taken this last summer at volunteer point.

King penguin foot print in snow.

Two of the c100 ruddy-headed geese that can be seen  at volunteer point at times. these are the smallest of the geese resident in the falklands and can also be found in south america but are in decline there and numbers may be as low as 1000 birds. They are a protected species in the falklands are less confiding than upland geese but are very tame at volunteer point. both sexes are the same but the male is larger, during the breeding season they will steal goslings from other pairs and i have seen a pair with 22 goslings of different ages.

Went to volunteer point on saturday(by military helicopter) it had snowed friday night so had a rare opperatunity to see penguins in snow.

Brown-hooded gulls at volunteer beach earlier this year. They did not breed in the erea this season but turned up in there hundreds after they had finished breeding. They are very noisy and are normally found close to the shore often resting on floating kelp. they move north up the Atlantic as far as Brazil for the winter. breeding plumage includes a pink tinge to the breast.

Another regular visitor to johnson harbour farm. Can be seen flying around houses on most days.Also have a pair of dark phase variable hawks (buteo polysoma) that see most days.

The barn owl family may have two chicks going by calling going on as there where three birds in the trees last night and one still calling from the gorse hedge were they have there nest. There is a full moon on wednesday so hope to get some more shots of them,aslo on wed there is a luna eclipse? Lets hope for clear skies and no cloud, fog, mist or volcanic ash.

One of the family of barn owls living in the gorse hedge next to my house at johnsons harbour farm. They have at least one fledged chick that is still being fed by its parants. They spend lots of time flying around the house and i have had some really good views of them. How ever taking photos in the dark without a flash is not easy but there is a full moon soon so hopefully some better shots.Luckily these guys quite often land within the light coming from the house.

Ok so the creamy bellied thrush i found the other day is not a falklnds first. Alan phone last night to say that someone had shown him a photo of a creamy bellied thrush they had take last winter and only remembered taking it when they were looking at his blog. Owell its still a mega life and falklands tick, life goes on and sure will soon find something else!

having a family of barn owls as neighours is pretty cool anyway, and have set up my nest box cam(birthday pressie from the georgous one) so am sitting in lounge watching them fly around outside and have ashley(son) here so dont even have to get up to refill wine glass.

Yesterday while out looking for some sheep at Johnson harbour farm, where i am working at the moment I saw a strange thrush like bird. After taking some record shots i went home and phoned Alan Henry. After some discussion he thought it could be a creamy bellied thrush amongst other things.Alan arrived just after sunrise this morning even though it was icey(48km drive). we looked at my pics and Alan was convinced what it was. We went and found it in the same spot,later on Alan comfirmed it was a creamy bellied thrush thanks to some birders in south america. This is my first falkland first find and also a life tick. Thanks to all those who helped with the ID.This bird comes from centrel south america and likes woodlands so is away out of its normal range.