Back to work again - good for the finances and bad for seawatching. But not quite birdless.
Spent 01-05 May jacked up in a fjord outside Stavanger and then headed out to sea to the Bryhild template. The transit produced a couple of Wheatear
steinskvett on the helideck, a Great Skua
storjo, Fulmars
havhest and more but there wasn't really much of an opportunity to keep an eye open.
Female Redstart rødstjert taking a break onboard
The House Martin is just about visible in this "habitat shot"
The picture above this was taken from the same place, just zoomed in!
House Martin taksvale
On 07 May a female Redstart
rødstjert turned up. The following day a House Martin
taksvale spent some time onboard and alternately flew around hunting insects and resting. With my point and pray superzoom there was not much chance of a flight shot😀 Also brief views of a
phylloscopus warbler and several Gannets
havsule.
Sedge Warbler sivsanger - first of the year for me!
Chiff-chaff gransanger
On 09 May a Sedge Warbler
sivsanger, a Chiff-chaff
gransanger and one other
phylloscopus warbler turned up. The Chiff-chaff even gave a brief burst of song - a totally surreal sound in the the middle of the North Sea with the background noise of the platform! A Great Skua
storjo flew over and a selection of the usual seabirds turned up.
Giant barnacle thingy growing in huge numbers on the legs of the platform
Jack-up legs
