Research in the Dutch North Sea

Gulls on deck

Oyster catcher

Lesser black-backed gull with ring Lesser black-backed gull

Northern Gannet

Northern fulmar with fishing gear
Common gull
Black-headed gull (immature)
Leaving Norway

Feeding frenzy

During the late summer months of 2010 we were in the Dutch North Sea in an area known as the Klaver Bank. We sailed from Bergen in Norway. Marine mammals were scarce apart from a few minke whales that we saw foraging on schools of herring at the start of our survey. Seabirds however, were very much entertaining throughout the trip!