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New Island

West Falklands  >  Falkland Islands

New Island's flora and fauna include a Southern Rockhopper Penguin and Black-browed Albatross colony.

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Senast uppdaterad 22 november 2023

Beskrivning

New Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying north of Beaver Island. It is 13 km long with an average width of 750 m. New Island is a Nature Reserve set up by Ian Strange in 1972 and has a range of interesting flora and fauna as well as a museum. The New Island group has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA). A Southern Rockhopper Penguin colony (ca. 13,000 pairs) can be observed from above. Other birds for which the site is of conservation significance include Falkland steamer ducks, ruddy-headed geese, gentoo penguins, Magellanic penguins, black-browed albatrosses (ca. 29,000 pairs), slender-billed prions, white-chinned petrels, imperial cormorants, striated caracaras, white-bridled finches, blackish cinclodes and Cobb's wrens.

Detaljer

Tillgänglighet

By boat or by the New Island Airstrip.

Terräng och habitat

Stäpp , Strand , Kanjon/klippa , Hed , Slätt

Förhållanden

Kulligt , Klippigt

Rundtur

Nej

Tubkikare behövs?

Kan vara användbart

Hur ansträngande vandring

Genomsnittlig vandring

Nås

Till fots , Båt

Fågeltorn / plattform

Nej

Extra information

Photo Southern Rockhopper penguins by Ben Tubby, CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0

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Magellanic Penguin
1. Magellanic Penguin
(Spheniscus magellanicus)
Black-browed Albatross
2. Black-browed Albatross
(Thalassarche melanophris)
Gentoo Penguin
3. Gentoo Penguin
(Pygoscelis papua)
Southern Rockhopper Penguin
4. Southern Rockhopper Penguin
(Eudyptes chrysocome)
Upland Goose
5. Upland Goose
(Chloephaga picta)

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