Environment

Caring for goats at Buttercups sanctuary, Maidstone

Rating: 3

March 26th 2012

Buttercups is a Maidstone-based sanctuary that provides a home for neglected and abused goats, or for those simply in need of a new place to stay. Here’s how you can get involved

Protecting our farmland birds in Kent

Rating: 2

June 20th 2011

Fewer songbirds and farmland birds may well be a symptom of a changing countryside, but is research missing the main culprits?

Seen a Butterfly? LET US KNOW

Rating: 3

April 12th 2011

This summer the charity Butterfly Conservation is hoping to encourage as many people as possible to take part in what it hopes will be the world’s largest-ever butterfly count.

Focus on country life in Kent

Rating: 2

November 22nd 2010

Will SEEDA’s replacement leave the countryside in the lurch? We investigate Local Enterprise Partnerships and their impact on rural areas in Kent

Focus on country life in Kent

Rating: 3

November 22nd 2010

Will SEEDA’s replacement leave the countryside in the lurch? We investigate Local Enterprise Partnerships and their impact on rural areas in Kent

Focus on Kent country life

Rating: 3

October 21st 2010

Now that harvest is behind us, regular visitors to the countryside with a keen eye for detail might have noticed that a few changes have crept into the landscape in recent years post-harvest

Kent’s mighty oaks

Rating: 3

September 30th 2010

Is tree disease a real threat for Kent? We investigate the spread of ‘sudden oak death’ and why vigilance is so important