Livestock checker, Nick, took this gorgeous golden photo at Polhill Bank recently whilst out on his rounds! 🌞 Nick says, "When doing the livestock checks you have to take your time and be attentive to the animals, checking they are well and in good shape..."

Just 3 WEEKS until the Wilder Kent Awards submission deadline on 31 January! ⏰ If you're signed up to take part, now's the time to start pulling together your entry. 💚 Learn more and sign up (if you haven't already!) over on our website: kwtg.uk/wka 📷 Previous Bronze winners, Shoreham School

In the new year, Area Warden Max took these picturesque photos of our Highland Cows and Longhorn Cattle at Heather Corrie Vale. 📸❄️ And we've continued to see snow across Kent this week. Have you got out for any winter walks and spotted any wildlife on our reserves? We'd love to hear about it! 👇

Temple Ewell is the pilot school for Chough Champions, a new part of the Wilder Kent Awards, supporting the reintroduction of red-billed choughs to Kent. 🪶 As part of the programme, pupils have raised awareness, led assemblies & fundraised to support conservation. Learn more: kwtg.uk/chough-champs

Your New Year's resolution can change Kent’s future. When you join Kent Wildlife Trust, you’re doing more than becoming a member - you’re protecting wildlife where it matters most. Join with 50% off membership until 31 January. 💚 New Year, New Nature. 👉 kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/become-member

A bitterly cold day at The Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve in Kent. January 26 @kentwildlife.bsky.social @stormhour.com

We’re hiring: Digital Development Assistant (Junior Software Engineer) Help build apps and data tools that support nature recovery and smarter decision making. 💻 React, SQL, R Shiny Apply now via our website and help create a Wilder Kent 👉 kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/work-for-us

50% off membership! New Year, New Nature 🌿Membership is good for wildlife and great for you. Enjoy all our perks for 50% off if you join before 31 Jan. 👉 kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/become-member

🌿 Nature Tots is back in 2026! Forest School for little explorers aged 2–5. Led by Forest School leaders, children explore, create & build confidence through nature-led play. 📍 Maidstone: Starting Tue 6 Jan and Fri 9 Jan 🎟️ Spaces limited - book now 👉 kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on/nature-tots

Small ladder, huge impact 🐸 A caring member of the public spotted frogs trapped in a drain at Conningbrook Lakes. Our amazing volunteers installed an amphibian ladder so they can safely reach Eco lake to breed. Many lives saved! 💚 #AmphibianRescue #FrogRescue

Check out this scenic photo of a cattle egret resting on one of our cattle at Oare Marshes. ☁️ Cattle egrets follow the larger animals around, feeding on the insects and other invertebrates that they disturb as they move.

🌿 Home Education Forest School Outdoor, learner-led sessions that build confidence, resilience & creativity - helping children reconnect with nature. 📍 Sevenoaks: Mon 5 Jan 📍 Maidstone: Fri 9 Jan Book now 👉kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/education/forest-school/home-education

Forget New Year, New You - this year it’s all about New Year, New Nature. 🌱 From today until 31 January, you can become a Kent Wildlife Trust member with 50% off - from just £2 a month - and help create a Wilder Kent. Join and save 👉kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/become-member

🎄 Season’s greetings from all of us at Kent Wildlife Trust 🎄 Thank you for your incredible support for Kent’s wildlife this year. Wishing you a peaceful festive period and a nature-filled year ahead!

The ponies at West Blean have been looking especially majestic this winter... ❄️ But they're not just a pretty sight - these fell ponies are conservation grazers, controlling competitive plants & creating patches of bare ground for wildflowers to seed: kwtg.uk/fell-ponies

What can children teach us about nature? 🦋 This week pupils from Chislet Primary, Herne Junior & Hoath Primary share their wildlife wisdom with us! Part of our Wilder Schools Programme through Wilder Blean, thanks to National Lottery Heritage Fund 💚 #WilderSchools #WilderBlean #KentWildlife

❄️ Please avoid foraging on our reserves this winter! Berries, seeds & fungi left in nature are vital food for wildlife during the hardest time of year. Foraging also damages habitats and takes away the magic for other visitors. 💚 📸 Margaret Holland

Pssst.. looking for a new year's resolution? We've got an idea for you! 💡 Keep your eyes peeled for an inspiring offer - one that'll help you get even more out of nature in 2026. 👀 Launching Boxing Day. 📆 📸 Andy Rouse/2020VISION

Beavers have been hard at work coppicing alder at Ham Fen where this once-native species was reintroduced in 2003. 🦫 Once again proving themselves ecosystem engineers, helping create a diverse mosaic of open areas and scrub for fenland wildlife! Learn more: kwtg.uk/beavers

We’re really sad to share that we’ve found another bonfire beside the pond at one of our reserves. If you want to help us repair the damage and protect our reserves, please consider supporting our Nature Nightmares Appeal 👉kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/appeals/nature-nightmares

🎄 Have yourself an eco-Christmas! Try DIY gifts, reuse decorations, shop local and swap plastic tinsel for natural alternatives. Small changes make a big difference for wildlife 🌍✨ Check out our top tips - kwtg.uk/ecochristmas

This is a tree appreciation post - featuring your lovely photos! 💚

Home-educated families! 🌿 From Jan 2026, join our Home-Ed Forest School at Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve and Tyland Barn Nature Park. Enjoy den-building, campfires, pond-dipping, minibeast hunts and time with other families. 💚 More info: kwtg.uk/home-ed-winter

We would like to say a huge thank you to the incredible individuals who helped us raise an amazing £4000 for KWT through MuchLoved tribute pages. By honouring your loved ones through Muchloved, you are not only cherishing their memory but also contributing to a lasting legacy of a Wilder Kent.

Mistletoe - it's practically woven into the fabric of the festive season. But this familiar plant also has a surprising biology and an important part to play in nature. Read more 👉 kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/mistletoe-magic-facts 📸 Zsuzsanna Bird

Looking to improve your understanding of the wild world in 2026? We've got some amazing courses lined up, delivered by experts in the field. 🔬 Book now, spaces are limited! 👉 kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on/wildlife-study-days #StudyDays #AdultCourses #AdultLearning

With Christmas just around the corner, are you still on the look out for that extra special gift? Check out Legacy Landscapes and sponsor a plot...💚👇

Reflecting on another of the brilliant groups that took part in the Wilder Kent Awards 2024... 🏆 Communigrow, a sustainable food education charity, first entered the Wilder Kent Awards in 2020. They've been with us from the start, and it's been great to see how much they have done over the years...

Our gift vouchers are a great present for those hard-to-buy-for loved ones! Choose from a standard gift voucher - to be used with our online shop, events, or in our Visitor Centres - or a wildlife safari voucher, great for nature lovers. 🦬🌻🪻🚶 Shop today: kwtg.uk/vouchers

Say hello to this inquisitive Herdwick sheep at South Swale! 🐑 Friendly, sure-footed, and thrifty, Herdwicks make light work of the lowland vegetation of Kent, taking a wide range of plants including bramble and creeping thistle.  Find out more at kwtg.uk/grazing 📸 Jess Allam

As its name suggests, the December Moth (Poecilocampa populi) is one of the few species that flies in during December - though adults first take to the wing in October 🪽 📸 @vaughnmatthews5

This week pupils from Chislet Primary, Herne Junior & Hoath Primary share what they loved about our visits to their schools. Wonderful to see young people connecting with nature! Here's to inspiring the next generation 🌿💚 Part of Wilder Schools/Wilder Blean (National Lottery Heritage Fund)

Our popular adopt-a-species packs are the perfect Christmas gift! 🎁 Choose from a beaver, highland cow, bison, chough, or grey seal. Give back to nature as you shop today: kwtg.uk/adopt-a-species 💚

Discover Nature Tots! 🌿 Outdoor parent & child sessions for 2-5s. Forest School activities including pond dipping, crafts, den building & fire making. Inspiring a lifelong love of nature through self-led play & exploration. Book your session today: kwtg.uk/tots-winter 🦋

🌿 We’re Hiring! Senior Farming & Catchment Programme Manager Join Kent Wildlife Trust and help lead our work with farmers, landowners and partners to restore nature across the county. Apply now via our website.

💚 Thank you! In just 7 days we hit our Big Give #ChristmasChallenge target of £75,000 to help protect and restore Kent’s ancient woodlands! Your support will fund vital work at West Blean - from coppicing to thinning non-native conifers - helping them become richer, diverse homes for wildlife. 🦬🌲

We've got two hours to go and we're SO close! 👌 EVERY penny you donate is DOUBLED, meaning your donation has twice the impact for our woodlands.🙏 If you're able to give, no matter how much, please donate here 👉 kwtg.uk/big-give

Taking part in the Wilder Kent Awards? 💚 With under 2 months until the submission deadline on January 31st, make sure you're getting those final actions done before the festive break. Even better, start submitting evidence early - so it's not a rush in January! 👉 kwtg.uk/wka

LAST CHANCE to double your donations for our ancient woodlands! We've got until midday tomorrow to reach out £75,000 target, and we can't do it without you! Do something amazing for wildlife this year 👉 kwtg.uk/big-give

Just 2️⃣ days left to double your donation for Kent's woodlands! Hear from volunteer Jack on why these woodlands are so vital for wildlife and how your donation will help support the work of our volunteers. 🚶♀️➡️ Help us reach our £75k target at kwtg.uk/big-give 🔗

🦋 Meet the heath fritillary! Once on the brink of extinction, this rare butterfly now thrives in the Blean thanks to careful habitat work by our rangers & volunteers. Until midday Tues 9 Dec, donations to Wilder Blean via the Big Give are doubled: kwtg.uk/big-give 🔗

PSA: the 15th is the last day you can order from our shop for guaranteed delivery before Christmas! 🎄 After that, you can still opt to collect any goodies from Tyland Barn, Maidstone. Get shopping & support wildlife as you do: kwtg.uk/shop

We're at 21%! 🙌 Just 4 days left to raise £29,715 in public donations so we can unlock full match funding for Wilder Blean: Wilder Woodlands. Every donation is DOUBLED this week only. Help us reach £75k and support Kent’s wild bison + woodlands 👉 kwtg.uk/big-give #ChristmasChallenge

Our ecologists found something wild in the Blean… a dormouse nestbox showing classic signs - but with a twist: it looks like it’s woven with bison hair! 🐭🦬

5 days left to double your donation for Kent's woodlands! Link in bio ⬆️ Here's Bison Ranger, Heidi Aguirregoicoa, talk about the importance of this appeal and the successes we’ve seen so far at the Blean! Donate today at kwtg.uk/big-give 🔗

This week, we're participating in the @biggive #ChristmasChallenge: every donation you make to our Wilder Blean: Wilder Woodlands appeal will be matched pound for pound. If you want to have an impact on nature conservation this year, donate now kwtg.uk/big-give 🔗

93% of our woods are struggling to support wildlife. We’re pioneering a new, natural approach to woodland recovery through Wilder Blean. This week every donation is doubled through the @biggive.bluesky.social #ChristmasChallenge Make your impact go twice as far 👉 kwtg.uk/big-give

📢 DOUBLE YOUR DONATION 📢 This #GivingTuesday your impact for Kent’s wildlife goes twice as far! We’re live in the @biggiveorg #ChristmasChallenge - for the next 7 days, every donation to our urgent woodland appeal will be DOUBLED. kwtg.uk/big-give 👇🧵

Check out this funky polypore found at Stone Wood by warden Will! It almost looks like a cup, don't you think? ☕

We’re taking part in the @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge! 🎄✨ From 2–9 Dec, any donations made to us through the Big Give will be DOUBLED - twice the impact for Kent’s wild woodlands. kwtg.uk/big-give