Project FLOW

The Manhood Wildlife & Heritage Group (MWHG) is delighted to announce that HLF has awarded it funding to support Project  FLOW - Fixing and Linking Our Wetlands. The project was designed by MWHG to enhance and improve the environment on the Manhood Peninsula and to help reduce flood risk.

MWHG now has permission to start the project and adverts for 2 part time posts - Project Manager and Wetlands Field Officer - have been circulated.  Once staff have been appointed a new project group will be created. This is WHAG - the Wetlands Habitat Advisory Group.

Follow this link to find out more about project  FLOW  job opportunities

Follow this link to find out more about the HLF funded project FLOW

How Vulnerable are our Wetlands?

The east and west coasts of the Manhood Peninsula are home to vast numbers of resident and migrating birds who benefit from the fact that Chichester and Pagham harbours hold the status of Ramsar sites, as well as many other environmental designations. Ramsar has recently published a new Framework for Assessing the Vulnerability of Wetlands to Climate Change. The Secretariat of the... Read More»

Nature and Conservation

The peninsula contains several internationally important nature conservation areas (see wildlife page). Extensive consultation took place to examine how the environmental character of the Manhood could be enhanced by the Medmerry managed realignment scheme and how it could benefit the local population, through sensitive management of habitat and tourism. The scheme has been successfully completed and is now managed... Read More»

Environment & Wildlife Statistics

The annual summary of environmental statistics has been published by Defra. This covers a range of summary statistics on the environment in the United Kingdom. The aim is to provide information that can be used by members of the public wanting to monitor the impact of environmental interventions or as a teaching resource. Each topic contains more datasets and... Read More»