Wildlife At Stromness Harbour

A Gentoo Penguin walks along the seashore at Stromness Harbour.

The sand on the beach at Stromness Harbour is a light grey when dry, but very dark to almost black when wet, as seen in the above picture and the ones on the Gentoo page. The second species seen most often is the King Penguin which shares the beach with the Gentoo and the rarer Chinstrap Penguins. Stromness Harbour also boasts a very strong Elephant Seal population as well as Fur Seals. Of course where would we be without the Snowy Sheathbill to annoy the Elephant Seals? There are some nice specimens of Antarctic Skua and not forgetting the Eurasian Reindeer.