It is an important breeding site for the endangered Cape gannet and crowned cormorant.

[1][2] Bird guano was collected on the island for fertiliser from 1888 until 1990.

In 1988, it was officially established as the Lambert’s Bay Penguin Island Provincial Nature Reserve.

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