St Margaret’s North, for a joint meeting with Shoresearch, to investigate how the north of the bay has changed since the last Shoresearch survey in 2010.
NB. If you are interested in this meeting please email and request to be added to the circulation list to receive updates of the meeting time and place.
Leader: Fiona White (07779 657573).
| Event Date | 30-04-2017 |
| Location: | St Margaret’s Bay,nr Dover |
St Mary’s Churchyard, Lamberhurst, for joint meeting with the South East Lichen group.
Meet at TQ682366 in the car park at the end of Church Lane.
Leader: Ishpi Blatchley (07726 345145).
| Event Date | 29-04-2017 |
| Location: | St Mary’s Churchyard, Lamberhurst |
Rose Hill House, Key Street, near Sittingbourne for general records. The grounds and ruins of Rose Hill House, a former hunting lodge and woodland.
NB. Walking access is by two short, quite steep, tracks.
Meet at TQ886642 in the small free sports club car park, there is additional parking in adjacent roads.
Leader: Mike Platten (01795 470327).
| Event Date | 23-04-2017 |
| Location: | Rose Hill House, Key Street |
Mopesden wood near Hawkhurst, for bryophytes and general recording in this gill woodland with sandstone rocks.
Meet at TQ745306 in the car park of Hawkhurst Community Hospital, entrance off the north side of A268.
NB. It is about a kilometres walk to the woodland from the meeting point.
Leader: Stephen Lemon (07771 760079).
| Event Date | 08-04-2017 |
| Location: | Mopesden wood near Hawkhurst |
Orlestone Forest, near Ashford, for bryophytes and general recording.
Meet at TQ986348 in the nature reserve car park.
Leader: Jacky Langton (07823 325642).
| Event Date | 02-04-2017 |
| Location: | Orlestone Forest, near Ashford |
Stone Bay for a joint recording meeting with Shoresearch. An investigation of the chalk reef that lies below the sandy shore in this bay just north of Broadstairs Harbour.
NB. If you are interested in this meeting please email and request to be added to the circulation list to receive updates of the meeting time and place.
Leader: Fiona White (07779 657573).
| Event Date | 01-04-2017 |
| Location: | Stone Bay |
White Chimney wood near Benenden for joint meeting with Kent Botanical Recording Group. An early meeting to record woodland ferns in this Local Wildlife Site on Tunbridge Wells sand with a deep gill.
Meet at 10.00 am at TQ7830 3227 where we have kind permission for parking by a cottage on a gravelled parking area along the private drive to Great Nineveh. Limited parking, please car share where possible. Leaders: Stephen Lemon (07771 760079) & Sue Buckingham (07971 230840).
| Event Date | 25-03-2017 |
| Location: | White Chimney wood near Benenden |
Chilston Ponds, Lenham Heath for amphibians.
NB. This is an Evening meeting untilabout 10.00 pm.
Please bring a torch.
Meet at 7.00 pm at TQ 8909 5084, parking is through the entrance to Chilston ponds.
Leader: Mike Phillips (07540 250320).
| Event Date | 17-03-2017 |
| Location: | Chilston Ponds, Lenham Heath |
Plus, short reports on other aspects of Kent’s wildlife:
‘Kent’s Marine Conservation Zones and their Biodiversity
by Bryony Chapman
‘Spatial Ecology in Wildlife Recording: it’s hip to be square’
by Paul Tinsley-Marshall
The 2017 Bulletin and Transactions No. 20 will be available for members to collect at the AGM
2pm – 5pm, Sunday 12th March 2017
| Event Date | 12-03-2017 |
| Location: | Tyland Barn |
Hungershall Rocks for a joint meeting with the British Bryological Society.
A small valley lined with Ardingly sandstone crags and Rusthall common if time permits.
Meet at TQ558383 in free car park next to the nearby High Rocks.
Leader:Stephen Lemon (07771 760079).
| Event Date | 11-03-2017 |
| Location: | Hungershall Rocks |
Kingsdown for a joint recording meeting with Shoresearch on this shingle and boulder shore that leads down to an interesting chalk platform with rockpools and boulders.
NB. If you are interested in this meeting please email and request to be added to the circulation list to receive updates of the meeting time and place.
Leader: Fiona White (07779 657573).
| Event Date | 04-03-2017 |
A bonus meeting to our field season! Joyce Pitt will lead this fungus foray at Elham Park Wood.
Meet at TR 162464, parking in laybys along the lane.
| Event Date | 19-11-2016 |
| Location: | Elham Park Wood |
An opportunity to explore this very picturesque bay with its rocky shore, within the Dover to Deal Marine Conservation Zone.
NB. If you are interested in this meeting please email and request to be added to the circulation list to receive updates of the meeting time and place.
Leader: Fiona White.
| Event Date | 12-11-2016 |
| Location: | St Margaret’s Bay,nr Dover |
Meet at TQ953317, parking in the KCC picnic area car park.
Leader: Joyce Pitt.
| Event Date | 05-11-2016 |
| Location: | Parkwood & Great Heron wood, near Appledore |
Meet at TQ554372 in the RSPB reserve car park.
Leader: Martin Allison.
| Event Date | 29-10-2016 |
| Location: | Broadwater Forest RSPB Reserve |
Meet at TQ860588, parking at St. James' church, Bicknor.
Leader: Joyce Pitt.
| Event Date | 23-10-2016 |
| Location: | Admiral & Gorham Woods |
Meet at TQ575428, parking near the church.
Leader: Mario Tortelli.
| Event Date | 15-10-2016 |
| Location: | Southborough Common |
The Kent Wildlife Conference, now in its sixteenth year, was created as a way for field naturalists in the county to meet, learn about and discuss the county's wild plant and animal species.
You are welcome to bring displays or other information about work relevant to Kent natural history, and we especially welcome posters detailing recent research work.
The Conference will be held in the Grimond Lecture Theatre 1 at the University of Kent's Canterbury Campus, Canterbury, CT2 7NZ. Free, ample parking is available all day in the main visitor car park on site and there is a frequent bus service to the university from both Canterbury East and Canterbury West railway stations.
A plan of the campus can be downloaded from http://www.kent.ac.uk/directions/pdf/canterbury-campus-guide-2013.pdf
(the Grimond Building is J6 on this plan)
The cost for the day will be just £20.00 per person including refreshments and a buffet lunch (vegetarian dishes included).
Places can be booked by:
Sending your contact details and a cheque payable to the Kent Field Club and return by Friday 7th October 2016 to: John Badmin, Coppice Place, Perry Wood, Selling, nr Faversham, Kent ME13 9RP.
Or
Direct payment to NatWest Bank can be made by citing Kent Field Club Sort Code 606008, Account No. 00039667, Reference ‘Conference 16’ and confirmatory email to John Badmin.
Programme
09.50 Welcome and introduction. John Badmin, Kent Field Club.
10.00 Bird ringing; my first six years. John Buckingham, Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory.
10.25 Using mapping for bumblebee conservation at a landscape level. Sam Page, Bumblebee Conservation Trust.
10.50 Save the badger! Changing public perceptions of wildlife conservation. Pete Raine, formerly Kent County Council & Kent Wildlife Trust.
11:15 - 11:45 Coffee and poster session
11.45 Microbiomes: what are they and who cares? Gary Robinson, KMBRC Trustee, School of Biosciences, University of Kent.
12.10 Natural History at Maidstone Museum. Samantha Harris, Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery.
12.35 Whither or wither? Natural History collections in Kent. Ian Tittley, Kent Field Club.
13:00 – 14.10 Lunch and poster session
14.10 Birds of Kent, Winners and Losers in Changing Times. Tony Morris, Kent Ornithological Society.
14.35 Go Westgate young Entomologist. Dick Vane-Wright, Durrell Institute of Ecology, University of Kent.
15.00 Remote sensing: new tools to identify changes in intertidal communities. Chris Yesson and Juliet Brodie, Natural History Museum.
15.25 The historic Dover Downlands: An Emerging Living Landscape. John McAllister, Kent Wildlife Trust.
15.50 Discussion and Close.
Refreshments will be available in the foyer after the close of conference for those who wish to have some time to chat and have a catch up.
Please note that the programme may be subject to change.
| Event Date | 15-10-2016 |
| Location: | University of Kent |
Meet at TR006596 for parking at Brogdale Farm. Please arrive by 10.30 am as we will need to car share to the nearby woods.
Leader: Alex Henrici.
Contact if needed on day is Joyce Pitt.
| Event Date | 08-10-2016 |
| Location: | Badgin and Rice woods, Faversham |
Meet at TQ598397 in the car park off Pembury Road A264.
Leaders: Ishpi Blatchley & Joyce Pitt.
| Event Date | 02-10-2016 |
| Location: | Dunorlan Park, Tunbridge Wells |
Meet at TQ611683 in Gorsewood Road, Hartley.
Leader: Trudy Fleming.
| Event Date | 24-09-2016 |
| Location: | Hartley Wood, Hartley |
Meet at TQ542683 in the car park on Calfstock Lane.
Leader: Anne Andrews
| Event Date | 17-09-2016 |
| Location: | Farningham Woods Nature Reserve |
Meet at TQ647546, parking at the far end of the car park of the Moody Mare gastropub on Seven Mile Lane.
Leader: Brian Bullen.
| Event Date | 10-09-2016 |
| Location: | Mereworth Woods |
We will walk two to three miles along footpaths from Penshurst Place to the Poundsbridge area.
Meet by 10 am at TQ529440, along the garden wall side of the Penshurst Place main car park, parking is free.
Leader: Stephen Lemon
| Event Date | 03-09-2016 |
| Location: | Penshurst Place |
An evening bat walk at one of best sites in Kent. Please bring a torch and a bat detector if you have one.
Meet by 7.45 pm at TQ774553 in the small car park by the boating lake.
Leader: John Puckett.
| Event Date | 28-08-2016 |
| Location: | Mote Park, Maidstone |
