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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 [...]
Winter Flowering Plants
We’re into December now and fast approaching my favourite time of the year. Crisp, clear mornings, branches decorated with frost. The characteristic ‘clack’ of fieldfares as they fly overhead and the quiet grumbling as [...]
Pink-footed Geese along the Estuary
The winter so far has been pretty mild here on the banks of the Mersey. The warmer temperatures mean there are still good numbers of invertebrates around with four species of butterfly recorded by [...]
Shelduck on the Mersey Mudflats
The autumn has drifted away here on the Mersey estuary and as we say goodbye to the last of the summer migratory birds, we say hello to the fantastic diversity of bird species that [...]
Spotlight on: Dandelions!
Dandelions! If you’ve taken part in #NoMowMay you’re likely going to see lots of these bright yellow flowers in your lawn right now, so we thought we’d highlight this often overlooked species. Dandelions are part [...]
Orchid Habitat Management
The Upper Mersey Estuary is home to many plant species of interest. One Local Wildlife Site in particular, on the bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, is especially notable for its orchids. Bee orchid, fragrant [...]
The Mersey estuary from a different angle: a film on the monitoring work of the MGET
This summer, the team at the MGET signed up to an exciting project – a film about the work we are doing in the Mersey estuary. If you have been following us for a while, [...]