Fant Nature Reserve

Fant Nature Reserve Fant Nature Reserve is a special place for nature and community. The Fant Wildlife Group is a charity of volunteers from the local community.

There are benches to sit and ponder on, streams to hear flowing, native wildflowers, trees for children to scramble over, a budding orchard, wildlife and birds. The group was started in 1996 to manage an area of abandoned allotment gardens close to the town centre of Maidstone. The aim of the Fant Wildlife Group is to maintain and diversify the wildlife in the Fant Wildlife Area, to encourage educ

ational use and local involvement. Work is continuing to create a diversity of habitats for wildlife on the site by building ponds, planting native trees and plants, and to encourage use of the site by the community. Fant Wildlife Group Reg Charity Number: 1088852

Come and see us at Outdoor Zone at Repair Cafe Lockmeadow Market.
06/06/2026

Come and see us at Outdoor Zone at Repair Cafe Lockmeadow Market.

A separate note about the small pond which we've been clearing over the past year or so. Last year we spotted a male bro...
01/06/2026

A separate note about the small pond which we've been clearing over the past year or so. Last year we spotted a male broad bodied chaser dragonfly on the pond (the blue tailed one in the photo). This morning I was delighted to see the other one in the photo, which is most likely female. This species of dragonfly had not been recorded at the reserve before last year.

A visit to the reserve to have the haycutter looked at. Many thanks to Les from Maidstone CAN Repair Cafe for your advic...
01/06/2026

A visit to the reserve to have the haycutter looked at. Many thanks to Les from Maidstone CAN Repair Cafe for your advice and guidance.
We've started to clear the central area ready for our 30th anniversary event on 13th June.
While on site, of course there was a chance to photograph some bugs!

Message from Diane T - Morning 🙂Inspired by BBC’s “Springwatch”, I finally did something I’ve been meaning to do for yea...
28/05/2026

Message from Diane T -
Morning 🙂
Inspired by BBC’s “Springwatch”, I finally did something I’ve been meaning to do for years - get up to properly hear a full Dawn’s Chorus. Alarm set I headed off to the reserve and sat on Morel’s seat at 4.20 and took it all in.
It didn’t disappoint 😍 . . . .
Heard all the above plus Magpie and Goldcrest.

(The video needed to be posted separately in case it doesn't appear on your feed)

28/05/2026

Diane T asked us to share these images and the video below of the reserve earlier today. Thanks Diane.

On a very hot afternoon, we gave a tour of the reserve to a member of Kent Wildlife Trust. He was able to point out seve...
26/05/2026

On a very hot afternoon, we gave a tour of the reserve to a member of Kent Wildlife Trust. He was able to point out several of our unusual wildlife inhabitants. There are lots of dragon/damselflies so I'll be back on a cooler day for more photos.

Fant Wildlife Group have been managing the reserve since 1996. Please join us on Saturday 13th June to celebrate our 30t...
21/05/2026

Fant Wildlife Group have been managing the reserve since 1996. Please join us on Saturday 13th June to celebrate our 30th anniversary as part of Maidstone's Big Day Out.

Kimmy has sent some photos of yesterday's small pond tidy up, including an impressive nursery web spider.
10/05/2026

Kimmy has sent some photos of yesterday's small pond tidy up, including an impressive nursery web spider.

A sunny morning and a good turnout of volunteers for this month's work party. We cleared some invasive Himalayan balsam,...
09/05/2026

A sunny morning and a good turnout of volunteers for this month's work party. We cleared some invasive Himalayan balsam, cut back nettles on some paths and tidied the small pond as well as some junior litter picking work.
The main focus today was repairing the main pond which has suffered repeated vandalism as well as longer term damage from dogs breaking down the bank.
Thanks to everyone for your hard work today.

After yesterday's heavy rain it was a pleasant sunny morning at the reserve. Ryan was on site to carry out some tree wor...
16/01/2026

After yesterday's heavy rain it was a pleasant sunny morning at the reserve. Ryan was on site to carry out some tree work.

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Maidstone
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