Meeting place and times: usually 10am – 3pm, contact Beth for exact locations Contact: Bethany Pateman 01622 357868, 07500 057920, [email protected] What you will need: Wear old clothes, High-Vis jacket, and strong shoes, (wellies may be needed) bring a drink and packed lunch if you plan to stay all day, and waterproofs (just in case). A hand lens and ID books may also be useful (the latter are optional).

Date Area Location Activity September

Tues 4th DO15, comp 1 Creating dead hedge /scrub clear Ton & Thurs 6th TM01B, Scrub clear( scythe cutter) Malling Tues 11th Dover DO15, comp 1 Creating dead hedge /scrub clear Ton & Thurs 13th TMo1D Scrub clear Malling Tues 18th Dover Central reservation (comp 4) Cut and clear / scythe cutter Ton & Thurs 20th Blue Bell Hill verge A (TM01A) Re-cut scrub on bank and raking grassland Malling Western Link , Faversham Mon 24th Swale Cutting regrowth & scrub clearance (SW01) Ton & Thurs 27th Blue Bell Hill verge A (TM01A) Re-cut scrub on bank and raking grassland Malling October Tues 2nd Dover DO13, Coldred Hill Scrub clearance and grass cutting Ton & Thu 4th Blue Bell Hill complex Re-cut scrub and cut & rake grassland Malling Tues 9th Dover DO05, West Hougham Cut and clear grass/scythe cutter Ton & Thu 11th Blue Bell Hill complex Scrub clearance Malling Tues 16th Dover DO05, West Hougham Cut and clear grass/scythe cutter Ton & Thu 18th Blue Bell Hill complex Cut and rake grassland Malling Western Link , Faversham Mon 22nd Swale Cutting regrowth & scrub clearance (SW01) Re-cut scrub and cut and rake grassland Thu 25th Sevenoaks Shoreham/Eynsford (SE05) areas Cut back scrub/blackthorn to expand open Tues 30th Dover DO13, Coldred Hill bank

November

Thu 1st Sevenoaks Shoreham/Eynsford (SE05) Re-cut scrub and cut & rake grassland

Tue 6th Dover DO20, Temple Ewell Cut and clear scrub regrowth

Thu 8th Upper Halling (RO08) Cut and clear grassland and scrub

th Tue 13 Dover Woodnesborough, DO12 Cut and clear to control scrub Thu 15th Medway Upper Halling (RO08) Cut and clear grassland and scrub Western Link , Faversham Mon 19th Swale Cutting regrowth & scrub clearance (SW01) Thu 22nd Maidstone MA12, Scragged oak road cut and clear scrub and grass regrowth

Tue 27th Dover DO07, Northbourne scrub clearance & winter heliotrope control Ton & London Road Wrotham Thu 29th Rake cuttings and managing hedge Malling (TM11) December

Tues 4th Dover TBC

Thu 6th Shepway Tourney road, Lydd (SH07) Cutting regrowth & scrub clearance

th Tue 11 Dover TBC Ton & Thu 13th Blue Bell Hill complex Malling Christmas task (Working with Old Park hill Tue 18th Dover Old Park Hill (Do16) team) Ton & Thu 20th Blue Bell Hill complex Christmas task Malling

The task programme may change at short notice so please check with Bethany beforehand.

RNR Site Location Description Grid ref: Meeting Place:

TM01 A, B, C or D Blue Bell Hill Tonbridge & Malling Meet at ME14 3BD DO13 Coldred Hill Dover TR 271463 Meet on site DO15 Lydden Complex Lydden, Dover TR 258456 Lydden Hill lay-by DO16 Old Park Hill Dover TR 296433 Meet in lay-by opposite reserve Meet up point tba (very limited DO07 Northbourne Dover TR 329527 parking at site) MA12 Scragged oak road Maidstone TQ 799587 Meet at Tyland barn ME14 3BD Corner of Tourney road/Brooks SH07 Romney Marsh Lydd, Shepway TR 042203 Way SE05 Shoreham -Eynsford, A225 Sevenoaks TQ 530635 Meet on Site Do20 Temple Ewell Dover TR 285445 Meet on site RO08 Upper Halling, Medway TQ 694644 Meet on site DO05 West Hougham, near Dover TR 276392 Meet on site Dover SW01 Western Link Faversham, Swale TR 003621 Faversham community car park DO12 Woodnesborough Dover TR 282553 Meet on site (limited parking) Ton & Malling, TM11 Wrotham A20/A227 TQ 614596 Meet in road, just off roundabout Wrotham