The
benefits of assisting and working with various environmental projects
I have been helping with conservation for about
15 years on and off with the Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership as well
as the Kent Wildlife Trust and BTCV.
I find this kind of work very rewarding when I see what kind of work has
been done. I also have met various people to do with the countryside like
various wardens. When I first started doing conservation I saw an advert
in the Kentish Gazette about the project and I went across to Wye and met
Jon Shelton and Martin Hall. The volunteer group ran for one day on a
Wednesday. We did a lot of work around the
Canterbury
area at places like
Old
Park
. In the Ashford area we did a lot of work at Conning Brook where the
Julie rose Stadium was built. It was a quarry when I worked there. We also
did a lot of work at Peene near Folikestone where we used to help cut some
of the grass after the wildflowers had finished. While we were having our
lunch we watched the channel tunnel being built. We also had a look out
for various bits of wildlife.
We still go to places that I first visited when I started doing voluntary
work with the project. One of the benefits of doing this work is that we
see all kinds of wildlife. We have people who know about wildflowers and
butterflies and fungi and birds.
I have also been across to
France
about three times with the project and the French volunteers come across
to
England
. The look after us when we go and we stay in a Gite. When the French come
over they stay at Kipps which is a boarding house in
Canterbury
. Some of the work I have done with the French people is very good, for
instance, last time we were clearing some trees that were overgrown. I
have also done pond management with the project and coppicing.
I would recommend anyone to do conservation as it has been so rewarding
for me.
Aiden Regan
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