Horish Wood, Detling, for spring flora and general recording. Meet at TQ790574, parking at side of Hocker's Lane. Leader: Mike Phillips.
| Event Date | 11-05-2013 |
| Location: | Horish Wood, Detling |
Beechborough Park, Summerhouse and Tolsford Hills for botany and general interest of chalk grassland and damp woodland. This site is good for early Spider and Man Orchid. Meet in car park at TR169383. Leaders: Alfie & Peter Gay.
| Event Date | 04-05-2013 |
| Location: | Beechborough Park, Summerhouse and Tolsford Hills |
Oare Marshes for spring ephemeral plants and general recording. Meet in public car park at TR013647. Leader: Lliam Rooney.
| Event Date | 28-04-2013 |
| Location: | Oare Marshes |
Ryarsh wood, Birling, for spring flora and general recording, some areas of wet woodland. Meet at TQ663610, turn left off Park Farm lane, drive through farm buildings and park on right of Coldrum Lane opposite large barn. Leader: Lesley Mason.
| Event Date | 27-04-2013 |
| Location: | Ryarsh Wood, Birling |
Hunstead Wood, KWT South Blean woods for spring flora and general records. Meet at TR093571, Primrose Hill, Chartham Hatch, CT4 7NT. Leader: Emilie Mitchell.
| Event Date | 20-04-2013 |
| Location: | Hunstead Woods KWT Reserve |
Meet at TR029320, parking at Stonebridge, Marsh Road, Ruckinge, TN26 2PY. Leader: Eleanor Body.
| Event Date | 13-04-2013 |
| Location: | Wey Street Farm |
This Kent Wildlife Trust reserve offers a variety of habitats including heathland and wet woodland. Meet in the car park at TQ652424, at the end of track leading off Crittenden Lane (continue past traveller site on left). Leader: Jan Hendey.
| Event Date | 06-04-2013 |
| Location: | Cinderhill and Brenchley Woods |
Meet at Chiddingstone church at TQ500452 by 10.30am. Leader: Ishpi Blatchley.
| Event Date | 23-03-2013 |
| Location: | Chiddingstone Churchyard |
Meet Hever church at TQ476448 by 2pm. Leader: Ishpi Blatchley.
| Event Date | 23-03-2013 |
| Location: | Hever Churchyard |
General recording and we hope to record the lichen Teloschistes chrysopthalmus which is rare in Kent. Meet at Highfield Farm, Scots Lane, Stowting, TN25 6AX at TR113417. Leaders: Eleanor Body, Keith Palmer & Ishpi Blatchley.
| Event Date | 16-03-2013 |
| Location: | High Field Farm, Stowting |
The annual general meeting of the Kent Field Club. The business of the club will be accompanied by interesting talks on a variety of subjects. Details will be published soon. Meet at Tyland Barn, TQ752593.
| Event Date | 10-03-2013 |
| Location: | Tyland Barn |
A meeting for all members to get together to discuss the year's meetings plus a talk by Ian Titley on the "History of Natural History in Kent". Mince pies and mulled wine will be available. Meet at Tyland Barn, Maidstone at TQ752593
| Event Date | 09-12-2012 |
| Location: | Tyland Barn |
One Tree Hill, near Sevenoks, for fungi. Meet in car park at TQ558532. Leader: Anne Andrews
| Event Date | 11-11-2012 |
| Location: | One Tree Hill |
Ranscombe Farm for fungi. Meet at TQ710690, Knight's Place recreation ground off Albatross Avenue, Strood. Leader: Joyce Pitt
| Event Date | 04-11-2012 |
| Location: | Ranscombe Farm |
Kent's Heathlands: four decades of change
Saturday 20th October 2012
University of Greenwich, Medway Campus, Chatham Maritime ME4 4TB.
In 1974, Kent Field Club held a symposium on the then Hothfield Local Nature Reserve. This dealt with the site's history, geology, soils, biology and conservation management, and resulted in a series of papers which formed Volume 5, part 3 of the Transactions of the Kent Field Club, published in 1975. Since this time, a huge amount of conservation work has been carried out at Hothfield, and the site much expanded as Hothfield Heathlands. What has happened at Hothfield has also happened in other parts of Kent, with heathland restoration and recreation at Pembury, in the Blean, at Dartford and elsewhere. Whether or not this reflects a change in our thinking about heathland, it undoubtedly results from the increased ability of conservation bodies to undertake habitat management at ever larger scales, and as well as a much wider recognition by society that action for nature conservation is important. This conference will examine not just Hothfield, but other important heathland sites in Kent, presenting papers on the current extent of the county's heathland, heathland biodiversity, and current management of key sites.
The full prgramme and booking form are available here
| Event Date | 20-10-2012 |
| Location: | University of Greenwich Chatham Campus |
| Event Date | 14-10-2012 |
| Location: | Scotney Castle |
Recording the Natural History of Essex
Carstairs Suite, Green Centre, Wat Tyler Country
Park, Pitsea SS16 4UH. TQ7383,8656.
£19 per person including lunch and coffee/tea.
Booking and payment to Ken Adams, 63 Wroths
Path, Loughton, Essex IG10 1SH. Cheques payable
to Essex Field Club.
PLEASE BOOK EARLY SO WE CAN PLAN NUMBERS FOR THE
LUNCH (includ: gluten free and vegetarian). Deadline 28th September.
Posters on Natural History Recording/Ecology also welcome.
Programme available here
| Event Date | 13-10-2012 |
| Location: | Wat Tyler Country Park, Pitsea, Essex |
| Event Date | 06-10-2012 |
| Location: | Wilden Wood |
| Event Date | 30-09-2012 |
| Location: | Queendown Warren KWT Reserve |
| Event Date | 23-09-2012 |
| Location: | Emmetts Garden, Ide Hill |
| Event Date | 15-09-2012 |
| Location: | Holbeam Farm, Stalisfield |
| Event Date | 09-09-2012 |
| Location: | Oare Marshes |
| Event Date | 08-09-2012 |
| Location: | Tudeley Woods |
| Event Date | 02-09-2012 |
| Location: | Kilndown Wood |
| Event Date | 01-09-2012 |
| Location: | Bull Pit Heath, Lenham |
