Penguins Day and the Falklands as one of the world's great penguin capitals
Monday, April 25th, was Penguins Day, an occasion closely linked to the Falklands and its identity with the iconic penguin. In effect, most people imagine the flightless seabird to be solely polar creatures, much more at home in a world of ice and snow than on the sandy beaches and sheep paddocks of the Falkland Islands.