The Falklands are low wet islands.
FIGAS flights connect the Falkland islands.
On the Falklands, Magellanic penguins build nest burrows in the soft peat.
A pair of Rockhopper Penguins Eudyptes chrysocome on Saunders Island.
Albatross are supremely graceful in flight.
Upland Geese Chloephaga picta are common around The Rookery on Saunders Island.
The isolated shipping container at The Rookery on Saunders Island.
Some of the comforts of home.
Colonies are crowded, noisy, and smelly. Few bird species have a developed sense of smell, so it's just noisy and crowded to these ones.
Imperial Shags Phalacrocorax atriceps breed in mixed colonies with Rockhopper Penguins Eudyptes chrysocome on Saunders and Sea Lion.
Saunders Island is still a working sheep farm.
A building in the main settlement on Saunders Island.
Kelp Geese Chloephaga hybrida can be seen on land and in the water.
Looking south-east along Saunders Island.
Snowy Sheathbills Chionis alba on kelp below the Rockhopper colony at The Rookery, Saunders Island.
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris nests are laid on steep cliffs overlooking the sea. Behind this nestling, you can see Rockhopper Penguins resting after leaping out of the sea.
Albatross are long-lived birds with slow reproductive rates. A pair builds and maintains a beautiful mud-cup nest.
A slightly damp Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome on Saunders Island.
Turkey Vultures Cathartes aura are common around the Falklands.
A close-up view of the Imperial Shag Phalacrocorax atriceps.
The beautiful Dolphin Gulls Larus scoresbii are much easier to see in the Falklands than on the South American mainland.
Looking west along Saunders Island.
Falkland Steamerducks Tachyeres brachypterus were visible in or near the water on Sea Lion and Saunders.
A group of friendly Tussockbirds Cinclodes antarcticus met our plane when it landed on Sea Lion Island.
Both Upland Chloephaga picta and Ruddy-headed Geese Chloephaga rubidiceps are readily visible on the Falklands.
A Brown Skua Stercorarius antarctica chick hiding in the grass on Sea Lion Island.
This Striated Caracara Phalcoboenus australis was very curious and bold.
This Striated Caracara Phalcoboenus australis found us on Sea Lion Island.
A rainbow over Sea Lion Island.
The Striated Caracara Phalcoboenus australis is globally threatened and only easily seen in the Falklands.
Resting Elephant Seals.
A pair of Brown Skuas Stercorarius antarctica with some meat.
An adult Brown Skua Stercorarius antarctica remains vigilant near its chicks.
Snowy Sheathbills Chionis alba scavenge around Penguin and mammal colonies in the far south, like this bird on Sea Lion Island.
One afternoon, South American Snipes Gallinago paraguaiae were visible and audibly winnowing everywhere on Sea Lion Island. On the other days, we neither saw nor heard them.
The South American Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae is nearly invisible in the grass.
It's always good fortune to see a Snipe.
A Snowy Sheathbill Chionis alba on the beach on Sea Lion Island.
Rock Shags Phalacrocorax magellanicus on Sea Lion Island.
A Magellanic Oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus on Sea Lion Island.
Penguins are popular in Stanley, the capital of the Falklands.
King Penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus returning to the sea at Volunteer Point on East Falkland.
King Penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus returning from the sea at Volunteer Point on East Falkland.