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00:55So hello my friends, I hope you're doing well.
00:59I am on Pebble Island, at the far western end, where there is a rockhopper colony filming,
01:12and in amongst them are three macaroni penguins as well, which I'm just, so one of them, one
01:21of the three has decided to take a walk right now, so I've got him in, oh, and he's being
01:26chased, so they're quite distinguishable from the rockhoppers, a little bit taller, and they're,
01:43the facial feathers that they have, the yellow feathers, they're slightly longer, well, quite
01:48a bit longer, and more orange, so they're quite distinguishable, let's get a close-up.
02:00So I'm just following one, there's another pair that have been cuddled for a while, and we'll
02:10see if we can get some shots of rockhopper chicks as well, which, on this colony, they're quite
02:17well-developed and quite cranky looking.
02:28The wind, as always, is an issue, in terms of getting steady footage, and also, for you
02:38to hear me, I'm not sure that you're actually hearing what I'm saying, but we'll give it
02:54a couple of showers on the way here, but so far, since we've gotten here, it's cold in.
03:15But we'll see, the wind is a real issue, though, with the shaky footage.
03:26It's absolutely stunning location here.
03:34Let's see the other ones, have they woken up?
03:45Oh, they're displaying!
03:55Ah, I missed it.
03:59They stooped down, and amongst all the rockhoppers, I lost them, and then suddenly they lifted
04:03their heads and were displaying to each other, which is a shame, I missed that.
04:09Hopefully they'll display again.
04:21Amazing.
04:23What an incredible place Falklands is.
04:26And every island seems to have a different collection.
04:29There's the few standard ones, the Gentous and the Magellanics.
04:34But every island seems to have its own unique signature.
04:41So it's absolutely amazing to be here.
04:48I hope they'll display again.
04:49Come on, guys.
04:52So I think I caught a little bit of the display, the macaroni's display.
05:02They sort of face each other with their wings back, and shake their heads.
05:08It's rather pretty.
05:25A few drops of rain coming in now.
05:29It should make it interesting.
05:34Oh, here we go.
05:38Yes!
05:44They're quite defensive too when anybody comes near them.
05:53I just hope I can stabilize this in post.
05:57Because the wind is not doing me any favors here.
06:26Oh, there's another couple of macaroni's.
06:34They're on a taller rock.
06:36Oh, here we go.
07:05One more eggs too, the macaroni's.
07:12But then you can hear now.
07:42They're swapping over, I think, on the nest.
07:53Oh my goodness, they're so cute.
08:07So the chicks at this colony, of the rockhoppers, are much more developed than at the other ones.
08:14They're really quite chunky here.
08:19So they're obviously doing well at this colony.
08:23So I'm going to make my way down onto the rocks as well to see if I can catch them
08:27coming to and from the colony and actually getting in the water as well.
08:31Oh, look at them approaching me now.
08:33Hello.
08:38Hello.
08:42They're absolutely fabulous.
08:44Fabulous.
08:45I hope they're in shot.
08:48Let me just turn this slightly.
08:55Are they in shot?
08:56I can't tell.
08:58But they've literally just walked up to me.
09:07Let's see if I can get a shot of them.
09:08Oh no, I can't.
09:10I was going to get a shot of them on the phone.
09:13But I've got my waterproofs on.
09:15So I can't get it.
09:16And they're too close for me for this camera.
09:24Hello.
09:49Just checking me out.
09:51Making sure I'm no threat.
09:58Absolutely amazing.
10:00It's so beautiful.
10:06I feel just so lucky to be here.
10:08It's amazing.
10:14Wind and rain coming in strong now.
10:23But I do want to get a shot of the rock hoppers on the rocks.
10:41Oh my god.
10:53Most of the rocks.
10:54They're walking in strong now.
10:54I'm not trying to pull the rock off.
11:02Let's go.
11:07What about that?
11:18oh my god
11:22this is not
11:23very comfortable to shoot
11:43so
11:55so
11:56so
12:10oh
12:10hello
12:12hello
12:14no i'm in your way
12:17i know
12:18let me move
12:20come on
12:31i'll stop
12:32you go there i'll go here
13:00oh
13:00oh
13:01yeah
13:30Okay, so that's it.
13:31That's it from Pebble Island.
13:35Almost got blown off the cliff yesterday filming those rock hoppers.
13:41The weather really set in after that, had a few squalls come through, visited a couple
13:47of Gentoo penguin colonies and a giant petrel colony as well after that.
13:52And I'll do a little montage now for you to show you all of that, which I hope you will
14:00enjoy.
14:01We're flying today from Pebble Island back to Stanley for the last couple of days of
14:06this trip.
14:08And whilst there we're hoping to visit a place called Volunteer Point, where there's a beautiful,
14:15huge sandy beach and a king penguin colony.
14:21So that should be fun too.
14:22And the last video will be from there, which is the next one.
14:26So I hope you've enjoyed watching so far.
14:28I hope you enjoy what you'll see of the rock hoppers that I filmed here on Pebble and the
14:32others.
14:34And I'll see you in the next video.
14:36Thanks so much for watching.
14:37Bye for now.
14:41I'll see you next time.
14:42Bye.
14:42Bye.
14:49Bye.
14:54Bye.
14:58Bye.
14:59Bye.
