All general records required for a small but very rich meadow and wetland area on sand and silt between the HS1 railway line and the M20, site adjacent to the proposed M20 Lorry Park near Sellinge
Meet at TR103381 in Sellinge Village Hall car park off the A20.
Leader: Sue Buckingham (01304 364231).
| Event Date | 08-07-2017 |
| Location: | Sellinge |
Folkstone Warren for botany and general interest.
Meet at TR239364 in free car park on Wear Bay Road next to The Pavillion.
Leader: Alfie Gay (07725 466003).
| Event Date | 01-07-2017 |
| Location: | Folkestone Warren |
Jenkey Farm, Shadoxhurst for general interest. This 25ha site was part of KWT’s Ashford Meadows Project.
Meet at TQ978363, parking adjacent to the farm buildings, through double metal gates, off Church Lane.
Leader: Camilla Blackburn (07985 564897).
| Event Date | 25-06-2017 |
| Location: | Jenkey Farm, Shadoxhurst |
Abbots Cliff East for a joint meeting with Shoresearch, a shore survey among the big boulders from an old chalk cliff fall under Abbots Cliff
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 | 24-06-2017 |
| Location: | Abbot's Cliff |
Westbrook, Hampton, Herne Bay and Swalecliff Brook, Tankerton: two small estuaries for saltmarsh and coastal plants and general natural history.
Meet at 11.00 am at TR158681 in Hampton Pier Road, Hampton, Herne Bay.
Leader: Ian Tittley (07818 292936).
| Event Date | 17-06-2017 |
| Location: | Westbrook, Hampton, Herne Bay |
Nemo Down reserve near Dover, whereKWT is working to restore the species-rich chalk grassland, is part of the Historic Dover Downlands Living Landscape. This meeting will be an opportunity to learn and assist with monitoring efforts through a structured survey of chalk indicator species. We will aim to map the richness and distribution of species across the site to provide a baseline to assess future improvement on the site.
Meet at TR294420, parking on the roadside where Poulton Close meets Coombe Road, Dover, CT17 0HL.
Leaders: Paul Tinsley-Marshall (07782338943) and Karen Weeks.
| Event Date | 10-06-2017 |
| Location: | Nemo Down KWT Reserve |
A rare opportuntiy to visit this private site, Monks Wall Nature Reserve, Sandwich is a grazing marsh site currently closed to public access where all records are wanted.
Meet at TR326595 in small parking area beyond a metal gate, just off Monks Way, the road to Sandwich Discovery Park (old Pfizer site).
Leaders: Ken Chapman (warden) and Sue Buckingham (01304 364231).
| Event Date | 04-06-2017 |
| Location: | Monks Wall Nature Reserve, Sandwich |
Dungeness RSPB reserve for birds and general interest.
Meet at TR067184 in the RSPB visitor centre car park (NB. Entrance charge is £5 for non-members of RSPB).
Leader: Ronnie Haar.
| Event Date | 28-05-2017 |
| Location: | Dungeness RSPB Reserve |
Tunbridge Wells Common for a joint meeting with the British Plant Gall Society.
Meet at TQ577390 in the Fir Tree Road car park, TN4 8AH.
Leader: Keith Palmer (07798 861467).
| Event Date | 27-05-2017 |
Rusthall Common, near Tunbridge Wells, for invertebrates and general interest. A variety of habitats including sandstone outcrops, acid grassland and freshwater.
Meet at TQ568395, Toad Rock, with roadside parking in Harmony Street, in front of the rock.
Leader: Ian Beavis (01892 554171).
| Event Date | 20-05-2017 |
| Location: | Rusthall Common, near Tunbridge Wells |
Bingley Island, Canterbury, for beetles (Coleoptera) and general recording.
Meeting at Toddler's Cove Car Park TR142577, off of Whitehall Road.
From St Dunstans Street turn right into Lindon Grove (narrow entrance opposite the Bishop's Finger pub), take second right (Whitehall Bridge Rd) and then first left (Whitehall Road) follow the road under the Rhiems way and the car park is on the left
| Event Date | 14-05-2017 |
| Location: | Bingley Island |
Stock Wood Local Wildlife Site for all records. An ancient woodland with gill streams, grassy rides and old woodbanks.
Meet at TQ485439 in the car parking area, accessed via 350m of hard track from the entrance gate, off Rectory Lane, Edenbridge (nearest postcode, TN8 7NA).
Leader: Alison Riggs (07947 170088).
| Event Date | 13-05-2017 |
| Location: | Stock Wood, nr Chiddingstone |
Poulton Wood Local Wildlife Site for general interest.
Meet at TR060362, parking in the field adjacent to the main car park off Forge Hill.
Leader:Camilla Blackburn (07985 564897).
| Event Date | 07-05-2017 |
| Location: | Poulton Wood LWS |
Boughton-under-Blean and Selling Churchyards for lichen recording.
Meet at TR048584 St. Peter and St. Paul car park, Boughton-under-Blean by 10.30am and at TR038568 St. Mary the Virgin, Selling by 2.00pm.
Leader: Keith Palmer (07798 861467).
| Event Date | 06-05-2017 |
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 |
