West Point Island, Falkland

It was time to get ready for our first disembarkation at West Point Island which has been owned by the Napier family since 1959.

We enjoyed watching the strangest community of neighbours - Black-browed Albatross and Rockhopper Penguin. You may wonder why they nest so close together. The penguins benefit from the long necks of the sky-pointing albatrosses if predators, such as caracaras, fly over. But do the albatrosses gain anything from their smaller distant cousins? Judging from the frequent disputes between them, nothing at all! We believe that the albatross regard the Rockhopper as noisy, useless neighbours! They can’t even fly!

On the island were also Ashy-Headed Geese, Falkland Flightless Steamerduck and a pair of Greater Kelp Geese.Read more