We saw a number of other birds including a small flock of Upland Geese and two Steamer Ducks on the right--a flightless bird. The Upland Geese males sport white and gray plumage, while the females and juveniles were mostly brown and black.

The soil is quite acidic and peat harvesting from bogs used to be common--dried peat was used for fuel. 
The mounds of plants include little cranberries and moss.

      
The cannon out here at Gypsy Point is pointing out toward the outer harbor where the two cruise ships are anchored. 

Even without the penguins, the scenery here is rugged and gorgeous, but it was really windy--gale force. 

    
As you'll see, Stanley is quite British in many ways. Since it was totally safe to wander about, we both brought cameras. (In  big city ports, we only bring one camera so one of us keeps watch.)

Interesting houses with colorful and/or bountiful gardens--lots of folks growing vegetables and who can blame them? One even foreshadows one of our upcoming stops at Easter Island.

  
I was surprised and delighted to see a native plant garden with its invitation for a closer view. 

One of our ship's tenders passes below the hillside garden with the yellow and red lupine. Japanese honeysuckle is common as well as other flowers that you'd find in a typical cottage garden.

       
Tough, 4x4's are the vehicle of choice, especially Range Rovers. On that ride out to Gypsy Cove we could see (and feel) why, once the city pavement ended. 

 
Many of our fellow passengers went on a pub crawl, but we resisted and continued to explore the less populated fringes of the town.

People didn't live very long in this harsh environment in the old days.

We found a nice gaggle of upland geese in the cemetery.