Wild Thing - MWT

Chair of the Manx Wildlife Trust, Simon Cain and Chief Executive Officer, Leigh Morris, talk to Howard Caine about the search for new Trustees and discuss their role and importance within the organisation.

It's Wildlife Week 2024! Curator of Natural History at MNH, Laura McCoy, Team Wilder Co-ordinator at MWT, Lucy Chapman and Project Officer for UNESCO Biosphere IOM, Jo Overty talk to H about this years event.

Ahead of its current public opening this summer (2024 all things being equal . .) H joins former head of Manx Birdlife Neil Morris, Reserve Manager David Andrews and Managing Director of Manx Birdlife Alison Leonard for a private tour of the site which is set to develop over the next 50 years

Graham Makepeace-Warne from the Manx Wildlife Trust (MWT) talks about planting up the Island's first Carbon Credit Project at The Crossags Fields, part of the MWT Hairpin Woodland Park.

Head of Engagement at Manx Wildlife Trust, Graham Makepeace-Warne, talks about his short film "Wildlife Remembered" being premiered in April and the concept of shifting baseline syndrome

Liz Charter from the Manx Fungus Group talks to H about the first published checklist detailing the various fungi which have been recorded (thus far!) on the Isle of Man

Curator of the exhibition - and Curator of Natural History at MNH, Laura McCoy, joins H to talk about the importance of the exhibition at the House of Manannan in Peel (Ends O8 Oct 2023)

As a new scheme is launched to create an area of Temperate or Celtic Rain Forest on the Island, Andree Dubbeldam from the MWT tells H what's happening - and how you can get involved . .

Manx Wildlife Trust CEO Leigh Morris and Community Ranger Hannah Phillips talk to H about the first 50 years of MWT, where it is now - and the future

Dr Lara Howe from the Manx Wildlife Trust introduces H to the joys of just a few of the seaweeds found around the Isle of Man.

Community Ranger Hannah Phillips tells H about how MWT is celebrating Valentine's this year - it's Love Your Beach Week!

Anna Graham chats to Howard about this year's Big Schools' Birdwatch and taking over the education role at Manx Birdlife.

Jen Adams from Manx Whale and Dolphin Watch talks to H about the Manx Nature Show.

As a new initiative gets underway to encourage people to get involved in wildlife projects in the north of the Island, we hear from Community Ranger Hannah Phillips about community work and Northern Supporter Group members Viv Davies and Kim Etherton.

Tweet of the week supremo, the early birder Tim Earl, talks to H about a very rare sighting of a buff-breasted sandpiper, fieldfares in numbers and a harbour home for a kingfisher . . .

Consultant mycologist Nev Kilkenny talks about the development of the IOM Fungus Group, the importance of fungi and their vital relationship with trees

MWT Community Ranger Hannah talks to Howard about her aim to create an Eastern Community Group

Hannah chats to Howard about what is a new role for MWT - and explains more about involving other groups in her first project, centred around the Onchan Wetlands reserve.

Jackie and Graham Hall from MBSW and Manx Whale and Dolphin Watch's Jen Adams and Bryony Manley talk to Howard as the MBSW scheme comes to and end - but sighting records continue via MWDW.

They're one of their Isle of Man's best known - and most widely despised - birds. Howard Caine tries to get to the bottom of why herring gulls are so unpopular - and what the future may hold for them.

Aaron and Howard sit down with Tim Graham, Dawn Dickens and Graham Makepeace-Warne of the Manx Wildlife Trust to discuss how natural spaces can benefit our health and well-being.

Join Howard and Aaron on the guided tour of Glen Elfin above the Ramsey Hairpin, with botanist, ecologist and general wildlife encyclopedia Andre Dubbeldam.