Overview of our current and upcoming activities
December 2023/January 2024
- Continuation of the study on the foraging ecology of Erect-crested and Eastern Rockhopper Penguins on the Bounty and Antipodes Islands, New Zealand, in cooperation with Dr. Thomas Mattern (Tawaki Project) and Dr. Pablo Garcia-Borboroglu (Global Penguin Society)(Project 45/24).
November 2023
- Field work on Hummock Island, Falkland Islands, by Klemens Pütz: Various projects on flora and fauna, including deployment of camera loggers on Magellanic Penguins (Project 44/23) and a cooperative study with Dr. Andrea Raya Rey (CONICET, Ushuaia, Argentina) on the diet of various bird of prey species.
October 2023
- Publication of our Newsletter 19-23 [in German].
September 2023
- Attending the 11th International Penguin Congress in Vina del Mar, Chile, 4 to 9 September.
July 2023
- Publication of our new calendar 2024.
May 2023
- Continuation of the winter krill project at South Georgia in cooperation with the Government of South Georgia and the British Antarctic Survey. Tracking of Gentoo penguins to evaluate potential interactions with the commercial winter krill fishery (Project 43/23)
April 2023
- Continuation of the restoration project on Hummock Island, Falkland Islands, by further tussac plantations.
March 2023
- International project in cooperation with Dr. Alejandro Simeone (Andres-Bello University, Santiago, Chile) and Dr. Thomas Mattern (Tawaki Project) to investigate the winter dispersal of Humboldt Penguins in Chile (Project 42/23). This project had to be postponed due to the outbreak of avian influenza in Chile.
February/March 2023
- International project in cooperation with Dr. Alejandro Simeone (Andres-Bello University, Santiago, Chile), Dr. Pablo Garcia-Borboroglu (Global Penguin Society) and Dr. Yves Cherel (Centre for Biological Studies, Chizé, France) on the foraging ecology of King Penguins in Parque Pinguino Rey in the the Magellan Strait, Chile (Project 41/23). Done, results will be presented in September 2023 at the 11. International Penguin Congress in Viña del Mar, Chile.
January/February 2023
- Field work on Hummock Island, Falkland Islands, by Klemens Pütz: Various projects on flora and fauna, including deployment of camera loggers on Magellanic Penguins (Project 40/23). Done.
November/December 2022
- Expedition to the Bounty and Antipodes Islands, New Zealand, in cooperation with Dr. Thomas Mattern (Tawaki Project) and Dr. Pablo Garcia-Borboroglu (Global Penguin Society) to study the foraging ecology of Erect-crested and Eastern Rockhopper Penguins (Project 39/22). Done.
October 2022
- Publication of our Newsletter 18-22. [in German]
May 2022
- Start of the winter krill project at South Georgia in cooperation with the Government of South Georgia and the British Antarctic Survey. Tracking of Gentoo penguins to evaluate potential interactions with the commercial winter krill fishery (Project 38/22). Done.