Project Blog: Climate Change Resilience in East Kent

Christina Mittar writes: Despite only several weeks remaining, our final months have been full of activity. We have shared some great events with other organisations, and of course made plenty of dams despite Storm Eunice putting the brakes on briefl...

New-Year reflection; What has happened since our last post?  Dam building has begun again after a well-deserved Christmas break and as we move into the last 3 months of our project it is good to reflect on the changes we have made so far…...

Decades ago, RSPB Blean woods would have been a part of a hectic timber industry, fuelled by wars and the need for ships. The priority was not its spectacular wildlife, peaceful woodland walks, or its resilience to any changes in climate, but simply ...

It's hard to believe that we are now halfway through our Woodland Rewetting project. When we started planning back in April there were so many unknown factors - and now here we are, over 75 dams in the ground and we're only just into aut...

September 2021 Imagine looking out of your window in the morning, cup of tea in hand, to see a young redshank, paddling in the low water. It’s scampering back and forth whilst probing repeatedly beneath the waterline, under the watchful eye th...

Bradley Andrews (Community Engagement and Conservation Intern) writes: Improving the forests hydrology to combat the effects of climate change is great idea. But, how do we know if making dams along the forest watercourse will have actually made a di...

For part 2 of our Meet the Team series - say hello to Christina who, alongside Brad, is one of our two Community Engagement and Conservation Interns:  My name’s Christina, I am 29 years old and a single parent from Kent. I recently gradua...

Hi there, as we start to approach the end of the breeding season we are beginning the practical stage of our project. Months of planning by the team is taking shape and boots are on the ground. We've recently grown our ranks by recruiting two new...

Hello, and welcome to our project blog! This is where we will keep you up to date about what’s going on across Blean Woods and Seasalter levels. Over the next year (and beyond) we will posting about our events, our practical project work and al...