Celebrating our beautiful wildlife. Practical action to restore & reconnect our nature-depleted & fragmented landscape. Based in Kent - The Garden of England.
Maidstone, South East
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A229 Blue Bell Hill widening plans in the Kent Downs National Landscape will devastate designated wildlife sites and protected wildlife🌳🐝:
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@kent_field @KentWildlife @LGSpace @NESussexandKent @ProtectTheWild_ @mitchellsnik @KentDownsNL @TonyJuniper
Ancient woodland in Kent where Hornbeam prospers as competition from Ash is reduced by Dieback. The warming climate favours Hornbeam over other natives too. But invasives like Norway Maple & Cherry Laurel also proliferate. @TreeCouncil @kent_field @NESussexandKent @ArbAssociation
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We've taken ownership of 40 new affordable homes in Maidstone!
Designed for energy efficiency with solar panels & wildlife habitats. Another step towards our goal of 1,000 affordable homes! Read more: news.maidstone.gov.uk/home/n… #AffordableHousing #Maidstone
Hornbeam dominated woodland at ancient Cuckoo Wood on the northern edge of urban Maidstone, Kent. Pollen records indicate that Hornbeam was the dominant tree species in the previous (Ipswichian) interglacial.🌳 @maidstonebc @kent_field @KentWildlife @NESussexandKent @TonyJuniper
Relict ancient woodland at Vinters Park, Maidstone.🌳 @kent_field @KentWildlife @NESussexandKent @TreeCouncil
Maidstone Borough Council's Cabinet has agreed to designate 12 new Local Nature Reserves (including ancient Dove Hill Wood, Penenden Heath, pictured). This takes the total number of LNRs in the Borough to 20.🌳 @maidstonebc @NESussexandKent @TonyJuniper @kent_field @KentWildlife
Magpie Inkcap (Coprinopsis picacea) at ancient Heath Wood, Penenden Heath near Maidstone, Kent. @kent_field @maidstonebc @KentWildlife @BritMycolSoc
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A native bird, killed to protect birds bred to be shot for fun. That’s the magpie’s crime. Pheasants aren’t the only victims.
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A fox chased to death. A pheasant shot from the sky. Both killed for fun. Where’s the difference? Share if you agree!
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Did you catch @MaidstoneMuseum's Collections Manager on KMTV talking about the Maidstone Iguanodon? 🦖 Celebrate National Fossil Day by diving into the story of this 19th-century fossil that kicked off dinosaur studies! Read Maidstone Museums blog here: museum.maidstone.gov.uk/blog…
ALT Sam Harris stands beside the Iguanodon fossil cast at Maidstone Museum
ALT Close up of the head of the Iguanodon fossil cast
ALT Close up of the body of the Iguanodon fossil cast
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People call pheasants stupid. They’re not. They’re scared and bewildered: hatched in factory farms, never raised by a mother, then released into a world they’ve never seen.
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Hollywood meets your hometown! 🎬The new historical film 'The Uprising' tells the story of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt, a movement with strong links to Maidstone.
Read more: news.maidstone.gov.uk/home/n…
📸 Cosmo Jarvis in The Uprising, ©️Entertainment Film Distributors
ALT Portrait of Wat Tyler alongside the Wat Tyler Way road sign and (©️Entertainment Film Distributors) Cosmo Jarvis as Wat Tyler in the film The Uprising
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Cllr Tony Harwood spoke to ITV today on why we have awarded @heartofkenthosp £3.53m of CIL funding towards building a new hospice.
More here news.maidstone.gov.uk/home/n…
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There is just one week left to have your say on the Kent Mineral Sites Plan.
In our response we have raised concerns about the impact on ancient woodland and are encouraging residents to have their say: letstalk.kent.gov.uk/hub-pag…
