The Mouse-Free Marion Project releases its 11th Quarterly Newsletter

The Mouse-Free Marion Project has released its 11th Quarterly Newsletter for October 2024, now available online on the project’s website.  All the previous newsletters from No. 1 of April 2002 can also be found online.

The latest issue commences with an editorial by Anton Wolfaardt, the MFM Project Manager.  Articles follow by Monique van Bers, the MFM Project Overwintering Research Assistant on Marion Island on her field work underway.  Liezl Pretorius, MFM Research and Reporting Officer then introduces Abuyiselwe Nguna and Yinhla Shihlomule, the two researchers who are tracking Marion Island’s long-term seabird monitoring colonies.  Species followed include ACAP listed Grey-headed and Wandering Albatrosses, Northern Giant Petrels and Grey Petrels, some of which were first monitored way back in the 1980s.

The newsletter ends with the news that the project has formed a cycling team, now with 29 members with its own jersey, to help raise awareness and funds via sponsorships. Membership is open from anywhere in the world.  A running shirt is also in production.  Enquiries to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

John Cooper, Emeritus Information Officer, Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, 24 October 2024