PAYMENT DETAILS PLEASE COMPLETE IN BLOCK CAPITALS Protecting wildlife from invasive species GIFT AID Please use this form for both Penguin Adoption and Membership SAUNDERS ISLAND purchase, completing the relevant sections. With Gift Aid on every £1 you give A wealth of Falkland wildlife us we can claim an extra 25p back Name ______from HM Revenue & Customs. To qualify, what you pay in UK Income Address ______and/or Capital Gains Tax must at least equal the Gift Aid all your ______charities will reclaim in the tax year. ■ YES: I would like Falklands ______Conservation to treat all the donations I have made in the last Postcode ______Tel. ______four years, and all I will make until Email ______I notify you otherwise, as Gift Aid donations. I am a UK taxpayer and ■ Please tick this box if you would like to receive updates by email understand that if I pay less Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax than PURCHASE INFORMATION the amount of Gift Aid claimed on * all my donations in that tax year Penguin adoption for a year – £25 / $40 ■ it is my responsibility to pay any * difference. Membership fee payable The presence of cats and mice on Saunders Island has reduced the number of (see overleaf for categories) ■ songbirds here, though some survive in the more sheltered and shrubby valleys. The Signed:______*Please indicate £ sterling or US$ * chicks of ground-nesting birds, such as the Falkland skua (above) are also at risk. It is Donation ■ crucial that areas of wildlife importance in the Falkland Islands are kept free of invasive species. Date:______Please make cheques payable Total * to Falklands Conservation. ■
DATA PROTECTION ■ I wish to pay by Visa/Mastercard (please tick) To prevent the spread of invasive species and diseases, you are asked to comply with a few simple measures when travelling around the islands: make sure all of We respect your privacy. Falklands My card number is your clothing, equipment and luggage is free from soil, animal faeces, seeds, insects Conservation will not make your and rodents, and scrub your footwear before each visit to a new wildlife name and address available to other ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ organisations, and will treat your site or seabird colony. If you have any questions about biosecurity, or wish to details as confidential. If however, Expiry date ■ ■ ■ ■ report diseased wildlife, please speak to the landowners or call you would be happy to receive / the Department of Agriculture 27355 / Falklands Conservation 22247 for advice. information, about other aspects of Signature ______our work from time to time, please ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS tick the box . Cardholder’s name ______Photos: Alan Henry, Ali Liddle, Tim Mason, David Pole-Evans and Kevin Schafer. Cardholder’s address (if different from applicant) Maps by Jeremy Smith and Robert Still. 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 Sandy, Beds, SG19 2DL, UK ______No 1073859. Falklands Conservation is registered as an Overseas Company in the Falkland Islands. 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 ✃ PENGUIN ADOPTION FORM Hike Distances WARNING King penguin hike – 0·7 km (0·4 miles) Wildlife l King Penguin Adoption Gentoo Keep outside of Rockhopper hike – 1·1 km (0·7 miles) Adopt a king penguin at the remote colony of penguins This is to certify that SAUNDERS ISLAND fence surrounding Albatross hike – 1·4 km (0·9 miles) Volunteer Point in the Falkland Islands for £25/ and WARNING king penguins Southern rockhopper has adopted penguins Black-browed US$40 for 12 months. Keep noise at WARNING Imperial albatross Volunteer Point on East Falkland, levels down cormorants Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean Volunteer Point is the most accessible breeding site for king penguins in the world. l Keep back from Your adoption is protecting this important area and many other penguin colonies in the Falkland Islands. You are helping to fund research work by Falklands Conservation THE FALKLAND ISLANDS The Falkland Islands archipelago lies to improve our understanding of these beautiful birds. Help conservation efforts to protect the penguins of Walks rockhopper landing point This adoption is for one year from Cape Dolphin the Falklands. SAUNDERS ISLAND 350 km (280 miles) to the east of the South Magellanic Southern penguins The Neck rockhopper N American continent. It consists of two large King penguins l Salvador Receive a personalised adoption certificate, king
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D Johnsons penguins N Station Harbour The narrow, sandy x U Port San Carlos Port Dunbar O Louis
S penguin photo and penguin pin badge. Hill Cove D islands, East and West Falkland, and more D Roy Cove N D Berkeley x www.falklandsconservation.com Photo: Ruedi Abbühl Mt Adam A Teal Port L Long Island Sound 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 Inlet isthmus at The Neck Crooked Inlet L N A 2297 F Murrell l A Bold Cove than 750 small islands and islets. Fern Mt Usborne A Port x Receive updates from Falklands Conservation. L STANLEY Cape William Shallow Ridge Chartres L Pembroke Magellanic
Harbour Farm 2312 is crowded with WARNING Mt Pleasant x K K Bluff Cove Farm Darwin Airport 1250 penguins Dunnose L L Fitzroy Head Goose Green Take care, steep, A A Beaver Spring A Yes, I would like to Adopt a Penguin! I gentoo, Magellanic ■ (payment form overleaf) Island Point F F N Ch 1000 slippery slope Fox Bay oiseul Sound Hut T East O Double F T Walker Creek N Creek S Fox Bay A S and king penguins. Lively Island 750 South E West L A Cape Harbour Saunders You may wish to Adopt a Penguin as a gift or on behalf of Orford W Port Edgar E North D N Arm Port Stephens U O Shorebirds here Settlement S 500 Hoste Inlet D N someone else, if so just let us know the details. A Speedwell L K Island 16km Kilometres L FA 1500 Cape Meredith include Magellanic 250 (10 miles) 0 0·5 1 Bull Point Key 1000 ■ I would like the adoption pack to be sent to: and blackish 0 500 Kilometres Hiking route 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 PLEASE WRITE IN BLOCK CAPITALS 0 Height in feet Kelp 0 0·25 0·5 0·75 Height in feet 0 10 20 30 40 oystercatchers, kelp above sea level above sea level Miles Miles geese and Falkland Name ______Saunders Island is situated just off the north location. The Cabin here, which has 24-hour steamer ducks. Striated caracaras roam around in search Address ______of prey. There is a long but worthwhile walk from here to coast of West Falkland. It is about 145 km power, can sleep up to eight people (two sets ______(90 miles) from Stanley. of bunk beds in each of the two bedrooms). Elephant Point where there are elephant seals and The bathroom has a shower, sink and toilet. a variety of waterfowl, including silvery grebes, on the ______Saunders Island is reached by an hour’s flight small ponds. Watch out for Commerson’s and Peale’s from Stanley, or Mount Pleasant Complex, with This accommodation is isolated, and you Postcode ______Tel. ______may not see anyone else from when you are dolphins near the shore and on rare occasions fin and the Falkland Islands Government Air Service Email ______dropped off until early on the day of your sei whales farther out to sea. A hike to the top of Mount (FIGAS). Passengers from cruise ships arrive by Harston and back to The Neck will reward you with fine Zodiac at either the North or South Beach at departure. A hand held radio is supplied for Penguin Name ______emergency use only. views across to Carcass Island, West Point Island and, the Neck, depending on weather conditions. on a clear day, the Jason Islands to the north-west. MEMBERSHIP Visitor Accommodation Rookery Inn Along the northern slopes of Mount Richards (which can be l Four self-catering properties all have central Located 10 km (6 miles) from the Settlement, Join Falklands Conservation and help to protect the approached from The Neck or the east) are nesting sites spectacular wildlife of the Falkland Islands. heating, gas cooker, fridge and all the close to southern rockhopper penguin and of the black-browed albatross, which stretch for several l crockery and utensils you will need for your black-browed albatross colonies, Rookery Receive a joining pack and membership badge. kilometres. Close to The Neck along this rocky coastline are Southern rockhopper penguin l Inn is a tourist cottage that can sleep up to Receive regular updates from the Islands and stay. Bedding, bed linen and towels are king cormorants and southern rockhopper penguins. Kalinka Rexer-Huber extended her work with Falkland two magazines a year. four people in two twin bedrooms. It has few more months, focusing on introduced animals. s Conservation for a provided. s Conservation for a In January we received word Alistairthatnd our Wilson Alistair Wilson place. entry to the RSPB Club of the Year Kalinka Rexer-Huber extended her work with Falkland few more months, focusing on introduced animals. 2012 competition was award 2 In January we received word that our entry to the RSPB Club of the Year The 2 Lesley Nundy,6:30am. Youth Officer of the day for Stanley’s retailers and tourist 2012 competition was award 2 A stream running off the mountain provides the penguins with nd Youth & Education Falklands Department, Conservation openedRSPB businesses on Februaryrecord. A2011 grand was total the busiestof “I amthe delighted shop as usual to announceat 8:00am and that by Lesley Nundy, Youth Officer of the 6561 passengers ar said: the Falklandsmid-morning Group a steady are the flow runners of eager up Youth & Education Department, ndRSPB cruise shvisitors were coming through the place. With a rather dull and drizzly day, the in the competition. The judges thor- said: “I am delighted to announce that door. Farrah Peck and Margaret the Falklands Group are the runners up weather couldips have a been better, but it oughlyCarr managed enjoyed the reading shop for about the du- all the did not seem to deter the masses of tour- in the competition. 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Further colonies of the islands, or that mice got to your island a few and safer techniques areSaunders now being Islandde- is an impressive 2200 been fitted by the Center for the Recov- Penguins are not flipper banded in the veloped. These include insertingkm (1367 small miles). cats were removed. Kalinkaery of will Marine be in theAnimals field ove (CRAM)r the next monthin or so, but will Falkland Islands. However, the practice ra This sighting further supports the be- happily collate any informationsouthern Brazil. you provide ondio her emitting return. does occur in other parts of the world. It cone rubber flipper bands. lief that South Atlantic penguins fre- Their records confirmed that the pen- has led to invaluable research, furthering quently disperse between the Falklands guin was admitted to CRAM as an oiled the understanding of penguin disper- implants or andfit South America and readily mix. The bird. It was rehabilitated for 8 weeks at sions and population changes. Newer sighting of the banded penguin alive and the CRAM facility and released at and safer techniques are now being de- well is also a boost to organisations that Cassino Beach, Brazil on the 17 Septem- veloped. These include inserting small are involved in rehabilitating oiled sea- ber 2010. It then made its way to Saun- ting sili- radio emitting implants or fitting sili- birds. Over the past few years volunteers Contact ders Island and is believed to be breed- cone rubber flipper bands. There is a shower room, bathroom and toilet, penguins and albatross are to the north and east of Rookery have helped Falklands Conservation and ■ Individual (UK, EU or FI) £30/$50 plus a dining room and sitting room with radio David and Suzan Pole-Evans Tel: +500 41298 Fax: +500 41296 Mountain. ■ Individual (overseas) £50/$80 and TV. The modernised Stone House, built in Email: [email protected] The historic ruins of the first British settlement at Port Egmont ■ Household/family £50/$80 1875, sleeps up to six people in one double Commerson's Dolphin (marked with a plaque) are a 30 minute walk along the ■ Gold £100/$170 and two twin rooms. There is a kitchen, utility coast from the present Settlement. Here are the newly ■ Life (one-off payment) £1,000/$1,700 room, toilet, a bath ‘with bath and shower’, restored graves of Royal Marines killed during a battle with the Spanish who briefly took ■ a washing machine, TV, and radio and WiFi possession of Port Egmont in the 1770s. The south western part of the Island has many Student £15/$20 hotspot. pools and ponds which are home to both silvery and white-tufted grebes, and the At the Neck occasional black-necked swan. Although only 16 km (10 miles) from the To either adopt a penguin and/or become a member please complete both sides of this form Settlement, it takes about an hour by Land You can also purchase securely online at www.falklandsconservation.com/our-shop Rover to reach The Neck, a superb wildlife Rookery Inn Falklands Conservation is a UK registered charity no. 1073859 and a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales no. 03661322. cover photo: Black-browed albatrosses ✃ About Saunders Island
Saunders Island (12,400 ha, 30,640 Saunders Island has exceptional wildlife. acres) is the second largest offshore island It contains one of the most accessible in the Falklands and is named after the black-browed albatross colonies in 18th century British Admiral Sir Charles the Falkland Islands. King, southern Saunders. In 1765 it (Port Egmont) was rockhopper, Magellanic and gentoo chosen as the first British settlement in the penguins all breed here. Many waterbirds Falkland Islands. Today it is owned by the are found on the ponds, including silvery Pole-Evans family, who run it as a traditional grebes. Saunders Island is internationally farm (principally for wool) with 6,000 recognised as an Important Bird Area sheep. (FK14). It has a complex shape with dramatic The Island is sheltered and has a slightly scenery, being about 21 km (13 miles) milder climate than elsewhere in the from east to west and almost as wide Falklands and as a result many native plants from north-east to south-west. The highest thrive here. It is an Important Plant Area point (457 m, 1,462 ft) is the summit of (IPA15) with 9 of the 14 Falkland endemic Mount Richards. There are wetlands and plants and 6 nationally threatened species. permanent lakes, sand dunes and steep These include populations of the striking cliffs – particularly towards the northern and silvery buttercup and hairy daisy. western coasts. A narrow waist of sand, The Neck, leads to Mount Harston and Elephant Point. Elephant SAUNDERS ISLAND Point N Cliff Point Black-browed Bird checklist T Southern h See enlargement albatross e King penguin elephant H on Page 7 o Mt. Harston Gentoo penguin seals l for more detail y C T i 1421 Macaroni penguin ty Rookery Mt. N Southern rockhopper penguin T East O he N 1384 Point M Magellanic penguin eck G Please follow the guidelines E White-tufted grebe T
Silvery grebe MAINTAIN A DISTANCE of Mt. Richards R 6 m (20 ft) between you and >6 m O Black-browed albatross P Southern giant petrel any wildlife at all times. First British Mt. Egmont Settlement Rock cormorant WILDLIFE HAVE RIGHT OF 1500 ve King cormorant WAY AT ALL TIMES. Do not Co aler Black-crowned night heron block wildlife from returning or no 1250 Se SAUNDERS Black-necked swan entering the sea. smoking SETTLEMENT 1000 Bluff Pt. Kelp goose Brett Hill B Sand Pt. TAKE CARE on steep slopes RE Piano Point Upland goose 750 TT and slippery rocks. H Big Ruddy-headed goose AR Pond Magellanic 500 BO Red Point penguins Flying steamer duck LEAVE GATES as you find them. no fires U R Falkland steamer duck 250 Horse Island Chiloë wigeon BE AWARE of biosecurity. Do not introduce invasive Speckled teal 0 Ranee Bay species to the area. Crested duck do not Height in feet Yellow-billed pintail BE CAREFUL not to trample litter above sea level Cinnamon teal the burrows of nesting Mt. Rees Turkey vulture seabirds, particularly those of Magellanic penguins. Avoid Penarrow Pt. Variable hawk Sand Beach walking across areas of high Penarrow Pt. Crested caracara no flash Kilometres Striated caracara burrow density. Penguin 0 1 2 3 4 5 Peregrine falcon Island Magellanic oystercatcher LAMBING SEASON KEY Blackish oystercatcher 0 0·5 1 2 3 4 The lambing season is from October to Beach Miles Two-banded plover December. During this time visitors are Rufous-chested dotterel asked to take extra care not to disturb ewes Wildlife Falkland skua as they may abandon lambs if startled. viewing area Kelp gull Dolphin gull Wire fence Brown-headed gull Vehicle track South American tern Tussacbird Road Dark-faced ground-tyrant Falkland pipit Falkland thrush Falkland grass wren Long-tailed meadowlark White-bridled finch Black-chinned siskin Vanilla daisy Variable hawk Falkland woolly ragwort The Black-browed Albatross
The largest albatross colony on Saunders Young albatrosses head out into the southern Island stretches along the steep northern ocean, ranging over the Patagonian Shelf slopes of Mt Richards. Every spring in and beyond in search of fish and squid. mid-September around 12,000 pairs of Some travel as far as the coast of southern albatrosses return here to breed, with a Brazil. After fledging, it will be at least preference for elevated sites where updrafts five years before the young birds return assist their take-off and landing. to their colony. Black-browed albatrosses are The adults are very large; mainly white, known to live up to 30 years. with a blackish back and upper wings, a Colonies of black-browed albatross exist grey tail and a distinctive black ‘eyebrow’ at 12 Falkland Islands sites and make up streak over and through the eye. Their heavy, the majority (70%) of the world population. hooked pale orange bill is used to catch In 2011 the black-browed albatross was prey. They are magnificent birds with a 2·5 m re-classified from Endangered to Near (8 ft) wingspan that enables them to glide Threatened as it is no longer estimated to be effortlessly over the southern seas. undergoing such a rapid population decline. Black-browed albatrosses return to the same However, they are still at risk from commercial nest in the same colony and mate for life. fisheries where they can be caught on hooks Their nest is a 50 cm (20") tall solid pillar and drowned. Although the Falkland fishery made of mud and guano with some tussac employs methods to minimise these problems, grass and seaweed that has a depression the species remains at risk across the southern in the top. A single large egg is laid in early ocean, where they live between April October with incubation lasting up to 72 and September. They are listed under the days. international Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP). The chicks are covered in grey down at first, is reared for about 17 weeks, until it leaves the nest in April.