Get Involved

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Individuals & Local Communities

Volunteer with the Kent Wildlife Trust or become a member: take your family on a wildlife fun day at one of the 4 visitor centres in Kent or a wildlife-walk...
Volunteer with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds or become a member: carry out a survey of the birds that visit your garden and help RSPB to monitor bird numbers in Kent...
Volunteer with English Nature and help to conserve a National Nature Reserve near you...
Volunteer with the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers: train as a pond warden and provide advice to pond owners in your area...
Contact your local countryside project to find out more about practical conservation projects near you: take part in planting a hedgerow, restoring a reedbed or building a toad fence... (Kentish Stour Project, Kent High Weald Project, Medway Valley Countryside Project, Medway Swale Estuary Partnership, Mid Kent Downs Project, North West Kent Countryside Project, Romney Marsh Countryside Project, Thanet Coast Project, White Cliffs Countryside Project)
Record where and when you catch sight of wildlife and send your record to the Kent & Medway Biological Records Centre...
Take part in Kent Shoresearch with the Kent Wildlife Trust: scour the coastline for wildlife...
Find out more about how to conserve wildlife in your area: take part in activities with the Kent Bat Group, the Kent Mammal Group, Kent Badger Groups, Kent Ornithological Society or Kent Reptile & Amphibian Group...

Carry out a research project for biodiversity in Kent: get in touch with English Nature, the Environment Agency or the Kent & Medway Biological Records Centre for some ideas...
Visit the Kent Wildlife Trust: take your class on a wildlife-study day at Tyland Barn.
Contact a field teacher at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds: take part in the 'living classrooms' initiative and learn all about nature in the outdoors at the Dungeness nature reserve...
Create a wildlife-garden at your school: contact the Kent Wildlife Trust for advice on how...
Become an Eco-School: contact Sarah Weston, Eco-Schools Officer on 01622 221567

Become a business champion for a Kent Habitat Action Plan sponsoring action for biodiversity in Kent: contact the Kent BAP Co-ordinator to find out more...
Read Business & Biodiversity Good Practice for more ideas on how you can make a difference for biodiversity in Kent...
If in Ashford, contact your Business & Biodiversity Adviser (laurienne.tibbles@ashford.gov.uk) for advice on how to get involved in conserving nature...
Browse the Building for Nature website: find out more about how businesses have made a difference for wildlife in the South East...
Contact your local countryside project to find out more about practical conservation projects near you: organise a team-away day for your staff... (Kentish Stour Project, Kent High Weald Project, Medway Valley Countryside Project, Medway Swale Estuary Partnership, Mid Kent Downs Project, North West Kent Countryside Project, Romney Marsh Countryside Project, Thanet Coast Project, White Cliffs Countryside Project)
Become a corporate member of the Kent Wildlife Trust: take part in the biodiversity benchmark and find out how you are contributing to biodiversity in Kent...

Contact the National Farmers Union and Country Land and Business Association: find out more about their involvement in the Kent BAP...
Contact the Kent Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group: learn more about how to maximise opportunities for wildlife on your farm...
Go to the Kent Landscape Information System: look at UK BAP broad habitats near you and view opportunities for nature conservation on your land...
Read more about Environmental Stewardship: access information provided by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs...
Speak to the County Wildlife Sites Officer at the Kent Wildlife Trust: find out whether you own an area of UK BAP priority habitat that meets the criteria for selection as a Local Wildlife Site in Kent...

Go to the Kent Landscape Information System: find out where there is greatest opportunity to restore UK BAP priority habitats in your district...
Work with the Kent Biodiversity Partnership to raise the profile of the Kent BAP: recognise the contribution that planning decisions can make in meeting Kent BAP targets...
Read Supplementary Planning Guidance for Biodiversity Conservation for all you need to know about biodiversity in the context of planning in Kent...
For more information on a particular species: learn more about how to conserve wildlife in your area by getting in touch with the Kent Bat Group, the Kent Mammal Group, Kent Badger Groups, Kent Ornithological Society or Kent Reptile & Amphibian Group...
Learn more about how you can integrate Kent BAP targets as part of your local development framework: contact the Kent BAP Co-ordinator for more information...
Learn more about how you can integrate Kent BAP targets as part of your local community strategy: contact the Kent BAP Co-ordinator for more information...
Learn more about how you can integrate Kent BAP targets as part of your open space strategy: contact the Kent BAP Co-ordinator for more information...