ROADSIDE NATURE RESERVES MONITORING DAYS: APRIL – AUGUST 2019

For details about location, time and meeting point, please contact:

Bethany Pateman *Tasks will be run by Nigel Jennings Work: 01622 357868 Mobile: 0780769066

Email: [email protected]

 Start time: 10am \ Finish time: approx. 3pm (*unless otherwise stated)  What you will need: wear old clothes, fluorescent jacket, strong shoes, packed lunch and a drink. A hand lens and ID books may also be useful (the latter are optional).

The monitoring programme may vary at short notice due to weather conditions or work demands so please contact me beforehand to check meeting time/place (please see approx. grid references for meeting place overleaf).

Day Date Area RNR Site Locations Activity APRIL Thurs 4th Ton & Malling TM01A Bluebell Hill A Clear up of debris Thurs 11th NO TASK Tues 16th DO07 Northbourne Winter Heliotrope control Thurs 18th Multiple Post replacing Tues 23rd Dover NO TASK Thurs 25th RO02 North Dane way Look for Orchids & general monitoring Tues 30th Dover DO05 Folkestone Road General monitoring MAY Tunbridge Thurs 2nd Wells TW03, Hawkhurst & TW05 Slip Mill Orchid count + Winter Heliotrope control Man & Lady orchid counts & general Tues 7th Dover DO15 Lydden Hill comp 2 & 5 monitoring Hairy rock cress, orchids & general Thurs 9th MA06 & other A249 sites monitoring Tues 14th Dover DO20 Temple Ewell & DO14 Canterbury Road General Monitoring Thurs 16th Ton & Malling TM01A & TM01B Orchid counts Tues 21st Dover DO15 Lydden Hill comp 1 Quadrat survey Thurs 23rd Medway RO02 & RO07 North Dane Way & Princes Av. Quadrat Survey Mon 27th Swale SW01 Western Link General monitoring Thurs 30th Maidstone MA01 Hill & MA06 A249 near Quadrat survey JUNE Tues 4th Dover DO15 Lydden Hill comp 4 Orchid counts & general monitoring Thurs 6th SE05 Eynsford Quadrat survey & orchid counts Tues 11th Dover DO21 Whitfield Hill Quadrat survey Thurs 13th Maidstone MA13 Road Lizard orchid & Adder’s Tongue Fern Tues 18th Dover DO13 Coldred Hill Quadrat survey & Bee orchid count Thurs 20th Ton & Malling TM01A Bluebell Hill Verge A Quadrat survey Mon 24th Swale SW01 Western Link General monitoring Thurs 27th Medway RO07 Princes Av. & R011 Capstone Road* Man orchid count & Yellow Vetchling JULY Tues 2nd Dover DO15 comp 1 & comp 6 Fragrant orchid & Bee orchid count Thurs 4th Medway TM10 & TM11 Wrotham A20* General Monitoring Tues 9th Dover DO21 Whitfield Hill General Monitoring

Thurs 11th Ton & Malling TM01 Bluebell Hill ComplexHead Office:* , TylandOrchid Barn, counts Sandling, & Maidstone,general Monitoring Kent ME14 3BD Tues 16th Dover DO15 LyddenTel: Hill 0 complex1622 662012 Fax: 01622 671390 www.kentwildlifetrust.org.ukGeneral monitoring [email protected] Registered Charity No. 239992. A company limited by guarantee No. 633098. VAT Registration No. 204799154

Thurs 18th Sevenoaks SE05 Eynsford Green flowered helleborine count Tues 23rd Dover DO16 General monitoring Clustered Bellflower count & general Thurs 25th Maidstone RO08 Upper Halling monitoring Mon 29th Swale SW01 Western Link General Monitoring AUGUST Thurs 1st Maidstone Ragwort pull at MA08 ( if required) Ragwort pull - monitoring Thurs 8th Shepway SH07 Lydd General monitoring

Grid references/approximate location for meeting places:

RNR Site Location Description Grid ref: Meeting Place: Northbourne (DO07) Dover TR 329527 Lay-by nearby (TM01A) Near A229, Maidstone TQ 753593 Lydden Complex (DO15) Lydden, Dover TR 258456 Lydden Hill lay-by Whitfield (DO21) Dover TR 294438 Car park at bottom of Whitfield Hill West Hougham (DO05) Dover TR 276392 At Site A249 Sites Along A249, Maidstone TQ 796585 Tyland Barn or ask for location Chegworth Rd, (MA08) Maidstone TQ 753593 Tyland Barn Princes Avenue (RO07) Medway TQ 779659 Meet on site Coldred Hill (DO13) Dover TR 267461 Meet on site Near Shoreham/Eynsford (SE05) Sevenoaks TQ 530635 Meet at lay-by Stockbury (MA06) Maidstone TQ 832603 Meet in Steps hill road Western Link (SW01) Faversham, Swale TR 003621 Faversham community car park Folkestone Road (DO05) Dover TR 276392 Meet on site North Dane Way (RO02) Medway TQ 773653 Meet in Sharsted Road Temple Ewell (DO20) Dover TR 285445 Meet on site Capstone Road (RO11) Medway TQ 785634 Tyland Barn Canterbury Road (DO14) Dover TR 271453 Meet in Lay-by opposite Boxley Road (MA13) Maidstone TQ 771584 Meet on site Wrotham A20 (MA10 & MA11) Maidstone TQ 614596 Meet in Pilgrims Way