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| Monkton Nature Reserve Environmental education; geology; fossils; astronomy; rare orchids A 16 acre site set inside an abandoned chalk quarry on the Isle of Thanet in East Kent. The reserve is managed by the Thanet Countryside Trust. There are over 250 species of flowering plant including 7 types of orchid. 22 species of butterfly have been recorded, and innumerable other species of insect, mammal and bird-life. The reserve is home to the first artificial bat cave to be constructed in the UK. The bat cave, or hibernaculum is normally only in use in the winter months. | |||
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