macquarie island pest eradication project

Developed seal shots of harems. The programme also involves some of the world’s leading experts in the field of island restoration who were instrumental in the success of the Macquarie Island Pest Eradication Project and the South Georgia Habitat Restoration Project, amongst many others. Details of the festivities need not be recorded beyond saying that swims were enjoyed both in the plunge pool and garden cove. Unfortunately their quest for gold often leaves them covered in it. With Charles out in the field, this left Lauren to fly solo where she focussed on getting the nutrient calibration standards prepared, run and checked. Our beaches, hills, escarpments and skies are teeming with numerous species of wildlife. Continued work on fuel drums for field huts. Macquarie Island lies 1,500 kilometres south-east of Tasmania in the sub-Antarctic. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. Quite a tiring day — fuel line out all night, terry on shift fuelling until 2400 hrs. The Macquarie Island Pest Eradication Project was developed to remove all three invasive species at the same time. At Macquarie Island, we carry on with vital work including pest eradication, bird census, hut maintenance, remediation and taking photos of all the amazing creatures and landscapes that make this place so unique. This involves an overnight trip down the island to show the expeditioners the field huts and some of the AAD hut, radio and field procedures as well as a familiarisation with the landscape and the animals. Robby remained busy in the mechanical workshop servicing machinery and repairing one of the pumps. Paul’s been getting ready to do some track work and spent a day getting materials and tools ready to complete the tourist’s viewing platform at Sandy Bay and install some new planking on the nearby Brothers Point jump up. Miles looked very fetching in a backless blue satin number. In June 2007, the Australian and Tasmanian governments agreed to $24.6 million in joint funding to implement the Plan for the Eradication of Rabbits and Rodents on Macquarie Island. In mid October, many females have pupped, some have weaned pups as the pups only get milk from their mothers for approximately four weeks and the first pup was recorded on the 7th of September. Page 1 of 7. The RSPB and our partners have years of island eradication experience to draw on. There were six ducks observed along with at least three ducklings and a nest of 12 eggs. The elephant seal Census is upon us.

This week at Macquarie Island: 16 November 2012, This week at Macquarie Island: 30 November 2012, This week at Macquarie Island: 23 November 2012, Environmental Impact Assessment approvals, Australia and the Antarctic Treaty System, Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, Australian Antarctic Science Grants awarded, What happens before departure & on arrival at station, Message for family and friends of expeditioners, Classification of scientific publications, Antarctic Strategy and Action Plan: Prime Minister’s Foreword. For the last six weeks, expeditioners have been counting all female elephant seals on the isthmus.

A subset of all of the colonies are being surveyed and the number of penguins sitting on eggs are counted. It’s been a mixed month of activities as they have been able to assist the rangers with the skua census and the comms … Dogs on rocks, people climbing things, animal husbandry, a seal pup milk moustache and some photos of landscapes that would make National Geographic green with envy, this week from Macca. At the southern end of the island a black-browed albatross was found with a band that has come from the Museum of Paris, most likely banded on Iles Kerguelen. Richard’s working on the colonies south of Green Gorge whilst Paul is working on the colonies to the north. This will allow the baseline nutrient concentrations to be determined prior to the addition of nutrient in the form of fertiliser. The mess was declared finished today — we have all had a hand in the work and whose results we can all take pride.

This could be due to better nesting habitat in these areas or expansion of the main breeding colony. Every five years the total coastline is counted. The study sites this year involve the west and east coast of the isthmus, the northwest coast and southeast coast, over 60% of the island. This work develops monitoring tools to assist with future eradications on other islands.

"We've certainly been able to share some of the lessons that we've learnt on Macquarie with the people planning the South Georgia project, amongst others," he said. Also seen 34 fur seals and 7 pairs of Rock Hoppers at R/H cave, North Head.

His experience is a lesson for others, Sonny Bill Williams ruled out of Roosters-Panthers NRL final, Calls for national illegal worker amnesty as labour shortage crisis hits boiling point. Pest eradication conducted over the years 2010 to 2014 at Macquarie Island successfully eradicated introduced rabbits, rats and mice from this sub-Antarctic island. Cool, strong west wind at times, rain late PM. When we discovered our dam at Gadgets Gully was nearly empty due to a leak, Tom and Robby spent their Sunday de-silting and cleaning the dam before repairing the water outlet gate. Boisterous party ensued. This week at Macquarie Island: 12 October 2012 Pete’s September report was completed a few days ago with more good news recorded: September was a further month where no rabbits or sign was found. September was a further month where no rabbits or sign was found. A …
This week at Macquarie Island: 5 October 2012, This week at Macquarie Island: 19 October 2012, This week at Macquarie Island: 12 October 2012, Environmental Impact Assessment approvals, Australia and the Antarctic Treaty System, Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, Australian Antarctic Science Grants awarded, What happens before departure & on arrival at station, Message for family and friends of expeditioners, Classification of scientific publications, Antarctic Strategy and Action Plan: Prime Minister’s Foreword. The hunters covered a total of 3289 kms on foot. "We've had teams that have scoured the island by day and by night, covering a total of 92,000 on the island, in terms of their tracked travel, searching every nook and cranny that they could access, to make sure that there's none left, no rabbit and no rodent," he said. The World Heritage-listed Macquarie Island has been declared free of pests after a near seven-year campaign to eradicate it of rats, rabbits and mice.

Everyone else worked on stock-takes and reorders for the 2013 season. On station we say goodbye to Kelly who will head down to Hurd Point and we welcome Lauren on station for the next month. When that job was completed, he hitched a ride in one of the IRBs to Waterfall Bay hut for more hut maintenance work. The ‘beachmaster’ is the term used for the dominant male, a very arduous position and over 90% of males do not reach the age of seven to ten years when they are big enough to hold that position. The initial aerial baiting phase in the winters of 2010 and 2011 resulted in significant mortality of several native seabird species through primary and secondary ingestion of brodifacoum bait. A monitoring program since then has not detected any pests for the past two years and the eradication program has been declared a success. The diet of several seabird species, including Macquarie Island’s four species of albatross, is being investigated by seabird ecologists at the Australian Antarctic Division. Also worked on RTA items and general clean up. Albatross gold. Former acting project manager Noel Carmichael has told ABC Local Radio the success is of worldwide significance. This week also saw Charles, along with Greg from comms, head out for field familiarisation training with Head Ranger Richard.

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