We work with the community to keep Mayne Island shorelines clean.
We educate schoolchildren and host educational (and fun) events for adults.
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The Pigeons and Doves of Mayne Island Birds provide a rich contribution to our island soundscape through their songs, calls and other sounds. We have three representatives of the pigeon and dove family which contribute the Read more…
Beachcombing has long been one of my favourite outdoor activities. Since I was a little kid I’ve enjoyed wandering along shorelines of all types, staring down at the ground or into the shallows to see Read more…
We welcome guest writer Eleanor Willson, one of the Conservancy’s summer interns. The work shift begins for me around 9:00pm. The evening is warm, the sun is setting against the water, and night grows calm. Read more…
Editor’s note: we are delighted to welcome Herbie Rochet as our guest writer for this post. Herbie and Bernard Rochet are Mayne Island’s stewards of the BC Purple Martin Stewardship and Recovery Project. Among the beautiful Read more…
Article by Michael Dunn. Photos by Don Enright. Meet the Anna’s Hummingbird The Anna’s hummingbird is a relative newcomer to Mayne Island. In fact, it has only been a year-round resident for the last decade Read more…
Mayne Island is full of beautiful, brightly-coloured birds right now—they’re just a bit hard to spot. As a kid growing up, I was captivated by images of tropical birds, with their impossibly bright feathers. It Read more…
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