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Certificate of Environmental Commendation
Big news! We are thrilled to announce that the Mersey Gateway Environmental Trust has been awarded a certificate of commendation from the PEEL Ports Group. This accolade is awarded by the Harbour Master to [...]
Winter Walks of the Mersey Estuary
I am delighted to have joined the Mersey Gateway Environmental Trust as Conservation Officer! Having started this role in January, the experience of working around the Estuary in the depths of winter has certainly [...]
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 [...]