This
is where I spent most of the first half of my working life and saw a
lot more birds offshore than I do now. This is partly due to to the
fact that surveyors used to have less equipment and were often situated
on the bridge - and thus commanding a rather better view of the outside
world than from deep in the bowels of the ship.
Migrating Blackbird on the back deck of a vessel working near Sleipner B, March 2009
Reed
Warbler
The photographs below
illustrate some of the difficulties encountered trying to see birds
offshore; there is almost invariably plenty of equipment to hide
amongst - and the observer is often limited in the choice of
observation point.
Skylark
by night
Song
Thrush
Woodpigeon
A Brambling resting briefly on a lifeboat, Brent Field, April 2007
Note the ring on its left leg.
4017 visits
to this side since September 10, 2006.
