Penguins in the Falklands
Penguins arrive in the Falklands as part of annual journey to nesting grounds.
Deborah Lutterbeck reports.



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The sea is calm in the New Heaven Bay in the far west of East Falkland Island in the southern Atlantic ocean, but that changes as the Bay’s yearly and most “elegant” visitors appear, paddling along at top speed. They are gentoo penguins, within minutes a handful of them turns into hundreds, all driving towards the beach en route to the annual nesting grounds.

In the end, there will be 65,000 pairs nesting in different parts of the Falklands. Gentoo numbers dropped a few years back, but scientists say they are making a strong recovery.

The Falklands are known for fiercely protecting birds, tourism is important and the islanders promote themselves as an alternative to the more famous Galápagos reserve off the coast of Ecuador.

The penguins however are oblivious to all the fuss made about them. They are here for one thing only, to breed.

Deborah Lutterbeck Reuters.

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