Description
Monkton Nature Reserve is a unique environment for British flora and fauna that thrive on chalk-based habitats. It is a charity managed by The Thanet Countryside Trust. Our grassland contains many species of rare orchids and a variety of wildflowers; our woodland is over 40 years old and a haven for birds; our ponds teem with wildlife. Our aims are the promotion of conservation and education for the community.
If you are looking for Best Parks and Playgrounds in Ramsgate , Kent then you can visit Monkton Nature Reserve. Monkton Nature Reserve is one of the places in Ramsgate Kent for day out with kids and families. More details can be found on the website for this place.
Features
- Paid
- Host birthday parties: No
Features
On Site Parking
On Site Toilet
Frenken Room Museum
The rocks, minerals and fossils on display are from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic Eras, and Pleistocene Epoch. Fossils include ancient sea life and petrified wood. The archaeological exhibits include some bone implements, Stone Age flint tools and some Roman artefacts – many found locally. There is an extensive collection of animal skulls and bones, along with a real dinosaur bone, mammoth tusks and teeth, and sawfish rostra. Some of the exhibits are available to touch.
Natural History
There is a separate natural history section in the Centre, where you will find, among other things, displays of butterflies, moths, spiders and various exotic insects. There is also a skin from a juvenile Indian or Burmese python which is about 2.5m in length. In the bird viewing area, you can sit behind the tinted glass of the windows and enjoy watching a variety of birds as they visit the feeders situated in the secluded area behind the Field Study Centre.
Bookshop
There is a very popular low-priced, second hand bookshop onsite. Donations of books are always welcome. We have almost 8,000 second-hand books for sale, both fiction and non-fiction. For book lovers there is a great variety of vintage and unusual titles available at low prices.
Nature Trails
There are two primary trails: the Quarry Trail, which takes in most of the lower part of the former quarry pit, now reclaimed by nature as chalk grassland; and, the Woodland Trail, which leads up to and around the relatively young Sparrowhawk Woods which overlooks the quarry area.
4.42 miles
