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    Field meetings
    Our field visits and indoor winter meetings are free to members.
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    Orthoptera Recording
    Find out more about recording Kent's grasshoppers, bush-crickets, crickets and ground-hoppers.
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    Wildlife Notes
    Terry and Susan Dove's monthly wildlife notes from Little Barton Farm.

Kent Field Club, founded in 1955, aims to deepen the understanding and appreciation of the natural history of Kent, England. Our membership ranges across the spectrum from professional experts in a particular field of study to those who simply appreciate the aesthetic beauty of our countryside and love to walk in it, observing its wildlife in the company of like-minded people.

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Bees, Wasps and Ants of Kent (2020)
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Bees, Wasps and Ants of Kent (2020)

by Geoff Allen. This title can now be ordered. Please be aware that distribution may be delayed by current pandemic restrictions and periods of high demand on the postal service.

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A New Atlas of the Kent Flora (reprint)
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A New Atlas of the Kent Flora (reprint)

by Eric Philp (2010).

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Transactions of the Kent Field Club - Volume 19
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Transactions of the Kent Field Club - Volume 19

Kent's Heathlands

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Transactions of the Kent Field Club - Volume 20
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Transactions of the Kent Field Club - Volume 20

A variety of topical research projects by KFC members

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A New Atlas of the Seaweeds of Kent
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A New Atlas of the Seaweeds of Kent

by Ian Tittley (2016)

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Wild Orchids of Kent
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Wild Orchids of Kent

by David Johnson

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Kent Field Club Online Talks 2021

  • Simon Springate
  • February 16, 2021

  The Club will be hosting a series of online talks via Zoom over the next couple of months. The first of these will be on the evening of the 23rd February at 7.30pm and will be given by Steve Songhurst on the history of Vinters Park in Maidstone.    If you are interested in attending, please log in to the website and register via the events page OR respond to the email that members will have received. The details of how to join the talk will be sent to you. You do not need to download Zoom to join the meeting - when you click on the invite, it will give you the option to view through your internet browser.   In each talk, attendees cameras and microphones will be muted but questions can be typed in the Chat box and will be asked to the speaker by the session moderator after the presentation. The talks will (hopefully) be recorded and eventually posted for the general public on our YouTube channel Kent Field Club - YouTube.    Subsequent talks will be on plant galls, bats and burying...

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A wasp new to the UK?

  • Simon Springate
  • February 1, 2021

The solitary wasp Pemphredon austriaca (Kohl, 1888) is a species not currently recorded in the UK. It appears to have been increasing in the Netherlands in recent decades and there is a good chance that it could be overlooked in the UK. This small, black wasp shows a preference for using Marble Galls, which are caused by the gall wasp Andricus kollari and found on oak. A. kollari emerges from these spherical galls, leaving small circular emergence holes. Other insects then take advantage of these chambers for shelter or nesting, including P. austriaca, which constructs nest cells within the gall. February and March are the perfect months to collect some of these Marble Galls (where you can see the circular emergence holes) and provide something else to keep an eye out for on those familiar lockdown walk routes. Keep them in a plastic pot with some fine mesh or muslin secured over the top, or a specific mesh rearing container if you happen to have one, and make sure they are...

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Noble Chafer Survey 2021

  • Simon Springate
  • January 14, 2021

The noble chafer Gnorimus nobilis is a large metallic beetle which has been rare in Britain for the past century. The species is associated with traditional orchards and wood pasture where it's larvae feed on old, decaying wood within live trees. In Britain, the species has been rare for the past century and is classified as ‘Vulnerable’, being a Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) species. Traditional orchards are designated priority habitats but are increasingly being lost due to modern orchard management techniques or clearing of orchards for development. Dr. Deborah Harvey of Royal Holloway, University of London has previously run a monitoring scheme for the species alongside the People's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES). She is now looking for volunteers for the 2021 season who would be prepared to deploy traps and lures in appropriate habitats and check them regularly in June this year. If you are interested, please contact Deborah at ...

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Little Barton Farm Wildlife Notes by Terry and Susan Dove

Nature Notes December 2020

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Nature Notes March 2020