Red Kite Conservation Services Ltd.

Red Kite Conservation Services Ltd. Nature conservation contractors working across southern UK. Tree and scrub clearance, fencing, chemical spraying, rights of way etc. Based in Surrey.

All types of nature conservation work. Specialists in heathland management and chalk grassland management. Winter work mainly involves scrub clearance using chainsaws, with disposal through burning or chipping. Summer work includes control of non-native invasive plants (japanese knotweed, himalayan balsam, parrots feather etc.); chemical spraying of bracken, creeping thistles, nettles, docks etc.

Fencing and rights of way work also carried out. We work throughout Surrey and Hampshire as well as bordering counties such as Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, London Boroughs etc. NPTC qualified staff who have an interest and qualifications in environmental / conservation issues. Red Kite Conservation Services Ltd. is owned and run by Simon Hawkins and Damian Bond.

14/12/2025

My new favourite toy. Fantastic remote controlled machine that makes easy work of brambles and scrub. After photo's in the comments section.

Found this beauty at work recently.Green Huntsman (Micrommata virescens) a nationally scarce species, but with widesprea...
12/12/2025

Found this beauty at work recently.
Green Huntsman (Micrommata virescens) a nationally scarce species, but with widespread and scattered populations found in the South.

20/11/2025

The scary flammability of Gorse.

Beautiful day on site today. Delightfully peaceful as we were on a military site closed to the public. Fantastic views ...
17/11/2025

Beautiful day on site today. Delightfully peaceful as we were on a military site closed to the public. Fantastic views that the photo's just can't do justice to.
Finished the day clearing small pine around a very healthy population of around 8000 Marsh Clubmoss plants. A very rare ancient plant which is actually a type of fern and is only found on about 100 sites in the whole UK. The link below has more details.
https://www.speciesrecoverytrust.org.uk/marsh-clubmoss

16/11/2025

A hungry bunch of helpers this week on site......

More photos from the woodland pasture restoration. All cut material was either chipped for use elsewhere on site or cut...
26/10/2025

More photos from the woodland pasture restoration. All cut material was either chipped for use elsewhere on site or cut in lengths ready to be processed for firewood. We also ring barked several large Turkey Oaks (second picture) this slowly kills the tree creating standing dead wood a fantastic habitat for a multitude of different species.

24/10/2025

A quick video showing a woodland pasture restoration project we have been carrying out this week.
The start of the video shows the dense Holly understory. This was throughout the whole area. The remaining video shows the area after we have removed the Holly and have thinned the woodland further, removing non-native Turkey Oak.
The ground flora will now have plenty of light to establish itself creating a much more biodiverse habitat.

A few before and after photo's from a recent reed bed restoration project we have been involved with. Removing Willow s...
06/10/2025

A few before and after photo's from a recent reed bed restoration project we have been involved with. Removing Willow scrub and trees to re-open the reed bed. A long walk into site and hard work whilst there, but very happy with the results.

Yellow as far as the eye can see.....Ragwort is a fantastic native plant which reportedly has up to 200 different specie...
29/07/2025

Yellow as far as the eye can see.....
Ragwort is a fantastic native plant which reportedly has up to 200 different species of invertebrates that use it.
Unfortunately it can be toxic to some grazing animals and can build up in their systems (especially horses) and hence it has a somewhat unpopular image.
This particular site has 20 metre control zones on borders of the site that have grazing neighbours to try to prevent its spread.
Second picture is a days worth of ragwort pulling for a small team to help keep the control zones ragwort free.

🌳🌳WE ARE HIRING🌳🌳Join our team of conservation contractors helping with the practical side of habitat management on natu...
13/07/2025

🌳🌳WE ARE HIRING🌳🌳

Join our team of conservation contractors helping with the practical side of habitat management on nature reserves.

We work on nature reserves throughout Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire within a 50 mile radius of Guildford.

We are looking for hard working, physically fit and passionate individuals who love the outdoors and nature.

We are looking for both chainsaw qualified and non-qualified individuals for part time or full time positions to help with our winter season scrub clearance programme.

Please message us on Facebook or email us at
[email protected]

Please share far and wide.

Thanks Damian and Simon

13/06/2025

Our local Robin pair haven't worked out Henry isn't going to be climbing and attacking their nest. Bless him Henry is fairly oblivious.

For many years whenever we at Red Kite clear scrub we try to leave the odd 'Red Kite Post' as we like to call them. Basi...
11/06/2025

For many years whenever we at Red Kite clear scrub we try to leave the odd 'Red Kite Post' as we like to call them. Basically a trunk of a dismantled Scots pine. Our aim to provide a little standing dead wood habitat and also a perch for various species to use.
Thanks to Andi Roy for this fantastic picture of a Nightjar using one of our posts. Great to know at least one bird is on our wave length😀.
A little video below again with thanks to Andi
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