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SAUNDERS ISLAND Purchase, Completing the Relevant Sections 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 Expiry date report diseased wildlife, please speak to the landowners or call details as confidential. If however, ■■ ■■ 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 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 ✃ 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) king penguins has adopted Volunteer Point in the Falkland Islands for £25/ and WARNING Southern rockhopper 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 Douglas Sealers Trypot 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.
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