Past Events
Meet at TQ789586 by footpath sign on Pilgrims Way just opposite junction with Harple Lane, where parking can be found in laybys at TQ788584 and also further down the lane. Leader: Jacky Langton (07823 325642).
| Event Date | 18-04-2015 |
| Location: | The Larches, Detling. |
Joint meeting with Kent Botanical Recording Group (KBRG).
Meet at 10.00 am at TR041700, parking by the sea wall just east of Leysdown-on-Sea.
NB. Please notify Sue Buckingham () in advance if you expect to attend.
Leaders: Sue Buckingham (07971 230840) and Owen Leyshon (07770 670376).
| Event Date | 12-04-2015 |
| Location: | Shellness, Leysdowne-on-Sea |
A survey of life on the shingle spit and intertidal mud just east of Whitstable.
Meet at 10.30am at TR113672, by the steps at the western end of Marine Parade, Tankerton slopes.
NB. If you are interested in this meeting please email and request to be added to the circulation list to receive updates of this and other Shoresearch meetings.
Leader: Fiona White (07779 657573).
| Event Date | 11-04-2015 |
| Location: | Whitstable Street , Tankerton |
Annual General Meeting of the Kent Field Club:
- The Annual President's Address 'Sweet Chestnut' by Kent Field Club President Martin Newcombe
- 'The Nathusius' Pipistrelle Project in Kent' by John Puckett
- 'Much Biting in the marsh: Mosquito surveillance in Kent' by Simon Springate
Meet at TQ752593, Tyland barn by 2pm.
| Event Date | 08-03-2015 |
| Location: | Tyland Barn |
The Kent Mammal Group are organising a SE Regional Mammal Seminar in partnership with The Mammal Society and the Surrey Mammal Group.
This event brings together experts, enthusiasts and students in mammalogy to share the latest research and updates on projects across the South East region. This year's focus will be otters, harvest mice and hedgehogs. The seminar will include oral and poster presentations, workshops and demonstrations plus plenty of opportunities to network with other delegates. Full details can be found here: http://mammal.org.uk/autumn_regional_seminar. Tickets can be purchased online at the TMS website or by calling the TMS Events Team on 023 8001 0984.
| Event Date | 13-12-2014 |
| Location: | Hadlow College Animal Management Unit |
Kent Field Club members have been invited by the Essex Field Club to join them at their annual exhibition and social. For more information see:
http://www.essexfieldclub.org.uk/portal/p/Annual+Exhibition+and+Social
| Event Date | 06-12-2014 |
| Location: | Wat Tyler Country Park, Pitsea, Essex |
Cuckoo wood, High Elms for fungi and general interest.
Meet at TQ440625 in the car park at the entrance to Cuckoo wood (NB. not the main car park for the Country Park).
Leader: Anne Andrews.
| Event Date | 22-11-2014 |
Dering wood, Pluckley, for general interest.
Meet at TQ901448 in Woodland Trust car park.
Leader: Lesley Mason.
| Event Date | 15-11-2014 |
| Location: | Dering wood, Pluckley |
Lichens at Biddenden churchyard.
Meet at TQ849384, parking in church car park.
Leaders: Ishpi Blatchley & Keith Palmer.
| Event Date | 08-11-2014 |
| Location: | Biddenden churchyard |
Church Wood, Blean for fungi and general interest
Meet at TR121593, parking in the Blean Woods NNR car park.
Leader: Joyce Pitt
| Event Date | 01-11-2014 |
| Location: | Church Wood, Blean |
Hunstead Wood, KWT South Blean woods for fungi and general records.
Meet at TR093571, Primrose Hill, Chartham Hatch, CT4 7NT.
Leader: Joyce Pitt.
Please note that this meeting has been moved from Sunday 26th as indicated in the programme card to Saturday 25th.
| Event Date | 25-10-2014 |
| Location: | Hunstead Woods KWT Reserve |
West Wood, Lyminge for fungi and general interest.
Meet at CT4 6DP in Forestry Commission car park (Grid ref: TR143439).
Leader: Mary Gray.
| Event Date | 19-10-2014 |
| Location: | West Wood, Lyminge |
The Kent Wildlife Conference 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 and their study.
Now in its fourteenth year, the annual conference has covered specific areas such as Kent's heathlands, and the natural history of the Isle of Sheppey. This year, we return to a general format, covering a wide range of subjects of interest to all those with an enthusiasm for Kent's wildlife and field natural history.
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.
The cost for the day will be £20.00 per person including refreshments and a buffet lunch (vegetarian dishes included). Please enclose a cheque payable to the Kent Field Club with the completed reply slip and return by Friday 10th October 2014 to: Hon. Membership Secretary, 2 West End Cottages, the Street, Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent.
Download the 
conference programme and booking form.
| Event Date | 18-10-2014 |
| Location: | University of Kent |
Trundle and High Woods for fungi and general records.
Meet at TQ894587, parking at Bottom Pond farm.
Leader: Alec Henricki
| Event Date | 11-10-2014 |
King's Wood, Challock for fungi and general interest.
Meet at TR023499 in public car park.
Leader: Mario Tortelli.
| Event Date | 05-10-2014 |
| Location: | King's Wood, Challock |
Joint meeting with KMG. North Kent Marshes sites that were part of the Kent Wildlife Trust's 'Water for Wildlife' project. We will collect all records and hope to find signs of water voles and harvest mice.
Meet at TR007632, Pheasant Barn, Church Road, Oare, ME13 0QB, there is plenty of parking on Church Road.
Leader: Chloe Sadler
| Event Date | 27-09-2014 |
| Location: | Oare Marshes |
Sherwood Lake & Gregg's wood, Tunbridge Wells. Fungi and general records needed by Kent High Weald Countryside Partnership.
Meet at TQ601409, in courtyard outside TN2 Community Centre, Lakeside, off Greggs Wood road. Parking is along the road.
Leader: Martin Allison.
| Event Date | 21-09-2014 |
| Location: | Sherwood Lake & woods, Tunbridge Wells |
Hosey Common for fungi.
Meet at TQ452530, Hosey Common car park.
Leader: Trudy Flemming.
| Event Date | 13-09-2014 |
| Location: | Hosey Common |
Lullingstone Park for Ascomycetes and plant galls.
Meet in golf course car park at TQ506646.
Leader: Brian Spooner.
| Event Date | 31-08-2014 |
| Location: | Lullingstone Park, Shoreham |
Wey Street, Romney marsh for ditch flora and general interest.
Meet at TR019315, parking in yard at Bainbridge Farm, Wey Street, Snave, TN26 2QH.
Leader: Eleanor Body.
| Event Date | 24-08-2014 |
Broadham Down KWT reserve, restored chalk grassland and woodland for general interest.
Meet at TR103539, Mystole Road by footpath sign, leave time for limited parking by roadside.
Leader: John Puckett.
| Event Date | 17-08-2014 |
| Location: | Broadham Down KWT |
Joint meeting with Shoresearch to Abbot's Cliff. A shore survey among the big boulders from an old chalk cliff fall.
N.B. This involves quite a long walk.
Meet at 9.30 am at TR294391, in Samphire Hoe pay and display car park.
Leader: Fiona White. Email and request to be added to the Shoresearch email circulation list to receive updates of this and other Shoresearch meetings.
| Event Date | 16-08-2014 |
| Location: | Abbot's Cliff |
Isle of Harty on Isle of Sheppy for shield bugs and general interest.
Meet at TR023682, the Capel Fleet Raptor view point in Harty Ferry Road.
Leader: Jonathan Barnard
| Event Date | 09-08-2014 |
Nor Wood, Cuxton for invertebrates and general interest. Joint meeting with West Kent Downs Countryside Trust.
Meet at TQ681683, parking is in a field at the end of Lodge Lane, Cobham.
Leader: Simon Springate.
| Event Date | 03-08-2014 |
Sea watch near Dungeness light house for marine mammals and moving on to the RSPB reserve for genera
Joint meeting with Kent Mammal Group (KMG). Sea watch near Dungeness light house for marine mammals and moving on to the RSPB reserve for general recording.
Bring binoculars/scopes and a seat if needed for seawatch.
Meet at 10.30am TR 08775 16588 next to the sea watching hut on the shingle bank. Parking at the old lighthouse TR089169.
Moving to RSPB reserve TR067184 from about 11.30am (parking charge for RSPB non-members).
Leader: John Young
| Event Date | 27-07-2014 |
| Location: | Dungeness |