Wild Thing - MWT
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago -The Manx Wildlife Trust podcast exploring all things wild in nature upon the Isle of Man. Produced in association with Manx Radio.
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Episodes
WILDTHING - MANX WILDLIFE WEEK 2024
April 18, 2024 15:38 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBIt'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.
WILDTHING - MANX BIRDLIFE POINT OF AYRE NATIONAL RESERVE
April 10, 2024 13:34 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBAhead 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
WILDTHING - FIRST CARBON CREDIT SCHEME
April 08, 2024 12:17 - 6 minutes - 6.15 MBGraham 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.
WILDTHING - WILDLIFE REMEMBERED FILM
March 26, 2024 11:59 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBHead 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
WILDTHING - MANX FUNGI CHECKLIST
January 04, 2024 12:33 - 8 minutes - 8.04 MBLiz 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
WILDTHING - WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR EXHIBITION at HOUSE OF MANANNAN
September 28, 2023 14:12 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBCurator 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)
WILDTHING - TEMPERATE RAIN FOREST PROJECT. COULD YOU BE A WARDEN?
June 16, 2023 12:51 - 6 minutes - 6.26 MBAs 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 . .
WILDTHING - MWT is 50!
April 27, 2023 11:31 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBManx 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
WILDTHING - KNOW YOUR SEAWEED!
April 13, 2023 15:22 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBDr 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.
WILD THING - LOVE YOUR BEACH WEEK!
February 07, 2023 18:02 - 9 minutes - 8.25 MBCommunity Ranger Hannah Phillips tells H about how MWT is celebrating Valentine's this year - it's Love Your Beach Week!
WILD THING - BIG SCHOOLS' BIRDWATCH
January 26, 2023 15:07 - 10 minutes - 9.92 MBAnna Graham chats to Howard about this year's Big Schools' Birdwatch and taking over the education role at Manx Birdlife.
WILD THING - THE MANX NATURE SHOW
January 24, 2023 13:31 - 7 minutes - 7.08 MBJen Adams from Manx Whale and Dolphin Watch talks to H about the Manx Nature Show.
WILD THING - WILD ABOUT THE NORTH!
November 25, 2022 15:41 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBAs 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.
WILD THING - Birds of a feather!
October 20, 2022 13:08 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBTweet 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 . . .
WILD THING - Isle of Man Fungus Group 10th anniversary weekend
September 05, 2022 11:38 - 6 minutes - 6.1 MBConsultant mycologist Nev Kilkenny talks about the development of the IOM Fungus Group, the importance of fungi and their vital relationship with trees
WILD THING - Community consultations get underway
September 02, 2022 14:18 - 10 minutes - 9.49 MBMWT Community Ranger Hannah talks to Howard about her aim to create an Eastern Community Group
WILD THING - MWT's new Community Ranger
May 24, 2022 11:51 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBHannah 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.
WILD THING - Manx Basking Shark Watch
May 19, 2022 14:00 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBJackie 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.
HERRING GULLS
January 12, 2022 17:18 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBThey'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.
Wild Thing ep 2 - The Forest and Us
March 21, 2019 14:20 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBAaron 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.
Wild Thing ep 1 - The Celtic Rainforest
March 13, 2019 10:06 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MBJoin Howard and Aaron on the guided tour of Glen Elfin above the Ramsey Hairpin, with botanist, ecologist and general wildlife encyclopedia Andre Dubbeldam.