Birdspotting Offshore
 

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

Not many birds offshore, it's mainly blokes.

Suggest you get in touch with the North Sea Bird Club Untitled Document
probably the best people for real information.

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

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.

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

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

Not a problem :ok:

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

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

Better get caught up in the correct terminology then ;)

Twitchers' vocabulary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

The first words of the first post ;)

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