Had two superb landings in the Falklands - Westpoint Island and New Island. Had the good luck (or skill) to position myself next to our resident bird expert on landing - within the first minute we had spotted turkey vultures, kelp geese, upland geese, flightless steamer ducks, striated caracara, blackish oystercatchers (yes they really are called that), long-tailed meadow larks (aka Falkland robins - bright orange breast) and a pair of peregrines. Wonderful! Strolled over the island to black-browed albatross and rockhopper colony. Amazingly close, and unperturbed by our presence.
Some of our party members made a run for the first boat back to catch the rugby final - I hung back and by happy discovery found a man with a radio! so half a dozen of us stood on a beach listening to the last 20 minutes. Not that it cheered us any. Quite a bizarre place to be listening to the world cup final though!
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