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CARCASS 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 CARCASS ISLAND purchase, completing the relevant sections. With Gift Aid on every £1 you give A beautiful rodent-free island with exceptional bird life 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 * The wildlife on Carcass Island survives in such abundance because over the centuries all my donations in that tax year Penguin adoption for a year – £25 / $40 ■ it has been kept free of rats and mice. Cobb’s wren cannot exist where there are rats it is my responsibility to pay any or mice. The introduced European gorse, with its brilliant yellow flowers in spring * difference. Membership fee payable time, now has to be controlled around the settlement to prevent its spread and reduce (see overleaf for categories) ■ the risk of fire. Because birds are ground nesting, it is crucial to all areas of wildlife Signed: ________________________ *Please indicate £ sterling or US$ * importance in the Falkland Islands that invasive species are kept at bay and biosecurity Donation ■ measures are put in place. 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: Sarah Crofts, Alan R Henry, Ali Liddle, Tim Mason. 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 Magellanic Penguins King Penguin Adoption l Adopt a king penguin at the remote colony of CARCASS ISLAND This is to certify that Volunteer Point in the Falkland Islands for £25/ has adopted US$40 for 12 months. at Carcass Island has a large number of Magellanic Volunteer Point on East Falkland, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean 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 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 penguins, found all over the island. This adoption is for one year from CARCASS ISLAND Cape Dolphin 350 km (280 miles) to the east of the South the Falklands. N American continent. It consists of two large They are often referred to locally as jackass l Salvador Receive a personalised adoption certificate, king Douglas D Johnsons N Station Harbour U Port San Carlos Port Dunbar O Louis S penguins because of their mournful braying call, penguin photo and penguin pin badge. Hill Cove D islands, East and West Falkland, and more D Roy Cove N D Berkeley 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 Crooked Inlet L N A Murrell l 2297 A F a typical sound of the Falkland summer, which Bold Cove than 750 small islands and islets. Fern Mt Usborne A Port Receive updates from Falklands Conservation. L STANLEY Cape William Shallow Ridge Chartres L Pembroke Farm 2312 Harbour Mt Pleasant K K Bluff Cove Farm Darwin Airport continues through much of the night. Dunnose L L Fitzroy Head Goose Green A A Beaver Spring A Yes, I would like to Adopt a Penguin! I ■ (payment form overleaf) Island Point F F N Ch Fox Bay oiseul Sound Magellanic penguins are found all around the T East O Double F T Walker Creek Creek S A S Fox Bay Lively Island South E West L A Cape Harbour coast of southern South America and are listed as 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 S Hoste Inlet D N someone else, if so just let us know the details. Speedwell Near Threatened by BirdLife International. A L K Island L FA 1500 Cape Meredith Bull Point The estimated population of breeding pairs in the Falkland Islands is 140,000 pairs. 1000 ■ I would like the adoption pack to be sent to: 500 Kilometres 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 PLEASE WRITE IN BLOCK CAPITALS 0 Magellanic penguins come to the Falkland Islands to breed. They begin to arrive in Height in feet 0 10 20 30 40 above sea level Miles springtime (early September). Nests are made in underground burrows up to 2 m (6 ft) deep Name _____________________________________________ under a tussac grass pedestal or in more open peaty ground. Carcass Island lies to the north-west of the Address ___________________________________________ Falkland Islands archipelago, 6·5 km (4 miles) Birds usually return to the same burrow in the same colony each year, but ownership of nest off Hope Point, the nearest land on West sites is sometimes contested. They are fiercely defended at all times – beware their hooked ___________________________________________________ Falkland. bill, which can inflict a nasty wound. ___________________________________________________ Carcass Island is reached by an hour's flight Two eggs are laid in October and the chicks fledge in February. By late April, after moulting, Postcode __________________ Tel. ____________________ from Stanley or Mount Pleasant Complex with the colonies are deserted. The penguins swim north for the winter, often following shoals of Email _____________________________________________ the Falkland Islands Government Air Service anchovy and other small fish and sometimes reach the coast of Brazil. A previous study found (FIGAS), or by Zodiac beach landings from that one bird travelled 2,661 km (1,663 miles) in 75 days. When in the Falkland Islands they Penguin Name ______________________________________ visiting cruise ships. can dive over 100 m to catch squid and small fish. MEMBERSHIP The Twins, two island nature reserves owned Contact Magellanic penguins start breeding when about five years old. The oldest birds recorded breeding in the wild are at least 16 years old. l by Falklands Conservation, lie off the north- Tel: +500 41106 Join Falklands Conservation and help to protect the west tip of Carcass Island. They support a Email: [email protected] Gentoo penguins also breed on Carcass Island, with the two main colonies on Jason Hill spectacular wildlife of the Falkland Islands. population of southern sea lions and southern and Leopard Beach to the south of the island.
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