Manx State of Nature 2024 - Stayd Y Dooghys Manninagh
This Manx State of Nature webpage contains information and appropriate links to provide the best knowledge we currently have about the current status of our Island’s habitats and wildlife. For some categories (such as birds and flowering plants) we have a great deal of information and have a good picture of what their present state is. For other categories we know far less, and the details on this page simply state what we (and those who are regarded as the Isle of Man experts) currently infer from the information available. This Manx State of Nature is therefore not as fully comprehensive as we would like, owing to these many data deficiencies. Our ambition is that over time we (with the help of the wider Manx nature community) will fill in these gaps and enable us all to better understand our Island's biodiversity and ecology. Ultimately, this will then allow us all to better prioritise what we do as conservation organisations, and, crucially, measure the impact of our conservation work.
The Manx State of Nature 2024 report is a collaboration between the conservation organisations, government departments and volunteer recorders listed below:
Ed Pooley
Ian Scott
IOM Fungus group – Liz Charter, Bob & Sue Moon
Isle of Man Government Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture
John Ward - DEFA
Kate Hawkins
Manx Bat Group - Nick Pinder
Manx Birdlife - Neil Morris
Manx Butterfly Conservation - Garry Curtis
Manx Hedgehog Conservation Society
Pete Hadfield
Peter Duncan - DEFA
Steve Crellin
