Help Manx Wildlife Trust purchase a new nature reserve

*We have a target nature reserve and we are in the process of making an offer*

Donations will help to buy and rewild 3mx3m squares of land at a new reserve. For each £30 donation, you will be allocated your own square which can be named and dedicated to someone, or something, special. Once the nature reserve has been purchased, you will receive a digital certificate with the precise location of your patch, mapped using what3words.

Your donation can make a lasting difference

– A £30 donation will help buy a 3mx3m square.

– A £65 donation will help buy and rewild a 3mx3m square.

Securing a new nature reserve will increase the area of land managed by Manx Wildlife Trust and help achieve our ambitious goal to bring wildlife back to the Island.

To ensure we can buy and restore the new nature reserve, we must urgently raise at least £100,000

MWT are calling for at least 30 per cent of our Island's land and sea to be connected, protected, and managed for nature’s recovery by 2030. It is estimated that around 20 per cent of the Isle of Man is currently good for nature.

Reaching 30 per cent means doubling the Island’s woodlands, restoring all drained peatlands, tripling wetlands, and creating more species-rich grasslands.

MWT is planning to buy a plot of land to provide the opportunity to restore habitats and connect with other wildlife havens. Buying and restoring land that is nature-depleted will make a huge difference to local wildlife.

The target nature reserve features carbon-storing woodlands providing homes for birds, bats and small mammals. It's wetlands could support invertebrates, amphibians and wading birds.

We need your help and we need it now! 

Graham Makepeace-Warne, MWT’s chief executive, said: “To reach our goal of 30 per cent by 2030 and reverse nature’s decline we must be ambitious. This is a key land purchase for MWT. It is urgently needed if we are to address the nature and climate emergency.

We’ve identified a potential site and discussions are already underway. we’ll need to move quickly to complete the sale.

We urgently need to raise the money, so we can complete the purchase and restore the reserve for people and nature. Please help us buy more land to bring wildlife back.”

Making a larger donation? 

Businesses or organisations looking to make larger donations please get in contact with lucy.felton@mwt.im to arrange payment by bank transfer or invoice to avoid online transaction fees.

Thank you!