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Sea Lion Island is
especially important for
small ground-nesting
birds that thrive due to
the lack of introduced
predators. Cobb’s
wren, unique (endemic)
to the Falklands,
and tussacbird are
especially common and
easy to spot.
King penguin
Gentoo penguin
Macaroni penguin
Southern rockhopper penguin
Magellanic penguin
White-tufted grebe
Silvery grebe
Sooty shearwater
Rock cormorant
Imperial cormorant
Black-crowned night-heron
Kelp goose
Upland goose
Ruddy-headed goose
Cobb's wren, unique to the Falklands
Falkland steamer duck
Flying steamer duck
Crested duck
Chiloë wigeon
Speckled teal
Silver teal
Crested caracara
Striated caracara
Peregrine falcon
Magellanic oystercatcher
Blackish oystercatcher
Two-banded plover
Rufous-chested dotterel
White-rumped sandpiper
Magellanic snipe
Kelp gull
Dolphin gull
Brown-hooded gull
South American tern
Short-eared owl
Dark-faced ground-tyrant
Falkland pipit
Falkland thrush
Falkland grass wren
Cobb’s wren
Long-tailed meadowlark
Black-throated finch
Acknowledgements
We wish to thank Debbie Summers, Robin Woods and the Elephant Seal Research Group
(www.eleseal.org) for information used in this leaflet, Jeremy Smith and Robert Still for
production of the maps and the following photographers: Russell Evans, Alan R Henry,
Kevin Schafer, Andy Swash, Allan White and Richard White/JNCC.
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The Falkland Islands archipelago lies
350 km (280 miles) to the east of the South
American continent. It consists of two large
islands, East and West Falkland, and more
than 750 small islands and islets.
killer whales have been identified off
Sea Lion Island. The first consists of
three large females, two juveniles and
a small calf. The second pod includes
two large males with three to four
females. You can often see them at
very close range, on the seaward side
of outcropping rocks.
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Killer whales
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The Falkland Islands
Killer whales are annual visitors
seen here from October to February.
Because of the deeply shelving
coastline, this is one of the best places
in the Falklands to see them. They
hunt penguins and seals at the edge of
kelp beds just offshore. They do not
harm people. They can travel at up to
55 kmh (35 mph). It is one of the most
wide-ranging mammals on earth. 
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This project is supported by the RSPB, the BirdLife International Partner in the UK.
About Sea Lion Island
Sea Lion Island, 905 ha (2,236 acres),
is owned by the Falkland Islands
Development Corporation. For
many years it was a sheep farm but
due to the decline of the wool market
this became uneconomic. It is now
the premier wildlife tourism site in
the Falkland Islands. The Island has
the most southerly British hotel in
the world, which is run by Sea Lion
Lodge Ltd. For further information:
www.sealionisland.com
The Sea Lion group also includes
Brandy, Whisky, and Sea Lion
Easterly islands. These are owned by
the Antarctic Research Trust.
www.antarctic-research.de
The Island is made up of two flat,
rocky plateaux joined by a broad
sandy beach. It has large stands of
tussac grass around the coastline.
With the reduction in grazing,
56 species of flowering plants now
thrive here including the endemic
vanilla daisy and coastal nassauvia.
It is one of just a few known sites
in the Falklands for the Fuegian
violet. There are no cats or rats to
predate ground-nesting birds, which
thrive here. It is notable as the most
important breeding site for elephant
seals in the Falklands.
Its wildlife status is formally
recognised under the international
Ramsar Convention and it qualifies
as an Important Bird Area (FK15),
a global standard set by BirdLife
International. Sea Lion Island
was designated a National Nature
Reserve in 2011.
Gentoo penguins live on Sea Lion Island
all year round. The Falkland Islands are
one of the most important locations in
the world for this species. Two large
round eggs are laid from late September.
The chicks will be ready to go to sea by
the end of March.
WARNING
Please keep your
distance from the
southern giant petrel
colony
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Point
Southern rockhopper penguins
are the smallest of the Falkland
penguins and come here to breed
on cliff tops in October. They feed on
fish and squid. Their numbers have
declined globally over many years,
but the Falkland Islands still hold
important breeding populations.
Sea lions
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penguins
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elephant
seals
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Elephant
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Magellanic penguins are
known in the Falklands as the
jackass penguin because of
their braying call. They arrive
here in September, but have
left by April to migrate north
as far as Brazil. They breed in
underground burrows.
Key
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Killer whales
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Elephant Seals and Sea Lions
Sea Lion Island holds 95% of the Falklands southern elephant
seal population.  Over 1,000 individuals may be found here at the
height of their breeding season in October. Adult bulls are huge
– growing up to 4·5 m (15ft) long and weighing up to 3·5 tonnes.
Elephant seal pup
The breeding season begins when the adult bulls arrive in the second week of
September. The cows arrive about a week later and form harem groups. Around
500–550 pups on average are born on Sea Lion Island each year in early October.
The female feeds her pup on very rich milk for about 23 days during which time
the pup will quadruple in weight. The female then mates and leaves for sea again.
After moulting, most of the adult bulls will have left by the end of November.
From late November yearlings and non-breeders come ashore to moult, and some
animals can be seen here until April. In the winter months most adults stay at sea.
They have been known to travel as far away as the Antarctic Peninsula, Argentine
coast and are occasionally seen on the coast of Brazil.
Sea Lion Island has long been an important site in the Falklands for breeding
southern sea lions. Sea lions have suffered steep declines throughout the Falklands
– in the 1930s over 80,000 pups were born each year in the Islands, compared with
only 2,000 in the early 1990s.
On Sea Lion Island they still breed in small numbers
around the coast. They sometimes prey on penguins,
but their main food is octopus,
squid, lobster krill and fish.
Southern sea lions
Be especially alert when
walking through tussac
grass where these large
animals often haul out.
Southern elephant seals