6th November 2015. Berkeley Sound, East Falkland, Falkland Islands.

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A final view of Sea Lion Island as we fly away.  looking towards the south end of the island, I think.

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And this is Stanley, only town in the Falklands.

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One of the ships in Stanley Harbour.  Fortunately, not the one we travelled on to South Georgia.

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We headed off overland in four wheel drive vehicles to the southern shores of Berkely Sound, north of Stanley, in response to a reported sighting of a stray Northern Rockhopper penguin. The northern variety has much longer yellow head plumes and its most numerous location is at Gough Island in the Tristan da Cunha group.  However, the penguins we saw were the more common Southern Rockhoppers, though someone else in our party caught a brief glimpse of a northern one.

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Southern rockhopper, as for all following penguins.

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Cochon Island.

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Looking north, across Berkeley Sound.

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Distant sea view with Cochon Island.

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