my offshore garden

[david r]

Hello,
Here is a of the photo taken last October in my offshore garden.
Dave

[Ashley beolens]

Im only getting the top part of your pic here, is anyone else having this problem?

[david r]

Sorry Ashley,
I have probably made a mistake somewhere along the line, I will try again later.
Dave.

[paula]

May be it is too large? Try reducing its size.

[Andrew]

Come on, I wanna see your garden. If not, I'll burst a vessel!! LOL

[steve_nova]

Nice view of the sky! I would try Paula's suggestion and reduce it's size.

[david r]

Sorry for the delay, my daughter ( 14 ) took over the computer.
members with daughters this age will undrstand.
Dave

[david r]

Sorry for the delay in resizing this photo.
Dave

[Marysan]

Lovely, David, worth the wait, thanks.

[Reader]

Definitely worth the wait. My missus would be proud of that and she loves gardening.

[Andrew]

Talk about not making a silk purse out of a sow's ear!! You defied the common misconception there!

[Paul 42]

Smashing garden mate! No wonder you get so many winged visitors! Are those Bramblings admiring it?

[david r]

Another photo from offshore.
Dave

[NCLady]

How far are you out at sea? So much color in the flowers, wondereful. What kind of birds are the rose breasted ones on the right of the first picture? Your garden looks better than mine!

[Ashley beolens]

I see you get loads of Chaffinches (the birds in both pics) but was there a wheatear in the firt pic or are my eyes going from reading BF all day?

[david r]

NCLADY,
Thanks we are approx. 190 miles from the nearest land and all the birds in the photo's are chaffinches, though I see the bird in the first pic. that Ashley thought may have been a Wheatear. Here is another pic. with a different bird.
Dave

[steve_nova]

Crickey! It looks like a Crossbill. Poor thing looks lost and lonely. I hope he found his way back home.

[LuBird]

Those are great pics. What a different view of the world you must see:gh:Facinating.

[david r]

Hi Steve & Lubird.
Steve you are correct it is a Common Crossbill. Unfortunalely, in my experience they are one of the species that do not do well when crossing the North sea. Perhaps the shortage of food that makes them errupt leaves them in a weakened state to start with. Here is another pic.

[new 2 this]

Lovely photos Dave, and those plants are brilliant, someone's been busy.....

Are you travelling anywhere or just working in the north sea?

Lets hope the crossbill made it across the sea fine, lovely bird.

[LuBird]

These are facinating pics david r. Thanks for sharing this lovely space with us:gh:I swear I can almost smell the flowers living there.

[david r]

New to this,
Hi, we are permanently moored to the seabed, and join / leave the unit by helicopter.
Dave

[new 2 this]

Hi David,

Bet the birds are glad to have you there so they can stop and rest, and what a lovely rest place they find.

Teresa