Priority species
True Fox-sedge (Carex vulpine)
2025 target
Update monitoring data for this species, with a view to verifying any decline and what management action might…
Water Vole
2025 target
To retain water vole populations on all known sites and demonstrate progress in assessing county-specific status through encouraging…
Sandwich tern
2025 target
To retain the colony of 300 to 500 pairs in the Medway Estuary in the short-term and to…
Lapwing
2025 target
> 1,000 pairs of breeding lapwing populations.
European Eel
2025 target
Demonstrable progress to silver eel escapement targets in all catchments that we influence; secure access for eel to…
Dwarf or Kentish Milkwort (Polygala amarella)
2025 target
Mapping and monitoring and action to move towards removal of this species from the brink of extinction by…
Heath Fritillary
2025 target
Maintain a minimum of 25 interconnected colonies in Kent. Increase the area of suitable interconnected habitat within the…
Adonis Blue
2025 target
To retain Adonis Blue on all known sites and locate more sites, to show an increase in the…
Adder
2025 target
Increase by 2.5% per annum in the adder range (number of monads occupied) and overall frequency of recording.
Swift
2025 target
To stop the decline of swifts by ensuring that every new house built in Kent contains one swiftbox…
Nightingale
2025 target
1,450 to 1,550 singing males.
Turtle Dove
2025 target
To maintain the population of turtle doves in the 7 highest priority Turtle Dove Friendly Zones by 2020…
Shrill Carder Bee
2025 target
By 2020, an increase in the distribution of SCB bees in recording hectads (10 km x 10 km)…