The 79th Marion Island overwintering team arrived on Marion Island on 21 April 2022. They are back in Cape Town, after spending 386 days on the island and 6 nights on the S.A. Agulhas II for the journey home. If you want to know more about the work this...
This team is studying seabirds at Marion Island and has two projects for the period 2021-2023: 1) Avian scavenger project focusing mostly on Black-faced Sheathbill, Kelp Gull and Brown Skua as well as some of their prey. 2) FitzPatrick...
The Mouse-Free Marion Project is a partnership between the Department of Forestry Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) and BirdLife South Africa, working towards an operation to eradicate invasive mice from Marion Island. The mice, which were...
What are your plans for this takeover? Into our 41st uninterrupted year of continuous monitoring! Takeover is mostly dedicated to training the new overwintering personnel, because most...
The NRF-SANAP Funding call is now open! Click on the link below to access the submission portal. Submission deadline: 15 June 2023 ...
Message from the Metkassies (Meteorological Technicians) currently on Marion Island. Happy World Meteorological Day from the Metkassies on the 79th Marion Island overwintering team. The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has been running a...
East Pier Shed, East Pier Lane,
V&A Waterfront, Cape Town,
South Africa
