Eradicating island mice: a webinar describes both the Gough Island Restoration Programme and the Mouse-Free Marion Project

At risk to House Mice.  A Grey-headed Albatross stands over its chick on Marion Island; photograph by John Dickens

A BirdLife South Africa Conservation Conversations webinar that was presented on the Gough and Marion Island mouse eradication projects on 23 November is now available on YouTube.

In the webinar Nini van der Merwe, Assistant Logistics & Procurement Manager, Gough Island Restoration Programme gives an update on the project and shares her experience of being part of the on-island team during the recently completed baiting operation to rid the island of its albatross-killing House Mice.  Anton Wolfaardt joins in at the end of Nini’s talk to share some of the progress with the Mouse-Free Marion Project, of which he is the Project Manager.

John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 01 December 2021