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Our spring cover photo, a stunning aerial image of Hambrook Marshes, was taken by Lee O’Sullivan. There’s more of his drone photos of Canterbury and the Kent countryside…

Winter drained away during March, with the last three snipe seen on the 21st, and not a single meadow pipit found all month. In their place, though, we now…

With plenty more rain (and snow!) in the first half of the month, the fields remained very wet, with widespread standing water, encouraging up to 53 mallard, 76…

Our local basket weavers have once more been busy harvesting the one-year-old wands in our osier bed, but covid restrictions meant they were unable to have a major…

We are so grateful for everyone’s messages of support following the most recent devastating blaze at Hambrook. As a small group of volunteers, it is particularly depressing for…

At about 7am on Sunday 21st February, a LHM trustee, Sian Pettman, and her husband were on the Marshes early to enjoy a dramatic sunrise, but the orange glow…

After two devastating arson attacks on the boardwalk on Hambrook Marshes in 2020, the remaining section was set ablaze during the night of February 20th. This section served…

The greatest excitement of January was the discovery of otter prints in mud beside a small stream. The photo has been shown to two experts (a member of the…

Congratulations to Francesco Stancato, whose atmospheric shot is the winning entry in the winter edition of our quarterly photography competition! You can see more of Francesco’s photography on facebook…

Parts of the Marshes were flooded for much of the month, due to frequent and heavy rain, encouraging gulls to congregate in the fields at times; a group…