A local conservation charity will hold a weekend workshop aimed at the young wildlife watcher who wants to find out more about the aquatic life in the Irish Sea.

The Manx Wildlife Trust is holding a ’Marine Life on the Move’ craft and information session, designed to inform children about some of the fascinating migratory behaviour throughout the life cycle of some of the biggest and smallest marine creatures through that occasionally pass by the Isle of Man.

The sessions, aimed at children aged five and over, will be held by Manx Wildlife Trust volunteers, and led by biodiversity and education officer Dawn Dickens.

’We’ll be looking at some of our famous big sea creatures, such as dolphins, or the basking shark,’ said Dawn.

’Not many people know that, when they leave the Manx waters, our basking sharks can travel great distances through the interconnected seas. Some of them have gone down to Morocco for example.

’Also we will look at our smaller fish. One of the species that migrates the furthest is the European eels.

’They hatch out in the Sargasso Sea and swim across the Atlantic, ending up at the exact same river that their adults came from, and then go back again, making a round trip for little things of about 4,000 miles.

’Its absolutely amazing, and we’ll be teaching about that and more.

’We will try to recreate some of the things that these fish do to find their way around.

’For example, we will be doing some experiments with a compass, and we will also have the kids doing some taste tests, as some of the fish find their way by tasting the waters of where they are .

’There will also be a big world map, which will show the different places that these creatures can end up.’

The session takes place on Saturday, February 16, at Kirk Braddan Church hall, from 2pm.

Places on the workshop are £5.92, and can be reserved on Eventbrite, via the Manx Wildlife Trust Facebook page.