Last Saturday we took some garden rubbish to the tip before going up to Mount Harriet for a walk. As we were passing the vets I noticed a lady by a plastic tank next to the shed where they keep oiled penguins if any have been found. I remembered reading in the Penguin news about a month ago that an oiled chinstrap had been found at Surf Bay so we stopped to have a look.
Chinstraps are only very occasionally seen here. They usually live around South Georgia.
After the oiled birds have been cleaned with detergent it takes several weeks for them to get fully waterproof again. They also had a rockhopper. They were greatly enjoying their daily bath.
He was swimming around so fast it was hard to get any pictures of him. He will soon be ready to be released again.
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