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- KMBRC Study Days
- Event Organiser: KMBRC
- Where?:Tyland Barn
- Dates for your diary:Wed 21 Mar 2007
In association with Kent Wildlife Trust this year the Records Centre is running 3 Biological Recording Study Days. These days are designed to provide the absolute beginner with a broad introduction to the world of wildlife recording, the techniques used and the technology available. It is a day long course which includes some theory, practical computer tasks and spending some time out in the wildlife garden using handheld GPS and recording for real.What to Bring?:
Please bring suitable outdoor footwear and clothing and if you have your own GPS and or digital camera, please bring these also. You can bring a packed lunch or order a sandwich at the barn.
To find out more about this project, please contactHannah Cook
:Email:
hannah.cook@kmbrc.org.ukTel:
(01622) 685646 - KMBRC Study Days
- Event Organiser: KMBRC
- Where?:Tyland Barn
- Dates for your diary:Sun 06 May 2007
In association with Kent Wildlife Trust this year the Records Centre is running 3 Biological Recording Study Days. These days are designed to provide the absolute beginner with a broad introduction to the world of wildlife recording, the techniques used and the technology available. It is a day long course which includes some theory, practical computer tasks and spending some time out in the wildlife garden using handheld GPS and recording for real.What to Bring?:
Please bring suitable outdoor footwear and clothing and if you have your own GPS and or digital camera, please bring these also. You can bring a packed lunch or order a sandwich at the barn.
To find out more about this project, please contactHannah Cook
:Email:
hannah.cook@kmbrc.org.ukTel:
(01622) 685646 - Living Land
- Event Organiser:
Detling Showground
- Where?:Detling Showground
- Dates for your diary:Thu 10 May 2007
An event organised each year for schoolchildren county wide. A day of exhibitions by a wide variety of organisations each with a link to the environment and sustainability.
KMBRC will be attending and talking to school children about Kent’s wildlife, provide them with quizzes and display specimens for them to view. We will let teachers know what information we have available online to help teachers incorporate wildlife and the environment in their lesson plans.
To find out more about this project, please contact :Website:
www.kentshowground.co.uk/Society/The+Living+Land - Wind in the Willows & Wildlife Weekend
- Where?: Leeds Castle
- Dates for your diary:Sat 16 Jun 2007 - Sun 17 Jun 2007
Wind in the Willows pantomime and a weekend discovering the wealth of wildlife that often goes undetected around the Castle grounds.
The KMBRC will be in attendance with a display stand and will be talking about the importance of wildlife recording, wherever you are.
To find out more about this project, please contact :Website:
www.leeds-castle.com - Introduction to Wildlife Recording
- Event Organiser: KMBRC
- Where?:Mallydams Wood RSPCA Wildlife Centre
- Dates for your diary:Sat 16 Jun 2007
An introduction to recording wildlife at Mallydams Wood RSPCA Wildlife Centre.
To find out more about this project, please contactHannah Cook
:Email:
hannah.cook@kmbrc.org.ukTel:
(01622) 685646 - Leapers & Creepers (Reptiles & Amphibians)
- Event Organiser: Wildwood Trust
- Where?:Wildwood
- Dates for your diary:Sun 29 Apr 2007
A family day out at Wildwood where you can learn more about Reptiles and Amphibians in Kent.
Your chance to meet reptiles and amphibians, both native and exotic, the British Herpetological Society, Kent Reptile and Amphibian Group and the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology at Kent University, in the education centre. Afternoon adder feed in the park (weather permitting).
No need to book, just turn up!
To find out more about this project, please contact :Tel:
(01227) 712111Website:
wildwoodtrust.org - Fowlmead Country Park Opening Weekend
- Event Organiser: Fowlmead Country Park
- Where?:Betteshanger Colliery
- Dates for your diary:Sun 27 May 2007 - Mon 28 May 2007
A weekend of celebrations for the opening of Fowlmead Country Park at the former Betteshanger colliery site. It has been developed to be a site for sport, recreation and wildlife.
The opening weekend will showcase the leisure opportunities available to the community such as cycling, running, bird watching, nature walks and so on.
To find out more about this project, please contactOrigin ID
:Email:
parklife@originid.netTel:
01920 873033Address:
2nd Floor, Millers House, Roydon Road, Stanstead Abbotts, Herts, SG12 8HNWebsite:
www.fowlmead.co.uk - Kent Goes Wild!
- Event Organiser: Kent & Medway Biological Records Centre
- Where?:Reculver
- Dates for your diary:Sat 23 Jun 2007 - Sun 24 Jun 2007
The KMBRC annual weekend of wildlife recording will this year be held at Reculver. As ever all of Kent’s local recording groups will be there to offer advice, answer questions and talk to you about Kent’s wildlife and how to record it.
There will be organised events, walks and recording activities throughout the weekend, for children families as well as more seasoned recorders. There will also be a wealth of seashore activites.
Refreshments will be available all weekend, we will be hoping to generate as many records as possible over the weekend.
To find out more about this project, please contactHannah Cook
:Email:
hannah.cook@kmbrc.org.ukTel:
01622 685646Address:
KMBRC, Tyland Barn, Sandling, Maidstone, Kent ME14 3BD - Kent Field Club Conference
- Event Organiser: Kent Field Club
- Where?:Old Sessions Lecture Theatre, Canterbury Christ Church University
- Dates for your diary:Sat 13 Oct 2007
The annual conference this year has the them of wildlife on the Isle of Sheppey. The conference will be held in Canterbury, and there will be a number of talks throughout the day. Refreshments are included in the ticket price.
For further information, you can download the pdf by clicking on the website link below.
To find out more about this project, please contactHannah Cook
:Email:
hannah.cook@kmbrc.org.ukTel:
(01622) 685646Website:
www.kmbrc.org.uk/downloads/KFC_Conf_07.pdf - KENT WILDLIFE CONFERENCE 2006
- Where?: Old Sessions Lecture Theatre, Canterbury Christ Church University College.
- Dates for your diary:Sat 14 Oct 2006
- Blean Recording Project
- Ancient woodland
- Veteran trees
- Beetles of Woodland
- Importance of Woodland for lichens and bryophytes
- Study of dormice in Kent's woodlands
- Fungal flora of Kent's woodlands
- Changing fortunes of Kent's woodland butterflies
To find out more about this project, please contact :Website:
www.blog,co,m - Kent Field Club Walks
- Event Organiser:
Kent Field Club
- Where?:Across Kent
- Dates for your diary:Sat 14 Apr 2007 - Sun 04 Nov 2007
The Kent Field Club run a variety of guided walks and outdoor field meetings throughout the county.
Some walks are to look for particular species, others are more general interest walks. They are a fantastic way to meet like-minded people, learn more about Kent's species and visit sites you may have never been to before. Log on to their website for details of membership.What to Bring?:
All the meetings are outdoors and you'll need sturdy footwear and appropriate clothing along with a packed lunch.
To find out more about this project, please contact :Website:
www.kentfieldclub.org.uk/index.htm - Big Garden Birdwatch - 26/27th January 2008
- Event Organiser: RSPB
- Dates for your diary:Sat 26 Jan 2008 - Sun 27 Jan 2008
The RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch is the world's biggest bird survey and it’s happening again in January.2008 Anyone can join in. You really don't need to be an expert to take part. Simply spend an hour counting the birds in your garden or local park, recording the highest number of each species seen (not flying over) at any one time. Then send your records to RSPB. For further details and a counting sheet see the RSPB’s website.
Please also send a copy of your records to us at the Records Centre!
To find out more about this project, please contact :Website:
www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch - Bird watching walk
- Event Organiser:
RSPB
- Where?:Cliffe Pools, Kent
- Dates for your diary:Sat 02 Feb 2008 - Sat 02 Feb 2008
Guided walk, Kent
Discover the bird life at Cliffe Pools on a guided walk with the warden
Cliffe Pools nature reserve. Meet in St Helen's church car park, near the Six Bell's pub in the village of Cliffe, Rochester, Kent.
Free of chargesWhat to Bring?:
A notebook and a pen to get some records for RSPB and KMBRC! (A recording form would be the most suitable)
Walking boots and suitable winter clothes.
To find out more about this project, please contactRSPB
:Email:
northkentmarshes@rspb.org.ukTel:
01634 222480Website:
www.rspb.org.uk/events/details.asp?id=tcm:9-177371 - Winter walk on the marshes
- Event Organiser:
RSPB
- Where?:Elmley Marshes
- Dates for your diary:Sun 03 Feb 2008 - Sun 03 Feb 2008
Guided walk, Kent
Join the Gravesend RSPB Local Group at Elmley to see wintering ducks and geese, marsh harriers and other birds of prey.
Meet at the car park at Kingshill Farm. Bring a packed lunch and wear suitable clothes as Elmley is a very exposed landscape.
Free of chargesWhat to Bring?:
A notebook and a pen to get some records for RSPB and KMBRC! (A recording form would be the most suitable)
Walking boots and suitable winter clothes.
To find out more about this project, please contactRSPB
:Email:
www.rspbgravesend.org.ukTel:
01474 322 171Website:
www.rspb.org.uk/events/details.asp?id=tcm:9-177969 - Great Crested Newts Monitoring Project
- Event Organiser:
KRAG (Kent Reptile & Amphibian Group
- Dates for your diary:Thu 28 Feb 2008 - May 2008
Project set up as a partnership between KRAG and BTCV's Pond Wardens in 2004.
Objectives: to increase the knowledge of amphibian distribution throughout Kent and to inform conservation efforts.
Training day: 16/03/08 at Canterbury.
For more details, ask Mike.
To find out more about this project, please contactMike Phillips
:Email:
treasurer@kentarg.org - Birds of Woodland in Spring
- Event Organiser:
Kent Wildlife Trust
- Where?:Tudeley Woods RSPB Reserve
- Dates for your diary:Sat 26 Apr 2008
A study of the songs and calls of birds in mixed woodland and how the woods are managed for wildlife.
To find out more about this project, please contactKent Wildlife Trust
:Email:
info@kentwildlifetrust.org.ukTel:
01622662012Address:
Tyland Barn, Sandling, Maidstone, Me14 3BD - Kent Goes Wild
- Event Organiser:
KMBRC & Kent County Council
- Where?:Shorne Wood Country Park
- Dates for your diary:Sat 27 Sep 2008 - Sun 28 Sep 2008
The biggest celebration of wildlife recording in Kent. Countryside experts wil be on hand to identify specimens and photographs, and chat about small mammals, reptiles, moths, trees, wild flowers and many other species found in Kent.
There is an easy access trail, free loan of electro-scooters and a sensory garden.What to Bring?:
Photographs and specimens for identification
To find out more about this project, please contactKMBRC
:Email:
info@kmbrc.org.uk - Kent Goes Wild 2009
- Event Organiser:
Kent County Council
- Where?:Mote Park, Maidstone
- Dates for your diary:Sat 26 Sep 2009 - Sun 27 Sep 2009
The biggest Wildlife Recording and Conservation Event in Kent taking place on the 26th and 27th September at Mote Park, Maidstone.
Join wildlife specialists to discover Kent's Wildlife and find out how you can get involved!
Budding spotters can take part in Spike the Spotter's recording activities throughout the day to receive a junior recorders pack.
To find out more about this project, please contactKent County Council, Natural Environment and Coast Team
:Email:
kent.goeswild@kent.gov.ukTel:
01622 221468Website:
www.kent.gov.uk/environment/wildlife-and-landscapes/wildlife/kent-goes-wild.htm - Geotrail Project Walk
- Event Organiser: Kent RIGS Leaders Dave Wray & Gareth George
- Where?:Folkestone
- Dates for your diary:Sun 28 Mar 2010 - Sun 28 Mar 2010
Landscape and scenery: Discussions concerning coastal erosion and cliff stability along the Warren and the 1915 landslip. Present-day landslip features. Chalk scenery and geomorphology of the Kent Downs (AONB). Channel Tunnel excavation and the creation of Samphire Hoe from the spoil. Victorian shaft (1880) at Abbots Cliff and the discovery of the Kent Coalfield.
Archaeology etc: Martello towers. Battle of Britain Memorial. Norman castle earthworks.
Geology: The trail starts at East Bay, Folkestone where the mid-Cretaceous (Lower Albian) Folkestone Sands (shallow marine sands, bioturbated with silica concretions) crop out of the cliff; in the distance the overlying Gault Clay can be observed, coming down to the foreshore at Copt Point. After returning to the cliff top the route passes close to the National Coastwatch lookout station in order to examine the Glauconitic Marl, exposed in a small cliff face, and to develop an appreciation of the geotechnical problems of road construction on the Gault. The trail then descends into East Wear Bay to examine the higher part of the Gault succession and possibly, depending on sand/ shingle coverage, the Gault / Glauconitic Marl / Chalk Marl contact. Fossils can usually be collected hereabouts. Returning back to the top of the cliff the trail then passes a Martello tower and crosses over the top of the Folkestone-Dover railway line before stopping at an exposure of late Cenomanian Chalk where the Plenus Marls are well exposed. This stop also gives the opportunity to study the Folkestone Warren landslip. Continuing up the path it is possible to observe the transition into the overlying Pleistocene deposits by the sudden transition to clastic, iron stained sediments in the floor of the footpath. On reaching the top of the Chalk cliff the trail then continues in a WNW direction along the North Downs Way, giving the opportunity to examine typical Chalk grassland species on Folkestone Down. The walk terminates (~13.00) at Castle Hill, the site of a Norman castle whose earthworks remain. Walkers then retrace their steps to Copt Point.What to Bring?:
10.45 – circa 13.00
Distance round-trip ~8 km, some soft clay terrain, gentle to moderate inclines, walking shoes/boots recommended.
Date/Start Time:
Sunday 28th March 2010. 10.30 am
Start Venue:
Car Park adjacent to Pavilion Café/Restaurant (West Bay Road CT20 2QY)
OS Grid Reference:
TR 239 364 (Landranger 179)
Cost: Free
Please let us know here at KMBRC if you are planning to attend so we can let the organisers know numbers.
To find out more about this project, please contactHannah Cook
:Email:
info@kmbrc.org.ukTel:
01795 532385 - Kent Goes Wilder
- Event Organiser:
Kent County Council
- Where?:Shorne Woods Country Park
- Dates for your diary:Sun 18 Apr 2010 - Sun 18 Apr 2010
Join us at Shorne Woods Country Park open day on the 18th April. You can take part in guided or self guided walks to find out about the different wildlife and habitats found in the park. There will also be the opportunity to submit your sightings for Kent's species of the month or for you to tell us what you love about Kent's Wildlife.What to Bring?:
Venue:
Shorne Woods Country Park
Gravesend
Kent
Open to: All
Admission cost: Free
To find out more about this project, please contactHelen Forster
:Email:
kent.goeswild@kent.gov.ukTel:
01622 221468Website:
www.kent.gov.uk/kentwildlife - Hothfield Heathland
- Event Organiser: Kent Field Club
- Where?:Hothfield near Ashford
- Dates for your diary:Sat 27 Mar 2010 - Sat 27 Mar 2010
KFC meeting led by Lesley Mason for mosses and other organisms to gather data for the ongoing Hothfield project (see the article in the KMBRC newsletter below). Meet at the main car park TQ971461 at 10:30a.m.
To find out more about this project, please contactTony Witts
:Email:
info@kmbrc.org.ukTel:
01795 532385Website:
www.kmbrc.org.uk/images/admin/newsletters/pdf/Spring09.pdf - Hothfield Heathland
- Event Organiser: Kent Field Club
- Where?:Hothfield near Ashford
- Dates for your diary:Sun 09 May 2010 - Sun 09 May 2010
KFC meeting led by Greg Hitchcock for spiders and other organisms to gather data for the ongoing Hothfield project (see the article in the KMBRC newsletter below). Meet at the Football field car park TQ970457 at 10:30a.m.
To find out more about this project, please contactTony Witts
:Email:
info@kmbrc.org.ukTel:
01795 532385Website:
www.kmbrc.org.uk/images/admin/newsletters/pdf/Spring09.pdf - Hothfield Heathland
- Event Organiser: Kent Field Club
- Where?:Hothfield near Ashford
- Dates for your diary:Sun 15 Aug 2010 - Sun 15 Aug 2010
KFC meeting led by Joyce Pitt for botany and other organisms to gather data for the ongoing Hothfield project (see the article in the KMBRC newsletter below). Meet at the Football field car park TQ970457 at 10:30a.m.
To find out more about this project, please contactTony Witts
:Email:
info@kmbrc.org.ukTel:
01795 532385Website:
www.kmbrc.org.uk/images/admin/newsletters/pdf/Spring09.pdf - Go Batty at Brogdale
- Event Organiser: KMBRC
- Where?:Brogdale Farm, Faversham
- Dates for your diary:Sat 31 Jul 2010 - Sat 31 Jul 2010
UPDATE: Approximate Times
BBQ: 5pm onwards
Children's Activities: 5pm onwards
Shops Open: 5pm-7.30pm
Bat walk (booking essential): Gather at 8.30pm for 8.45pm
Moth Trapping and Talk to the Experts:
5pm onwards
Bats and moths have evolved in very close relationship, although it could be said to be rather one sided as predator and prey! If you’d like to learn more about the amazing diversity, ecology and behaviour of some of the bat and moth species we might expect to find in Kent then why not come and join us at Brogdale Farm on 31st July 2010 for a fascinating evening hosted by Kent and Medway Biological Records Centre and the Brogdale Courtyard Restaurant!
Bat and Moth experts from around the County will be joining us to provide fun and informative bat walks, as well as enabling everyone to get a close up look at some of our amazing moth species. There will be children’s activities in the Courtyard and the restaurant will be offering, for one night only, a delicious choice of high quality, locally sourced BBQ food from 5pm onwards as well as light refreshments and its fabulous home made cakes.
What to Bring?:
Entry to the event and activities will be free but numbers will be limited for the bat walk and will need to be booked in advance. Please book early to avoid disappointment either by ringing the number above or emailing us at info@kmbrc.org.uk . Brogdale Collections will also be co-ordinating self guided walks through the orchards but there will be an associated charge for these.
To find out more about this project, please contactHannah Cook
:Email:
info@kmbrc.org.ukTel:
01795 532385Address:
Brogdale Farm, Brogdale Road, Faversham. ME13 8XZ
