We pride ourselves at
The Bagsy Blog
on admitting our foibles
and rectifying them without excuse!
We could easily put
it down to the furore of Sunday’s magical catch, the
Shining Marbled,
but the Small Wainscot
of yesterday was a classic misidentification of Common Wainscot
while the jury is
still out on the Engrailed Clay!
We have a good feeling about having entertained a few more Readers to our pages
as a result of that Mega Moth and the efforts of Paul Harris (Thanks again Bomber)
who might like to scroll back a few pages, via Older Posts, to catch up
on Falklands Parts 1 and 2!
No great rush to swing out of the hammock this morning, it's hammering down out there and looks to be persistant, awarding myself a 'Guard and Steerage' the Royal Navy term for a lie in given to those who undertook the duties stated above during the
Middle Watch - 23:59 to 04:00
there being no records logged attributed to midnight, but don't know how that originated?
Falkland Islands - Part III
Returning to what has now become a trilogy might be a blessing as a heavy
downpour at 04:00 was followed by sporadic similar rainfall throughout the morning
making ant form of Wildlifing difficut, to say the least.
Again we deployed the ex-anglers umbrella which made little difference to the catch,
so back to Port Stanley!
On the Trail of the Lonesome Trap
Leaving
MV DISCOVERY
swinging to her pick (anchor) it was off for more adventureson the
Another day walking from Port Stanley was something of a toss of a coin,
the options being the often illusive
ROCK HOPPER PENGUINS
to the north or another totally different species, among the
MINEFIELDS
to the south we opted for the latter.
You couldn't have imagined a better start with a fly-over
ROYAL ALBATROSS
Lady Elizabeth is a wrecked iron barque
of 1,155 tons built by Robert Thompson Jr. of Southwick, Sunderland and launched on 4 June 1879. Robert Thompson
Jr. was one of the sons of Robert Thompson Sr. who owned and operated the
family ran shipyard J.L. Thompson & Sons.Thompson Jr.
eventually left the family business in 1854 to start his own shipbuilding
business in Southwick. The ship was built for John Wilson
as a replacement for the 658-ton, 1869-built barque Lady Elizabeth which sank off Rottnest Island.
KELP GEESE
(male right)
Close Up
FALKLANDS COMMON SNIPE
CAPE, PINTADO
or
PAINTED PETREL
whatever, quiet some seabird.
MOUNT TUMBLEDOWN
At least we saw them
as did those who opted for the Rockhoppers
MEGELLANIC PENGUIN
Sue getting up close with a
RUFOUS-BELLIED DOTTEREL
and later another fantastic Wader
MEGELLANIC OYSTERCATCHER
Finally, for here at least
FALKLANDS LONG-TAILED MEADOWLARK
(female)
TIME TO LEAVE,
DESTINATION - SOUTH GEORGIA!
DESTINATION - SOUTH GEORGIA!
