My Wild City

Reconnecting people and wildlife in Manchester

(c) Tom Marshall

Turning Manchester Wild

Our vision is for everyone living, working and studying in Manchester to help transform work places, gardens and our open spaces into a city-wide nature reserve.

Together we can create a nature-rich city that puts wildlife right on our doorsteps, giving everyone the opportunity to experience the joy of wildlife every day. Working in collaboration with Manchester City Council we are also helping to develop and deliver the new 10-year vision for wildlife in the city.

Oropendola Productions

Whether you live, work or go to school in Manchester, there are lots of ways you can get involved today. If you notice and appreciate urban wildlife, we can all help to protect it.

Your actions count!

97% of you told us that Manchester's wildlife was important to you in our recent survey and according to research by Manchester Metropolitan University, gardens make up a fifth of the green space in Manchester.

The power is in all our hands to make a difference.

My Wild City: The Results My Back Yard: The Summary

If we connect habitats and green spaces, we can create wildlife corridors – ‘green motorways’ that enable wildlife to move easily around the city and that link up to the countryside in Greater Manchester and beyond.

Order your free 'My Wild Garden' pack today to make a real difference to the wildlife living on your doorstep. Your input will be added to our map using your postcode, to show you the bigger network you are part of and the impact you are making. This information will then be sent off to Manchester Metropolitan University for research to help local wildlife. 

Order your free My Wild Garden pack 

Take action for wildlife

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Make a record!

Catch the recording bug and collect vital wildlife records for your city in preparation for the City Nature Challenge 2020 - in 2019, 138 of you collected 5,098 records of 795 different species!

Submit a record to GMLRC

MFON Forest School

Paul Hayes

My Wild School

If people don't understand the natural world, they will not take the trouble to protect it. Find out about our Forest School work in Manchester.

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                                       My Wild Stories

Manchester’s wildlife holds an immense value for everyone living, working, studying and visiting our city. This intrinsic relationship goes right back to the industrial revolution when residents would ride through the streets on their bikes planting trees to help clean up the air, it is even embodied in our symbol, the worker bee, which adorns nearly every street.

Urban wildlife offers important moments of calm to the otherwise chaotic world of living in such a vibrant and colourful city, our case studies highlight these important moments and encourage each and every one of us to do more to ensure our cities stay wild for generations to come.

Sahar

Oropendola Productions

Sahar loves exploring her local parks and appreciating the beauty of urban nature. Whether enjoyed alone or shared with her friends and students, Manchester's parks offer Sahar a fantastic space to learn, teach and relax.

Joel

Oropendola Productions

Joel finds important moments of relaxation in Manchester's parks and green spaces. His passion for birdwatching and nature photography gives him much needed respite between studying for his exams.

My Wild City is a Lancashire Wildlife Trust project working in partnership with Manchester City Council and funded by Esmee Fairburn Foundation.

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