RETURN TO TIERRA DEL FUEGO.

After 20 days at sea it was good to get back on dry land,although the hotel floor did seem a bit unstable for a while.The Hotel Tolkien sits on the shore of the Beagle Channel and a few of the party had been here five years ago,nothing had changed.We were soon out on the beach looking for new birds.

 USHUAIA still claiming to be the capital of the Falklands

 AUSTRAL NEGRITO very similar in habits to our Black Redstart.

 BAIRDS SANDPIPER was very common here.

 BS

 DOLPHIN GULL

 CHILOE WIGEON

 BAIRDS SANDPIPER

 CRESTED DUCK

 DOLPHIN GULL

 AUSTRAL NEGRITO

 CHILOE WIGEON

 CW

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 KELP GULL CHASING CHILEAN SKUA

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 CHILEAN SKUA

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 CHILEAN SKUA

 CHILEAN SWALLOW

 KELP GULL

 KELP GULL

 AUSTRAL NEGRITO

 CHILOE WIGEON

 SPECKLED TEAL

 The airport was just across the bay.

 GENERAL BELGRANO PLAQUE

 DOLPHIN GULL

 KELP GEESE

SQUATTERS RIGHTS

 CRESTED DUCKS HAVING FUN

 RIDING HIS LUCK.

 DOLPHIN GULL

 OLD RED EYES IS BACK.

 EYE TO EYE CONTACT

 FLYING STEAMER DUCK female

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 RUFOUS COLLARED SPARROW

 RCS

RCS

 BLACKISH OYSTERCATCHER

 SOUTHERN LAPWING
The next morning we were to have a guided tour with Marcello into the National Park, it started off with reasonably calm overcast conditions which deteriorated into a steady downpour after about an hour we continued doggedly for a while but once we were all soaked  we returned to the hotel to dry out. After lunch conditions had improved and we went to the refuse tip once again.

 UPLAND GEESE

 BLACK FACED IBIS

 BFI

 BFI

 BFI

 BFI

 ASHY HEADED GOOSE

 THORN TAILED RAYDITO

 TTR

 TTR

 PATAGONIAN SIERRA FINCH

 PSF
On the way back to the hotel we stopped off at the worlds most southerly railway.

 THE USHUAIA STEAM  RAILWAY.

USHUAIA RUGBY CLUB- BIT WET UNDERFOOT.

 BLACK CHESTED BUZZARD EAGLE-ADULT

 BCBE Then we found this juvenile sat in a dead tree we gradually approached closer,he kept his eye on us but was not unduly perturbed by our presence.

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 WHITE FRONTED CARACARA.
Back at the ranch

 WHITE RUMPED SANDPIPER

 WRS

 WRS

 STEAMER DUCKS- Flightless

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 SOUTHERN LAPWING

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SPECKLED TEAL

GREY FLANKED CINCLODES.

 HOTEL TOLKIEN

USHUAIA- The old tug is still there.

LAND OF THE LONG GREY CLOUD.

BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS in the Beagle Channel.

 AIDA AURA a frequent visitor to Dover in the summer

 Here seen heading west in the Beagle Channel.

 Probably the most southerly butterfly in the world.

 hotel tolkien

 Steve with CHILEAN SKUA.

 The tables are turned

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 FEMALE FLYING STEAMER DUCKS

 UPLAND GOOSE

PROBABLY THE MOST SOUTHERLY BUTTERFLY IN THE WORLD

I am having trouble getting an accurate ID on these two,so I will give them apt English names myself,the above will be the BEAGLE GREY

This appears to be a different butterfly or is it male and female? and this will be the BEAGLE WHITE.

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That's our time in Tierra Del Fuego up,we have an extra day in Buenos Aires as our flight has been put back by 24 hours,that I promise will be short and sweet and the last for this marathon holiday.