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Bleaker Island

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Sandy Bay, Bleaker Island from the air - a typical Falkland Islands landscape with dwarf shrub heath in the foreground and a stunning white sandy beach

Bleaker Island from the air - a typical low-lying Falkland Islands landscape - showing a mixture of grass for grazing stock and dwarf shrub heath

Sunlit buildings at Bleaker Settlement, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands, with threatening clouds

Freshly-shorn male Falkland Sheep (rams), Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

Cassard House tourist accommodation, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

Northern half of Bleaker Island from the air - a typical low-lying Falkland Islands landscape, whose highest point is just 27 metres above sea level

Large colony of King Shags (King Cormorants) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer), Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

King Shag (King Cormorant) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) in flight, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

Flying King Shag (King Cormorant) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) about to land in the breeding colony, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

King Shag (King Cormorant) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) in flight, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

Two King Shags (King Cormorants) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) in flight just after take-off, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

King Shag (King Cormorant) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) in flight, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

King Shag (King Cormorant) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) preparing to take off, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

King Shags (King Cormorants) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) threatening an opportunistic Falkland Skua (Catharcta antarctica) looking for a meal, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

King Shags (King Cormorants) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) fending off an opportunistic Falkland Skua (Catharcta antarctica) looking for a meal, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

King Shag (King Cormorant) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) parent with its nestling, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

King Shag (King Cormorant) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) in flight above its colony, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

King Shag (King Cormorant) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) landing within the breeding colony, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

King Shags (King Cormorants) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer), Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

King Shag (King Cormorant) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) landing within the breeding colony, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

King Shag (King Cormorant) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) about to land within the breeding colony, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

Dolphin Gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii) within the King Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) colony, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

Dolphin Gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii) in flight, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

Dolphin Gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii) in flight over the King Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) colony, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

Dolphin Gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii) within the King Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) colony, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

Dolphin Gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii) in flight over the King Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) colony, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

King Shag (King Cormorant) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) in flight over its colony, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

King Shag (King Cormorant) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) about to land in its breeding colony, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

Close-up portrait of a King Shag (King Cormorant) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) showing the gular (throat) pouch below the lower mandible of its bill, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

Close-up portrait of a King Shag (King Cormorant) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) within the colony, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

King Shag (King Cormorant) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) in flight, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

King Shag (King Cormorant) (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) about to land in its breeding colony, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands