Falklands Islands 2018
Southern Rockhopper Penguins on nest
Southern Rockhopper Penguins on rocky cliff
Southern Rockhopper Penguins
Southern Rockhopper Penguin chick
Southern Rockhopper Penguin portrait
Magellanic Penguins in nest burrow
Calling Magellanic Penguin
Magellanic Penguins on beach
Southern Rockhopper Penguins
Southern Rockhopper Penguin
Magellanic Penguins
Magellanic Penguin portrait
Magellanic Penguin
Magellanic Penguin with chicks
Macaroni Penguin amongst Rockhoppers
King Penguin with young chick
King Penguin with egg
Large King Penguin chick
Mating King Penguins
Macaroni Penguin portrait
King Penguin breeding colony
King Penguins on beach
King Penguin portrait
King Penguin portrait
King Penguins
King Penguin incubating egg
King Penguins
Portrait of Gentoo Penguin chick
Gentoo Penguin chick
Gentoo Penguin dozing
Gentoo Penguin portrait
Young Gentoo Penguin
Gentoo Penguin pair at nest
Gentoo Penguin feeding chick
Gentoo Penguin with chick
Gentoo Penguin on beach
Gentoo Penguin
Nesting colonies of Gentoo Penguins
Gentoo Penguin in the sea
Portrait of Black-browed Albatross chick
Black-browed Albatross chick on nest
Black-browed Albatross in flight
Black-browed Albatross nesting colony
Black-browed Albatross standing on nest
Black-browed Albatross preening his feathers
Black-browed Albatross coming in to land
Black-browed Albatross portrait
Black-browed Albatross preening chick
Pair of Black-browed Albatrosses
Black-browed Albatross over the sea
White-rumped Sandpiper
Male White-bridled Finch
Female White-bridled Finch
Juvenile Variable Hawk
Portrait of juvenile Variable Hawk
Female Variable Hawk on clifftop
Two-banded Plover
Two-banded Plover on beach
Fledgling Striated Caracara
Southern Giant Petrel on the water
Portrait of young Striated Caracara
Striated Caracara
Striated Caracara landing in cliff top.
Striated Caracara portrait
South American Snipe
Bathing South American Snipe
South American Snipe on beach
Snowy Sheathbill
Snowy Sheathbill on rocky cliff
Silvery Grebe with chick
Silvery Grebe
Silvery Grebe
Tock Shag portrait
Rock Shag
Courting pair of Magellanic Oystercatchers
Kelp Gulls
Kelp Gull
Male Long-tailed Meadowlark
Male Long-tailed Meadowlark on wire fence
Magellanic Oystercatcher
Dark-faced Ground Tyrant
Dolphin Gull
Dolphin Gull portrait
Correndera Pipit
Cobb's Wren
Cobb's Wren
Brown-hooded Gulls in flight
Blackish Oystercatcher portrait
Brown Skua portrait
Brown Skua in flight
Brown Skua with chick
Brown Skuas in penguin colony
Blackish Oystercatcher on black rock
Blackish Cinclodes
Blackish Cinclodes
Male Black-chinned Siskin
Female Black-chinned Siskin
Austral Thrush on fence
Male Upland Goose
Male Upland Goose portrait
Female Upland Goose portrait
Pair of Upland Geese
Baby Ruddy-headed Goose
Ruddy-headed Goose
Pair of Ruddy-headed Geese
Male Kelp Goose
Male Kelp Goose male
Female Kelp Goose with goslings
Kelp Goose goslings
Female Kelp Goose
Falkland Steamer Duck in the sea
Falkland Steamer Duck with chick
Falkland Steamer Duck
Crested Duck portrait
Female Crested Duck
Crested Duck ducklings
Female Kelp Geese fighting
Yellow-billed Teal on the water
Silver Teal on the water
Crested Duck resting
Southern Elephant Seal bull
Young Southern Elephant Seal
Young bull Southern Elephant Seal
Young bull Southern Elephant Seal
Young bull Southern Elephant Seals sparring
Male South American Sea Lion in the sea
Male South American Sea Lion
Young Southern Elephant Seal bulls sparring in the surf
Southern Elephant Seals sleeping
Southern Elephant Seal portrait
South American Sea Lion pups
South American Sea Lions
We flew to the Falklands from Brize Norton courtesy of the RAF, re-fuelling at the Cape Verde Islands. Our trip, organised by Libby Weir-Breen of “Island Holidays” started in Stanley, the capital, before flying to Port Howard on the east coast of West Falkland. From there we flew to Sea Lion Island which lies 14 km off the south coast of East Falkland and the whole island is a National Nature Reserve. Our next destination was Carcass Island off the north coast of West Falkland. Whilst there we had a day trip to West Point Island to visit a nesting colony of Black-browed Albatrosses and Rockhopper Penguins. The trip ended with a return to Stanley and an excursion to Volunteer Point to vist a King Penguin colony.