Seal Chart/Redhill Wood for fungi and general records (KWT Sevenoaks Greensand commons project).
Meet at TQ573548, with parking by St Lawrence CEP School/St. Lawrence Church on Church Road, Stone Street, Sevenoaks TN15 0LN.
Leader: Andrew Willmore (07720 093128).
| Event Date | 02-09-2017 |
| Location: | Seal Chart |
Mill Farm on the Lesser Teise, Marden for general interest (and Small Teasel). The farmer is working to improve condition of a good variety of habitats for birds and insects.
Meet at TQ734456, Mill farm (TN12 9QX) on the south side of Hunton Road. Drive through metal gate into farm yard/car workshop, keep left over the river bridge, following track southwards for about a hundred yards.
Leader:Sue Buckingham (07971 230840).
| Event Date | 19-08-2017 |
| Location: | Mill Farm, Marden |
Shakespeare East for a joint recording meeting with Shoresearch. A survey of the boulders and chalk platform on the eastern side of Shakespeare Cliff just below the train tunnel entrance.
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 | 12-08-2017 |
| Location: | Shakespeare Cliff |
Elham Park Wood, to record in the rides for botany and general interest.
Meet at TR162463 the Forestry Commission entrance.
Leader: Alfie Gay (07725 466003).
| Event Date | 05-08-2017 |
| Location: | Elham Park Wood |
Higham Marshes – ditches, grazing marsh and scrubby pastures for insects and plants.
Meet at TQ717742, beside Lower Higham Church, at the end of Church Lane.
Leader: Joyce Pitt (07986 989323).
| Event Date | 29-07-2017 |
| Location: | Higham Marshes |
Hacklinge Marshes, near Sandwich for joint meeting with Kent Botanical Recording Group to search for Blysmus compressus (Flat-sedge) and other fenland plants.
Meet at 10.00 am at TR342541, in the car park of the Adelaide Farm café, on east side of the A258, Deal to Sandwich Road.
Leaders: Stephen Lemon (07771 760079) & Sue Buckingham (07971 230840).
| Event Date | 23-07-2017 |
| Location: | Hacklinge Marshes, near Sandwich |
The Three Millennial Woods, Sheppey for invertebrates and general interest. These newly-created woodlands, each compositionally quite different, have almost doubled the area of woodland on the island and it will be interesting to discover which species have colonised them. Literally, ecologically, islands within islands within islands.
Meet at TQ946720 in the Thistle Hill Community Wood car park (ME12 3GP) on Thistle Hill Way, Minster, just off the Lower Road to Eastchurch.
Leader: John Badmin (01227 752291).
| Event Date | 22-07-2017 |
| Location: | The Three Millennial Woods, Sheppey |
Tutt Hill area near Hothfield for joint meeting with Kent Botanical Recording Group. An area of arable fields, grassland and lanes on Folkestone sand with a history of notable arable weeds.
Meet at 10.00am at TQ970464 in a layby on north side of the A20 outside Hothfield car sales.
Leader: Owen Leyshon (07770 670316).
Please notify Owen in advance if you expert to attend .
| Event Date | 16-07-2017 |
| Location: | Tutt Hill |
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 |
