End of cruise catch up I

Now back in the Falklands, all packed up and ready to leave the ship. Rather wet outside so starting to catch up on photo processing. Some photos from the last week and a bit (some from South Georgia and Falklands still to do)

Pushing in to a bit of a sea.

White-chinned Petrel

Black-browed Albatross landing:

 Descend

 Approach

 Air-brakes

 Stall

 Landing Gear

Splot

Try to look a bit more graceful

 Say hello

Have a quick preen

Sit waiting for something to happen, which as we're not a fishing boat is a bit of a waste of time, but never mind. These were some of about 60 Black-browed Albatrosses we had around the ship at the time, together with about 100 Giant petrels, 2-300 White-chinned and a few Wandering Albatrosses

 Wanderers are big

 Really, very big (the bird in the foreground is the size of a large gull)

 Then had a good time with albatrosses riding the updraft of the ship again

 Black-browed

 Wanderer

 Light-mantled Sooty

Then noticed some rapid movement in the water: Hourglass Dolphins