Celebrating our 2025 Group Marine Environmental Award Winners! 

Join us in congratulating the Mersey Gateway Environmental Trust as our 2025 Group Marine Environmental Award Winners! 

The MGET was set up in 2010 following the construction of the Mersey Gateway Bridge to conserve and protect 1,600 hectares of the upper Mersey Estuary. 

Since its establishment, the passionate team at the Trust have engaged with local stakeholders to develop environmental stewards and enable the long-term protection and function of the important ecosystem services that the estuary provides.

Recent work with Natural England under their species recovery project has seen projects at Wigg Island and Widnes Warth to improve breeding habitats for ground nesting birds of skylark, lapwing, oystercatchers, and common terns. The projects have also enabled collaboration amongst students and local conservation partners to monitor changes and detect protected species through innovative sampling.

Recently the trust has been working with over 2,000 local school children to develop Mersey Estuary Ambassadors, educating students about the fantastic environments and species found across the Estuary.   The Trust’s Research & Biodiversity Board provides an additional opportunity for collaborative research across coastal, educational and terrestrial sectors. Since 2017 MGET have worked with over 50 students on various environmental projects.

The Trust also undertakes a great deal of community engagement, from coordinating wellbeing walks to offering opportunities for the community to come together through BioBlitzes to record wildlife and connect with nature.

Congratulations to the Mersey Gateway Environmental Trust for their well deserving award