised successfully in the UK has taken its first flight and is learning to fend for itself. But is this news good or bad as it is further evidence of global warming?
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Purple herons breed for the first time in the UKThe first purple herons ever to breed successfully in the UK have hatched their chicks on the RSPB's Dungeness Nature Reserve in Kent. It is not yet known how many chicks have hatched and confirmation will only be possible when the young fledge in a few weeks time.
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First ever recorded Humpback in Thames found dead. A 28ft (9.5m) Humpback whale has been found dead in the River Thames near the Dartford Bridge.
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