Dawn of the dead

I wondered why there were chaffinches inside, hopping up and down the corridor outside the office yesterday. It seemed they must be pretty desperate for food to dive through the external doors which are only ever briefly opened.

A walk on deck this morning revealed the reason - feathers, bits of bird and whole dead birds all over the decks - they were trying to stay alive.

On top of the ROV hangar door there was a pool of blood surrounded by yet more feathers, and a couple of crows pecking through remains.

Birds were twittering and skittering everywhere. The reason for their panic - at least one, maybe two sparrowhawks circling the ship...