Copeland Islands lapwing and snipe may be found further inland. Here the taller vegetation, interspersed with open areas, provides an ideal breeding habitat. Birds of prey favour the islands when the breeding season is over. Hen harrier, sparrowhawk, buzzard, kestrel, merlin and peregrine falcon are all seen regularly. Mammals, such as the grey seal, common seal, harbour porpoise ("Phocoena phocoena"), bottlenose dolphin ("Tursiops truncates"), minke whale ("Balaenoptera acutorostrata"), harbor seal ("Phoca vitulina"), common dolphin ("Delphinus delphis") and otter ("Lutra lutra") have been reported from the Copeland Islands. Lepidoptera have also been recorded. 19 species of butterflies, 31 species of macro-Lepidoptera and three
The Creature from the Pit Karela, the Huntsman, his Wolfweeds, and some guards, enter the Pit and make their way to the Doctor, Organon and the Creature. The scavengers have meanwhile raided the throne room for booty, including the alien shield. It exerts influence over two of them, who take it to the Pit and place it on the Creature. It turns out the shield is a communication device. Erato, as the Creature is named, is the Tythonian ambassador to Chloris and came to negotiate a treaty exchanging metal for chlorophyll fifteen years earlier. Its craft was the vast egg found in the jungle. However,