A evening walk to listen for the calls of nightjars in the woodland. (We are very unlikely see them.)

Parking: free in the car park

Access: unmade paths, no seats

Price: Members free, non members £1

A walk around our local Kent Wildlife Trust reserve at Oare Marshes. Grazing marsh freshwater dykes, open water scrapes, reedbed, salt marsh and seawall with Estuary views. A good place to see marsh waders and sea birds and wildflowers. The reserve has the following designations Environmentally Sensitive Area, Local Nature Reserve, RAMSAR, SSSI and Special Protected Area. There is a circular footpath and some viewing hides. Website https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/oare-marshes

Meet: Near the car park at Harty Ferry

Price: Members free, non members £1

Access: Seasonally accessible for wheelchair users, in wet conditions it's not possible to complete a circuit to the east hide. There are RADAR gates, the path to the sea hide is surfaced with compacted roadstone and is level. All visitors to stay on circular footpaths.

Parking: Charge for car park in the Kent Wildlife Trust reserve car park by using a smartphone Ringo app £2.50. Limited road parking and disable parking near the Scrape.

A evening walk to listen for the calls of nightjars in the woodland. (We are very unlikely see them.)

Parking: free in the car park

Access: unmade paths, no seats

Price: Members free, non members £1

Guided bat walk around Faversham. Find out about these fascinating creatures and where they can be found in the town. We will have a limited number of bat detectors available on loan from Faversham Town Council.

Meet: time and place TBC

Places limited please book in advance. Booking arrangements TBC

Guided bat walk around Faversham. Find out about these fascinating creatures and where they can be found in the town. We will have a limited number of bat detectors available on loan from Faversham Town Council.

Meet: time and place TBC

Places limited please book in advance. Booking arrangements TBC

Details: Suzanne Kynaston from Wildwood Trust will give us a talk about the South East Pine Martin Restoration Project. Pine martins are one of our mammals that is critically endangered in England and Wales. This is largely due to the widespread loss of its woodland habitat, and widespread hunting and trapping by gamekeepers. Today, they are a rare sight in the wild.

Accessibility: The hall has no stairs

Parking: small free of charge car park.

Price: no charge for members, non members £5

Dr Andrew Crowson will be giving us a talk about moth trapping. This will be a fun and light-hearted talk in which he wants to share some of the joy that moth trapping has brought into his life. It will not be a scientific treatise but hopefully it will inspire everyone present to take a closer look at the wonderful moths around us and to go out mothing.

Simon Springate Kent Plan Bee Project Officer will be giving us a talk about bumble bees. Simon is a long term member of the Kent Field Club and The Bumblebee Conservation Trust. His work includes Kent Plan Bee which is a pollinator action plan covering Kent https://www.kent.gov.uk/environment-waste-and-planning/nature-and-biodiversity/pollinators/kents-plan-bee-pollinator-action-plan‍ The Bumble Bee Conservation Trust was founded in 2006, to address serious concerns about the future of wild bumble bees. There have been multiple projects focused on habitat improvements. They also run BeeWalk. There will be a display about their work in Faversham Visitor Centre during July.

Accessibility: The hall has no stairs

Parking: there is a small free car park.

Price: no charge for members (see membership details), non members £5

Russell Miles who has been studying hares for the last 17 years will giving us a talk about hares and other wildlife seen on farmland near where he lives. Photo credit Russell Miles.

Accessibility: No stairs

Parking: There is a small free car park.

Price: Free for members (see membership details), non members £5