22 June 2009 - 26 June 2009
A BBC Radio 4 team headed to the Isle of Man to record Manx shearwaters and storm petrels being ringed at night as well as to see basking sharks or one of the seven species of cetaceans which regularly patrol these waters.
Andrew DawesAndrew has been passionate about UK wildlife since he was a child. He currently works as a radio production assistant.
Julian HectorJulian is Editor of Radio in the BBC Natural History Unit. Before the BBC Julian was a seabird biologist and university lecturer.
The Isle of man lies in the middle of the Irish Sea, 134km from Liverpool and 145km from Belfast. The Calf of Man, a small island off the south-west coast, is a bird sanctuary owned by Manx National Heritage.
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