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PAYMENT DETAILS PLEASE COMPLETE IN BLOCK CAPITALS Protecting wildlife from invasive species GIFT AID Please use this form for both Penguin Adoption and Membership DARWIN purchase, completing the relevant sections. With Gift Aid on every £1 you give Centrally located historical settlement 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 Postcode __________________ Tel. ____________________ donations I have made in the last Gorse is very useful for hedging and stock shelter, especially around settlements. four years, and all I will make until Email _____________________________________________ Stock eat the young shoots. Where native fachine and tussac grass have been grazed I notify you otherwise, as Gift Aid out, gorse may provide alternative nesting sites for birds. Hedges that are managed 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 need to be regularly trimmed to keep them under control. Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax than PURCHASE INFORMATION However, away from settlements gorse is a problem. Bushes spread slowly and may the amount of Gift Aid claimed on * eventually dominate large areas and smothering vegetation, altering soil structure and all my donations in that tax year Penguin adoption for a year – £25 / $40 ■ nutrient levels and changing the habitat structure. These changes can have a long-term it is my responsibility to pay any * impact, persisting for decades after the gorse has been removed. Gorse currently difference. Membership fee payable threatens native and endemic plants at eight Important Plant Areas. (see overleaf for categories) ■ Signed: ________________________ *Please indicate £ sterling or US$ * Donation ■ 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 Date: __________________________ Please make cheques payable Total * your clothing, equipment and luggage is free from soil, animal faeces, seeds, insects to Falklands Conservation. ■ and rodents, and scrub your footwear before each visit to a new wildlife site or seabird colony. If you have any questions about biosecurity, or wish to DATA PROTECTION ■ I wish to pay by Visa/Mastercard (please tick) report diseased wildlife, please speak to the landowners or call We respect your privacy. Falklands My card number is the Department of Agriculture 27355 / Falklands Conservation 22247 for advice. Conservation will not make your name and address available to other ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ organisations, and will treat your ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Expiry date Falklands Conservation would like to thank Falkland Islands Holidays for their collaboration in details as confidential. If however, ■■ ■■ you would be happy to receive / the production of this leaflet – www.falklandislandsholidays.com. information, about other aspects of Signature __________________________________________ Photos: Darwin House, Tom Heller, Alan Henry, Richard Lewis, Andrew Stanworth, Dave Tyler. our work from time to time, please Maps: Jeremy Smith and Rachel Still. tick the box . Cardholder’s name __________________________________ Cardholder’s address (if different from applicant) 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 Wildlife in the Darwin area King Penguin Adoption l Adopt a king penguin at the remote colony of DARWIN This is to certify that Volunteer Point in the Falkland Islands for £25/ has adopted In the area surrounding Darwin it is possible US$40 for 12 months. at Volunteer Point on East Falkland, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean to see a variety of flora and fauna. Here is 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 to improve our understanding of these beautiful birds. Help conservation efforts to protect the penguins of a list of some birds and plants to look for This adoption is for one year from Cape Dolphin the Falklands. N during your stay. l Salvador Receive a personalised adoption certificate, king Douglas D Johnsons N Station Harbour U Port San Carlos Port Dunbar O Louis S penguin photo and penguin pin badge. Hill Cove D 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 N K San Carlos Birds Registered Office: 14 East Hatley, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 3JA, UK. Falklands Office: 41 Ross Road, Stanley, Falkland Islands, FIQQ 1ZZ Howard Inlet Crooked Inlet L N A 2297 F Murrell l A Bold Cove Fern Mt Usborne A Port Receive updates from Falklands Conservation. L STANLEY Cape William Shallow Ridge Chartres L Pembroke Farm Magellanic penguin 2312 Harbour Mt Pleasant K K Bluff Cove Farm Darwin Airport Dunnose L L Fitzroy Head Goose Green Spring A A White-tufted grebe Beaver A Yes, I would like to Adopt a Penguin! I ■ (payment form overleaf) Island Point F F N Ch Fox Bay oiseul Sound T East O Double F T Walker Creek Rock cormorant Creek S A S Fox Bay Lively Island South E West L A Cape Harbour You may wish to Adopt a Penguin as a gift or on behalf of Orford W Port Edgar E North D N Arm The Falkland Islands archipelago lies Port Stephens Black-crowned night-heron U O S Hoste Inlet D N someone else, if so just let us know the details. A Speedwell L K Island L A 350 km (280 miles) to the east of the South Upland goose F Yellow pale maiden 1500 Cape Meredith Bull Point 1000 American continent. It consists of two large ■ I would like the adoption pack to be sent to: Ruddy-headed goose 500 Kilometres 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 PLEASE WRITE IN BLOCK CAPITALS 0 islands, East and West Falkland, and more Falkland steamer duck Height in feet 0 10 20 30 40 above sea level Miles than 750 small islands and islets. Crested duck Name _____________________________________________ Turkey vulture Darwin Settlement is situated on the isthmus between Visitor Accommodation Crested caracara Address ___________________________________________ South East Falkland (known as Lafonia) and the North Darwin House was built in the mid Variable hawk ___________________________________________________ of East Falkland. It is approximately 96 km (60 miles) 1970’s and has 6 bedrooms with the Peregrine falcon ___________________________________________________ from Stanley. versatility to make rooms into either twin Magellanic oystercatcher Approximately 40 minutes from Mount Pleasant or double occupancy. Fully furnished the Blackish oystercatcher Postcode __________________ Tel. ____________________ Two-banded plover Airport, Darwin House is the nearest tourist house includes a bar and a conservatory White-rumped sandpiper Email _____________________________________________ accommodation and an ideal place to start or finish with excellent views of the Choiseul South American tern Magellanic Oystercatcher Penguin Name ______________________________________ your visit to the Falkland Islands. Goose Green airstrip Sound, Wickham Heights and Mount Usborne (705 m), the highest mountain in Barn owl roughly 2 km away is conveniently placed for local Falkland thrush MEMBERSHIP flights to and from
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