Oak Bay Islands ER#94 Warden’s Report 2023

OakBayIslandsERWardensReport2023Oak Bay Islands Er#94 wardens Report 2023 Use the link above for the complete set of photos with this report Oak Bay Islands Ecological Reserve Wardens Report – 2023 Marilyn Lambert, Phil Lambert, with notes from: Michael Sheehan, Mike Jackson and Jacques Sirois   Continuing boat, and other, issues meant that I wasn’t able to

Black oystercatchers on the Front Line for Oil Spills.

On December 16, I  accompanied a tour to Race Rocks Ecological Reserve. On board was Todd Golumbia who, while working  for Environment Canada out of Sidney, Vancouver Island,  was involved with research on the Black Oystercatchers of the Salish Sea. (See research papers below) Today there were 31 Oystercatchers  in their favourite roosting area in

Restoration Efforts at Oak Bay Islands and Trial Island Ecological Reserves

On Oct 18th, 2012,   Matt Fairbarns made this presentation to the Restoration of Natural Systems Speaker series on the restoration efforts at Oak Bay Islands and Trial Island Ecological Reserves: It includes a section on invasive species as well as native species. Be sure to see the PDF file to get information on the

Warden’s Report Oak Bay Islands Ecological Reserve 2000

During 2000, the warden made 13 visits to the reserve.  Most of these visits were for general survey purposes but other visits were for beach clean-up on Alpha and Griffin Islets, preliminary wildflower survey on Jemmy Jones Islet, Double-crested Cormorant nest count on Great Chain Island and broom removal on Griffin Islet.  On five occasions

Chain Islets Important Bird Area Conservation Plan

Marilyn Lambert and Barry P. Booth did this report in January, 2001 for the IBA Program, an International initiative coordinated by Birdlife International, a partnership of member-based organizations in over 1200 countries seeking to identify and Conserve sites important to all bird species worldwide. See the full 4 page PDF :Chain Islets IBA report 2001