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Roadside Nature Reserves in Kent

Roadside Nature Reserves in Kent Head Office: Kent Wildlife Trust, Tyland Barn, Sandling, Maidstone, Kent ME14 3BD Tel: 01622 662012 Fax: 01622 671390 www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk info@kentwildlife.org.uk

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Roadside Nature Reserves in Kent

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  1. Roadside Nature Reserves in Kent Head Office: Kent Wildlife Trust, Tyland Barn, Sandling, Maidstone, Kent ME14 3BD Tel: 01622 662012 Fax: 01622 671390 www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk info@kentwildlife.org.uk Registered Charity No. 239992. A company limited by guarantee No. 633098. VAT Registration No. 204799154 Protecting Wildlife for the Future Protecting Wildlife for the Future

  2. There are 134 RNRs in Kent. Protecting Wildlife for the Future

  3. What are Roadside Nature Reserves? • Kent’s RNRs protect about 90 kms of important roadside habitat. • This includes threatened habitats such as ancient woodland, chalk grassland and heathland. • Some RNRs hold locally or nationally rare species such as Lizard orchid on a verge in Thanet and Saw-wort on a verge in Tunbridge Wells. Protecting Wildlife for the Future

  4. Road Verge Management • Each RNR is marked by signs on posts. • Each site has a prepared management plan to suit the species for the site. • In most cases one or two cuts are prescribed avoiding the summer months. Protecting Wildlife for the Future

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  7. Road Verge Management • Some management is undertaken during the winter months, by the Project Officer with the help of volunteers • The work involves cutting back scrub, brush cutting and raking grass • Creating habitat and log piles Protecting Wildlife for the Future

  8. The role of the Volunteer Warden • There are over 65 volunteers helping with the Road Verge Project • They report back on time of cuts and general condition of the site • Carry out occasional litter picking • Report back on problems such as, fly tipping, overriding or missing RNR signs/posts Protecting Wildlife for the Future

  9. The role of Volunteer Wardens • Help with monitoring during the summer months • Counting key species e.g. orchids • Recording other flora and fauna • Some volunteers help with management tasks over the winter, such as, scrub clearance, brushcutting and raking Protecting Wildlife for the Future

  10. RNR adjacent to the A229 • Ox-eye daisy • Common bird’s-foot-trefoil • Pyramidal orchid • Each year this verge takes three – five days to cut and clear. This work is undertaken by the Project Officer and volunteers Protecting Wildlife for the Future

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  18. Wildlife on RNRs • The RNRs help protect 16 or more different species of orchid. • RNRs (and general road verges) provide vital wildlife corridors for many species, particularly mammals such as badgers and dormice. • Species-rich grassland attract many insects, including butterflies. • Reptiles can be found on un-disturbed road verges. Protecting Wildlife for the Future

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  31. Financial Re-organisation at Kent Highways Incorrect management Safety issues for some sites Lack of manpower Constraints Protecting Wildlife for the Future

  32. Benefits • Wildlife corridors • Improve aesthetics of road verges • Raise Public awareness • Engage the local community • Vital reservoirs for rare species • Connections in the Living Landscape Protecting Wildlife for the Future

  33. Lydden seed harvesting project Protecting Wildlife for the Future

  34. Distributing the seed along arable margin Protecting Wildlife for the Future

  35. Lydden Complex Protecting Wildlife for the Future

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  37. Organisations involved with • the RNR Project • Countryside Management Projects • District Councils • DEFRA- Rural Development Service • Parish Councils • RLCI • Local communities • Groundwork Protecting Wildlife for the Future

  38. Funding for Site Projects: • RLCI • MVCP • DEFRA • Unison • Rees Jeffrey Road Fund • KCC • Potted garden nursery • Lydden Parish Council • Countdown 2010 • KCC local scheme grants Protecting Wildlife for the Future

  39. Photographs by Fred Booth, Anne Waite, Andy Vidler, Vernon Hucks, Bryony Chapman, John McAllister, Judith Shorter, John Kemp, Dan Atwood, Richard Moyse, Dave Watson, Tony Connor and Gill Tysoe. Protecting Wildlife for the Future

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