ROADSIDE NATURE RESERVES TASK DAYS: SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2019

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

Bethany Pateman Work: 01622 357868, Mobile: 07807689066 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). Day Date Area RNR Site Locations Activity

September Tues 3 DO13 Coldred Hill Raking and scrub clearance Thurs 5 NO TASK

Tues 10 Dover DO15 Lydden Hill central res. Cut & rake/ scythe cutter Thurs 12 Ton & Malling TM01A BBH verge A Raking of green hay Tues 17 Dover D015 Lydden Hill central res. Cut and clear / scythe cutter Thurs 19 NO TASK

Mon 23 Swale SW01 Western Link, Faversham Raking and scrub clearance Thurs 26 RO06 Princes Avenue Scrub clearance

October Tues 1 Dover DO07 Northbourne Cutting and raking Thurs 3 Medway RO07 Princes Avenue Raking and scrub clearance Tues 8 Dover DO14 Canterbury Road Cut and rake Thurs 10 Medway RO02 North Dane Way Cut and rake Tues 15 Dover DO15 Lydden Hill comp 3 Scrub clearance Thurs 17 Medway RO02 North Dane Way Cut and clear/ scythe cutter Mon 21 Dover DO15 Lydden Hill comp 3 Cutting & scrub clearance Thurs 24 Ton & Malling TM11 A20 London Road Rake cuttings and cut scrub Tues 29 Swale SW01 Western Link, Faversham Cut and rake Thursday 31 Sevenoaks SE05 Shoreham/Eynsford Raking cuttings

November Tues 5 Dover DO21 Whitfield Hill Cut and clear scrub regrowth Thurs 7 Sevenoaks SE05 Shoreham/Eynsford Rake grassland Tues 12 Dover DO21 Whitfield Hill Cut and clear scrub regrowth Thurs 14 Maidstone MA12 Scragged Oak road Cut and clear grassland and scrub Mon 18 Swale Western Link, Faversham (SW01) Cut and rake Thurs 21 Medway RO08 Upper Halling Cut and rake Tues 26 Dover DO05 West Hougham Cut and clear/ scythe cutter

Thurs 28 Medway RO08 Upper Halling Cut and rake Head Office: Wildlife Trust, , Sandling, Maidstone, Kent ME14 3BD Tel: 01622 662012 Fax: 01622 671390 www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk [email protected] Registered Charity No. 239992. A company limited by guarantee No. 633098. VAT Registration No. 204799154

December Tue 3 Dover DO05 West Hougham Cut and clear/ scythe cutter Thurs 5 Medway RO11 Capstone Road Cut and rake Tues 10 Dover DO16 London Road Scrub clearance Thurs 12 RO01 Ash Tree Lane Scrub clearance

Tues 17 Dover DO16 London Road Christmas task (Working with Old Park hill team) Thurs 19 TBC Christmas task

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 Tonbridge & Malling Meet at Tyland barn 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 parking at DO07 Northbourne Dover TR 329527 site) MA12 Scragged oak road Maidstone TQ 799587 Meet at Tyland barn ME14 3BD SE05 Shoreham -Eynsford, A225 Sevenoaks TQ 530635 Meet on Site DO21 Whitfield Hill Dover TR 300445 Meet on site RO08 Upper Halling, Medway TQ 694644 Meet on site DO05 West Hougham, near Dover Dover TR 276392 Meet on site SW01 Western Link Faversham, Swale TR 003621 Faversham community car park RO01 Ash Tree Rd. Medway TQ778663 Meet on site TM11 Wrotham A20/A227 Ton & Malling, Wrotham TQ 614596 Meet in lane, just off roundabout RO07 & RO07 Princes Av. Medway TQ770650 Meet at Morrison’s RO02 North Dane Way Medway TQ777632 Meet on Shawstead Rd. MA01 Detling Hill Maidstone TQ794584 Meet at Tyland Barn DO14 Canterbury Rd. Dover TR271453 Meet in lay-by opposite RNR