Birdspotting Offshore

[Paddyviking]

A few weeks ago while on deck North Sea I caught sight of what looked like a Peregrine flying by, then over the weekend I saw another one.
I have seen many types of birds offshore inc many songbirds which I presume are migrating so there would not be a shortage of food for Peregrines.
Interested to hear if anyone has had similar sightings !
thanks

Pv

[HOGE]

Not many birds offshore, it's mainly blokes.

[gasax]

Suggest you get in touch with the North Sea Bird Club Untitled Document (http://www.abdn.ac.uk/nsbc/aboutus.hti)
probably the best people for real information.

[coatimundi]

There are a few of us out here who indulge in a bit of off-duty birding :ok:

Your Peregrine sighting is noteworthy, but not unusual. We tend to see more raptors during the Autumn migration periods when there are more (inexperienced) avian aviators about, I have had a family of 5 Kestrels staying here for more than two weeks making short work of the seemingly never-ending supply of exhausted small birds. Also regular are Merlin, Sparrowhawk, Long and Short-eared Owls, and I have had one-off sightings of Osprey and Buzzard.

For a collection of offshore birdy photos see:
Bird Photos by Mark Etheridge :: Fotopic.Net (http://marketheridge.photos.me.uk/)

[Deck Clear]

Often see hunting birds of various sizes during the bird migrations...saw a couple of osprey a couple of years ago on an unmanned deck in the southern sector. A few times owls.
I guess good feeding for them with tired small land birds passing through.

[griffothefog]

Shouldn't this thread be on a plank forum?? :ugh:

Pretty slim connection to heli's.... twitch off :E

[Senior Pilot]

Shouldn't this thread be on a plank forum?? :ugh:

Pretty slim connection to heli's.... twitch off

Not a problem :ok:

Find me a forum for planks that land on North Sea helidecks, and I'll move it :p

[ShyTorque]

Any plank can land on a deck. Only once, mind! :p

[birrddog]

Pretty slim connection to heli's.... twitch off :E
Better get caught up in the correct terminology then ;)

Twitchers' vocabulary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitchers%27_vocabulary)

[griffothefog]

Senior pilot,

I'm aghast that you singled me out for a special reply :{

By the way, where in the thread does it mention north sea heliducks ?? :p

[Senior Pilot]

By the way, where in the thread does it mention north sea heliducks ??


The first words of the first post ;)

A few weeks ago while on deck North Sea, watching the ducks through the puddles :p