PAYMENT DETAILS PLEASE COMPLETE IN BLOCK CAPITALS Regenerating tussac for Falklands wildlife GIFT AID Please use this form for both Penguin Adoption and Membership BULL POINT purchase, completing the relevant sections. Tussac grass, which can grow to over 3 m tall and live With Gift Aid on every £1 you give for 300 years or more, forms the single most important Most southerly point of East Falkland us we can claim an extra 25p back Name _____________________________________________ wildlife habitat in the Falklands. Of the 65 bird species from HM Revenue & Customs. To breeding in the Islands, 46 use tussac for either nesting or qualify, what you pay in UK Income Address ___________________________________________ and/or Capital Gains Tax must feeding. Seals use tussac as shelter when breeding or as a hauling out ground. It is a habitat rich in invertebrates, at least equal the Gift Aid all your ___________________________________________________ Restoration work charities will reclaim in the tax year. many unique to the Islands. at Bull Point ___________________________________________________ ■ YES: I would like Falklands The extent of tussac cover has dramatically declined by The tussac in the Bull Point Conservation to treat all the Postcode __________________ Tel. ____________________ some 81%, from an original estimated area of 22,000 area has been fenced off donations I have made in the last hectares to only 4–5,000 hectares today, and no more from livestock to encourage four years, and all I will make until Email _____________________________________________ it to spread. Families from I notify you otherwise, as Gift Aid than 65 hectares remain in the two main islands of East the settlement make a day donations. I am a UK taxpayer and ■ and West Falkland. Not only has this seriously depleted Please tick this box if you would like to receive updates by email out of replanting tussac in understand that if I pay less Income the available wildlife habitat, but in many places has Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax than PURCHASE INFORMATION caused the soil to dry out resulting in serious soil erosion. areas that are eroded or need help improving. With the amount of Gift Aid claimed on * For farmers, tussac is important for both grazing all my donations in that tax year Penguin adoption for a year – £25 / $40 ■ careful monitoring the tussac it is my responsibility to pay any and winter shelter. It starts growth earlier than any of can now be used both as * the other native or introduced grasses and remains natural habitat for wildlife, as difference. Membership fee payable (see overleaf for categories) ■ palatable all year round. For these reasons, farmers well as providing occasional and conservationists both share a common interest in its supplementary feed for some Signed: ________________________ *Please indicate £ sterling or US$ * Donation ■ establishment, management and long-term protection. of the North Arm cattle. Date: __________________________ Please make cheques payable Total * To prevent the spread of invasive species and diseases, you are asked to comply to Falklands Conservation. ■ with a few simple measures when travelling around the islands: make sure all of your clothing, equipment and luggage is free from soil, animal faeces, seeds, insects DATA PROTECTION ■ I wish to pay by Visa/Mastercard (please tick) and rodents, and scrub your footwear before each visit to a new wildlife My card number is We respect your privacy. Falklands site or seabird colony. If you have any questions about biosecurity, or wish to Conservation will not make your report diseased wildlife, please speak to the landowners or call name and address available to other ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ the Department of Agriculture 27355 / Falklands Conservation 22247 for advice. organisations, and will treat your Expiry date details as confidential. If however, ■■ ■■ you would be happy to receive / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS information, about other aspects of Signature __________________________________________ We wish to thank Ian & Eileen Jaffray and the Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust for our work from time to time, please information used in this leaflet, Jeremy Smith and Robert Still for the production of the maps tick the box . Cardholder’s name __________________________________ and the following photographers: Mike Morrison, Farrah Peck, Louise Taylor, Wayne Jaffray, Cardholder’s address (if different from applicant) Craig Dockrill & James Fenton. RETURN COMPLETED FORM TO: Published by Falklands Conservation July 2016. Designed by Eye on The Ball Ltd +44 1256 478309. Falklands Conservation, ___________________________________________________ Registered Office: 1 Waterloo Close, Abbotsley, St Neots, Cambridgeshire PE19 6UX, UK The Gatehouse, The Lodge, Falklands Conservation is a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales No 03661322 and registered charity No 1073859. Falklands Conservation is registered as an Overseas Company in the Falkland Islands. Sandy, Beds, SG19 2DL, UK ___________________________________________________ Falkland Office: Jubilee Villas, Ross Road, Stanley FIQQ 1ZZ | UK Office: The Gatehouse, The Lodge, Sandy, Beds SG19 2DL __________________________ Postcode ________________ Falklands Conservation works to conserve the wildlife of the Falkland Islands. To find out more about us and how you can support what we Have you considered a Standing Order? (UK BANK ACCOUNT HOLDERS ONLY) do, visit us at Jubilee Villas, Ross Road, Stanley or go to our website: This helps us keep our administration costs down. Either download the form from our website or set www.falklandsconservation.com up your own using the following details: Falklands Conservation, Barclays Bank, King George Information about other areas of outstanding wildlife and scenery, Street, Yeovil, Somerset BA20 1PX. Sort code: 20-99-40 / Account Number 90442542 can be found in A Visitor’s Guide to the Falkland Islands. You can also purchase securely online at www.falklandsconservation.com/our-shop Falklands Conservation is a UK registered charity no. 1073859 and a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales no. 03661322. @FI_Conservation www.falklandsconservation.com ✃ Bull Roads PENGUIN ADOPTION FORM Cape Dolphin Peale’s and Commerson’s dolphins l often playing in the surf King Penguin Adoption Adopt a king penguin at the remote colony of BULL POINT This is to certify that Volunteer Point in the Falkland Islands for £25/ N has adopted US$40 for 12 months. at Salvador Volunteer Point on East Falkland, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean Douglas Volunteer Point is the most accessible breeding site for king penguins in the world. l Your adoption is protecting this important area and many other penguin colonies in D Johnsons the Falkland Islands. You are helping to fund research work by Falklands Conservation to improve our understanding of these beautiful birds. Help conservation efforts to protect the penguins of THE FALKLAND ISLANDS N Magellanic The Falkland Islands archipelago Stationlies Harbour This adoption is for one year from U Port San Carlos Port Cape Dolphin penguins Dunbar O Louis Bull Point the Falklands. 350 km (280 miles)S to the east of the South N Hill Cove D D l Salvador N Receive a personalised adoption certificate, king Roy Cove Douglas Berkeley D Johnsons American continent. It consists of two large D N Station Harbour A Teal U Port San Carlos MtPort Adam Dunbar Port O Louis L Long Island Sound Kelp S San Carlos penguin photo and penguin pin badge. Hill Cove D D N K Inlet N Berkeley Roy Cove D Howard www.falklandsconservation.com Photo: Ruedi Abbühl Mt Adam A Teal Port L Long Island Sound islands, East andL West Falkland, and more Falklands Conservation is the charity taking action for nature in the Falkland Islands. It is a UK registered charity number: 1073859 San Carlos Registered Office: 14 East Hatley, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 3JA, UK. Falklands Office: 41 Ross Road, Stanley, Falkland Islands, FIQQ 1ZZ N Howard K Crooked InletInlet N Crooked Inlet L N A A Murrell 2297 F Murrell Lagoon l A Bold Cove 2297 F Fern Mt Usborne A Port Receive updates from Falklands Conservation. L STANLEY Cape William A Shallow Ridge Chartres L Pembroke than 750Bold small Cove islands and islets. Farm 2312 A Port Harbour Mt Pleasant Mt Usborne K Fern K Bluff Cove Farm Darwin Airport Cape Dunnose L L Fitzroy STANLEY William Head RidgeGoose Green Chartres L A A Pembroke Beaver Spring Shallow A L Yes, I would like to Adopt a Penguin! I ■ (payment form overleaf) Island Point F Farm F N Choise 2312 Magellanic HarbourFox Bay ul Sound T East O K Mt Pleasant Double F T Walker Creek K Bluff Cove Creek S Farm A S penguins Fox Bay Lively Island Airport South E West L A Darwin Cape Harbour You may wish to Adopt a Penguin as a gift or on behalf of Orford W Port Edgar DunnoseE North L D Fitzroy Port Stephens N Arm U Gentoo O Goose Green S Head Hoste Inlet D N someone else, if so just let us know the details. A Speedwell L A penguins K Island L A Spring Beaver F BULL POINT A 1500 Cape Meredith I Island Bull PointPoint F Porpoise Point 1000 N ■ I would like the adoption pack to be sent to: 500 Kilometres Magellanic 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 O PLEASE WRITE IN BLOCK CAPITALS 0 T Tussac Height in feet 0 10 20 30 40 Double F Walker Creek penguins above sea level Miles Creek S A Sea lions Fox Bay Lively Island Point Name _____________________________________________ South E West L Cape Harbour 0 1 2 Km Bull PointOrford is situated at the southernmostW Port Edgar tip North Address ___________________________________________ Arm of East Falkland, 145Port km Stephens (90 miles) from Elephant seals ___________________________________________________ Hoste Inlet Sea lions 0 1 Miles Stanley. Bull Point curves southeast to form the Speedwell Island Bay of Harbours, with Eagle Passage to the Eagle Passage Bay of ___________________________________________________ Harbours 1500west. Speedwell, George,Cape Meredith Barren and Sea In all, 64 native and 20 introduced plant species are known to Bull Point Postcode __________________ Tel.