Another couple of weeks spent offshore, once again missing a number of quality sightings back home.
The best birds of this trip were a Peregrine vandrefalk and a Slavonian Grebe horndykker. Other species included several species of wader, and three species of skua - Great, Pomarine and Arctic. The only passerines identified were two Meadow Pipits heipiplerke, a Swallow låvesvale and a Wheatear steinskvett.
A few "blue" Fulmar havhest joined the normal ones early in the trip but none seen later.
Up to four Basking Shark brugde were seen simultaneously and a Porbeagle Shark hårbrann was also seen a couple of times.
Fulmars havhest, Kristin field, 08 May
Gannet havsule, Kristin field, 08 May
Herring Gull gråmåke, Kristin field, 08 May
Kittiwake krykkje, Kristin field, 08 May
Lesser Black-backed Gulls sildemåke 08 May
2cy Peregrine vandrefalk, Kristin 08 May
Basking Shark brugde, 09 May
Slavonian Grebe horndykker, Kristin, 10 May 2023
This is a rare species offshore and may even be the first I have seen from a vessel in the North Sea
Turnstone steinvender, Kristin, 10 May 2023
A common enough migrant in the North Sea
Basking Sharks brugde, 11 May 2023
Fulmar havhest, 14 May
Kittiwakes krykkje, 14 May
Some scenery on our way south.....
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