Stanley

Our second and last day in the Falklands was spent in and around Stanley. The “town” is really a couple of streets, with cheerful houses behind:

stanleyhouse

People are very British:

cathedralsign

We headed however for Cape Pembroke, just past the airport:

airport

We saw several Rufous-chested Dotterels/Plovers:

dotterel

And lots of geese in and around the bomb craters:

goslings

The splendidly-named Dark-faced Ground Tyrant is the local flycatcher: tyrant

Great fun was had trying to spot the Magellanic Snipe, even when they were only a few metres away:snipe

No such problems with the Turkey Vulture, which smells extremely well through the hole in his nose:turkeyvulture

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