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Manx Telecom to sponsor Cooildarry nature reserve

Andree Dubbeldam

Manx Wildlife Trust are delighted that Manx Telecom are sponsoring Cooildarry Nature Reserve!

Manx Telecom is to sponsor Manx Wildlife Trust’s Cooildarry nature reserve just outside Kirk Michael in the first arrangement of its kind between MWT and a local business.

The venture will see Manx Telecom support the maintenance programme for the reserve and will also involve Manx Telecom staff helping out with work on site, reflecting the company’s ongoing commitment to caring for the environment and giving back to the community.

Cooildarry is an area of woodland of around seven hectares that was planted predominantly in Victorian times. As well as many varieties of tree such as elm, ash, alder, sycamore and beech, it contains rhododendron and cherry laurel and sports a magnificent display of flowers such as bluebells, buttercups and primroses each Spring.

Ongoing work at the reserve includes the removal of some of the invasive species such as montbretia and controlling the rhododendron. Manx Telecom staff volunteers will get to test out their green fingers on a Wild Work Day in late May under the guidance of MWT Conservation Officer Tricia Sayle, with further events planned later in the year.

Manx Telecom CEO Gary Lamb said the sponsorship was a way for Manx Telecom to proactively move forward on some of its environmental goals as well as help MWT with its conservation work.

We should all cherish the natural beauty that we have on this Island and be mindful of preserving it for generations to come. Manx Wildlife Trust staff and volunteers do a fabulous job in looking after the Island’s varied fauna and flora, and in connecting people to nature. I am sure our work parties will gain a lot from the experience of helping at Cooildarry.
Gary Lamb
Manx Telecom CEO
We are delighted to welcome Manx Telecom as the first ever sponsor of one of our MWT nature reserves, which have always been, and will remain, the core of what Manx Wildlife Trust does. Our nature reserves are precious places in the Isle of Man that we have secured for future generations, but they still need annual maintenance and this unseen, less showcased work, is harder for us to secure financial support for.
The sponsorship from Manx Telecom means that we can plan out our maintenance programme at the reserve for the next few years and ensure we are on top of the crucial annual work that needs to be carried out. We are hoping that other corporates will sponsor other nature reserves, which could then give us the capacity to take on and protect even more land.
“It is especially fitting to have Manx Telecom on board as one of our first tasks will be to map the presence of the invasive montbretia at the site with a highly accurate GPS device using Manx Telecom’s 4G connectivity.
Leigh Morris
Manx Wildlife Trust CEO

Cooildarry is open to the public and can be accessed from opposite Glen Wyllin campsite.

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