Brocktober - Wild about Wildlife
Wild about Wildlife
The West Kent Badger Group is hosting the second WAW event where a range of wildlife and nature groups are coming together with stalls , talks and entertainment. Nature related gifts will be on sale, there will be many friendly activities and informal talks with a Q and A session at 12.
The event takes place in Otford Memorial Hall on Sunday morning 18th October from 10.00 until 1.00
The Fox Project, Folly Wildlife Rescue, Kent Wildlife Trust, North West Kent Partnership and CPRE are just some of the organisations involved.
There is plenty of free parking and no entry fee. Everyone welcome
CPRE - Love your countryside event
Annual General Meeting
Dear Members,
We are pleased to invite you to our Annual General Meeting at Halstead sports pavilion, Station Road TN14 7DH on Tuesday 7th July at 7.30 pm. https://maps.app.goo.gl/n1Y7GAa4hZ2VNG9h7
We will be very pleased to update you on the group's activities and challenges. There will also be presentations about rescuing and releasing badgers by some of our group from their first hand experiences.
Refreshments will be available and you will have the opportunity to speak with the trustees and committee members who will be happy to answer any questions. Unlike last year we cannot guarantee there will be a live badger in attendance, but then you never know!
We look forward to seeing you.
Join us on a social walk
We would like to invite our members, family, friends and dogs on a 4 mile circular walk and pub lunch as a social event to meet the people behind the group. The walk starts at The Cock Inn, Ide Hill, Sevenoaks TN14 6JN 10.00 am on Saturday 25th April. We will head down to Great Norman Farm, across to the Pheasant Plucker, through Whitley Forest to Goathurst Common and along the ridge to Hanging Bank, making it back to The Cock Inn for an optional lunch. Or just come and join us for lunch at 12.00.
Hopefully we will see signs of badgers, or other wildlife, along the way. There is also an opportunity to complete an Adventure Lab around the Ide Hill green. For more information, or to let us know you are coming, contact us through the website or email westkentbadgergroup@yahoo.co.uk.
Tunbridge Wells - Lush
Group members will be outside Lush Tunbridge Wells to talk to the public about issues relating to badgers. Look out for our much loved Betty Badger who is always happy to have their photo taken, especially with younger people!
Whilst reporting about the badger cull has be quiet, it still continues and the fight goes on.
We will be there from 10m - 1pm
Tunbridge Wells - Lush
We need your help! Valerie from our committee will be at Lush in Tunbridge Wells on Friday, November 22nd, to leaflet from 10 am to 1 pm.
Come join us to help spread the news about the Government's broken promises about stopping the badger culls. Your support is crucial in helping us make a difference. If you're able to lend a hand, please get in touch via email for more information.
Email: westkentbadgergroup@yahoo.co.uk
LUSH:
Badgers and Planning Webinar
Join our planning specialist and committee member Ruth Calderwood, and CPRE for a webinar on Thursday, November 6th, from 18:30 to 19:30.
This session is part of a series focusing on how planners must handle development proposals in areas inhabited or used by badgers. This event is ideal for anyone worried about a proposed development damaging a site important for wildlife, and in particular badgers.
For more details, please click here
Brocktober - Wild About Wildlife
For Brocktober, the WKBG is organising its own festival of wildlife - in Otford Memorial Hall on Sunday 19th October from 10am - 1pm.
We are hoping anyone who loves wildlife will come along to enjoy all the many activities and stalls, including those from:
- Kent Wildlife Trust
- Kemsing Wildlife Group
- Folly Wildlife Rescue
- North West Kent Partnership
- Fox Project
- Froglife
- CPRE
- DRIPS
- RSPB
Otford Memorial Haall, 28A High Street, Otford, TN14 5PQ
Tunbridge Wells Climate and Nature Fair
Join us at the Tunbridge Wells Climate and Nature Fair, the first of its kind in Tunbridge Wells, where The West Kent Badger Group will be holding a stall
Tunbridge Wells Climate and Nature Fair
Calverley Park Grounds
Saturday, 13th September 2025
10:00am - 5:00pm