Hannah Phillips
Love Tech Wildlife Challenge: MWT Onchan Community Wetlands
The charity Love Tech, with Manx Wildlife Trust and UNESCO Biosphere Isle of Man, is encouraging young people to get outside and explore in nature this summer via the Love Tech Wildlife Challenge.
Visit eight sites, take a pledge and enter our fantastic competition (entry form at the bottom of this page!)
Know before you go:
MWT Onchan Wetlands is a former millpond with an extended a wetland which supports many species including marsh marigold, yellow flag, reed canary grass surrounded by scrub and woodland including hedgerow plants such red campion, herb-robert, ivy and ferns together with mixed hedgerow of hawthorn, blackthorn, dog rose, and silver birch, ash, holly and rowan in drier outer areas.
Precise Location: Located between Onchan Village Green on Church Road and Lakeside Gardens on Derwent Drive in Onchan, south of the A2 road.
Parking: Roadside parking is available on Derwent Drive (///everyone.colonies.eager) or Church Road in close proximity to the site (///surprise.prime.harps)
Sections of boardwalk and surfaced path make a short walk around this site but can be slippery when wet or covered with plant material.
Close Sartfield's display of Orchids in the summer is a spectacular sight! ©Graham Makepeace-Warne
How many nature reserves have you ever been to? If this is your first, which 1 will you go to next?
Pledge ideas:
- To visit 6 next reserves in the next 12 months. OR To visit as many nature reserves as you can this year and bring a friend too! www.mwt.im/nature-reserves
Enter our Wildlife Challenge competition for 8-12 years olds and you could win an Apple iPad mini or a £50 voucher for the MWT Gift Shop in Peel!
All you have to do is come up with your own pledge to help protect and nurture the wonderful wildlife and nature in our Island Biosphere and fill in the form below.
You can find the full terms and conditions at the bottom of the page.
