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Summer on the Upper Mersey Estuary
It’s officially summer and full of life at the Upper Mersey Estuary! From mudflats and saltmarshes to hedgerows and woodland, the Upper Mersey Estuary is a dynamic and unique natural place, steeped in industrial [...]
Working with Stakeholders
We have a long list of very valuable stakeholders in and around the Mersey estuary. In a new feature of our blog, we would like to showcase our stakeholders and how we are working [...]
Harness your inner large herbivore…
Twice in the past week I have been called upon to be more buffalo like. The first was under instruction from my wife who, much to the amusement of our neighbours, tasked me with [...]
A what-fly??
Here at MGET we are determined to highlight the importance of the Mersey estuary as a biodiversity hotspot and we are interested in all species big or small, dry or wet. To date we have [...]
Mersey Eels
The autumn is well underway here on the Mersey estuary and as the year is coming to a close, we are taking a look back at some of the species we have recorded during [...]
City Nature Challenge 2023
The City Nature challenge is a global citizen science project, running from 28th April - 1st May. For the “collaboration-meets-friendly-competition”, city regions around the world compete to see who can find the most species [...]
World Sparrow Day
Image: tree sparrow by David Norman World Sparrow Day 2023 Today is world sparrow day! A day to celebrate and raise awareness of sparrows, in particular the house [...]
Happy New Year from MGET
Image: Great spotted woodpecker by Victor Dennett _ We hope everyone’s had a lovely start to 2023 so far! 2022 saw lots of exciting things happen for the Trust. We welcomed a new Chief [...]