Shetland Misfit: March 2011

Thursday, 31 March 2011

Turds

A nice south-easterly wind with a bit of rain, and the only improvement on the patch was 4 Fieldfare and 6 Redwing !!!

Redwing.

Fieldfare.

Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Not a lot of change on the patch, apart from the weather calming down a bit. Skylarks are now back and singing, there are up to 15 Great Northern Divers in the bay in front of the house and 5 Shelducks are battling it out for control of the Loch.

Not another fine sunset ?! Great Northern Diver. Skylark.

Shelducks.

Monday, 28 March 2011

Daisy Chainsaw

Why not ? it's a good tune (even if it is a bit 'studenty')

Thursday, 24 March 2011

Bucket List

An article is now online of the '50 birds to see in India before die' (see the first 25 here), as I have only seen one of them in India - here it is - these Sociable Plovers were in the Greater Rann of Kutch last year, in total there were 21 in the flock. Maybe the article should be titled '50 birds to see in India before they die', as two from this first part are almost certainly extinct !

Monday, 21 March 2011

Some Crap

Some crap from the last few weeks -

A Chaffinch in the garden, so far the rarest bird on the patch this month (yes, it really is that bad !!!)

Whooper Swans.

Male Goldeneye.

Long-tailed Ducks.

The tropical looking West Voe.

And yet another storm on its way.

Saturday, 19 March 2011

Bahrain and all that

Although last weekend's grand prix was officially cancelled in Bahrain, it seem that most of the teams held an unofficial version using local vehicles !

Sometime in the late 80's ('87 I think), a certain Mr Evans appeared in The Sun newspaper in a story about obsessive birding (no surprise there then!). The photos taken of him then have now resurfaced and it looks like they are being used in the new British Gas advert, with the man himself in the starring role of a van driver !!! - from 'page three Lee' to 'the gasman cometh'. It must be more than coincidence that British Gas have chosen to use the song 'One Vision' as well !

long wait

onyhoo, there will be an update soon, involving the past week, the Bahrain grand prix and a certain LGRE (aka the Little Chalfont village idiot), aah crap, I've just up-dated !!!! BLX ! Ah well, I maybe sober tomorrow (maybe, well this is Shetland !!!)

Friday, 4 March 2011

Green Flash

No, not some new superhero, or an Irish exhibitionist, but a phenomenon of the sunset over the sea. Conditions have to be quite specific, with good clear conditions and no clouds on the horizon, then with a bit of luck, as the sunsets behind the horizon, sometimes it will shine on through the top of the sea causing a 'green flash'. It can just about be seen in the last 2 photos.

Going....

....going....

....nearly gone....

.....and 'flash'.

Tuesday, 1 March 2011

Come to Daddy

Top Tune, Top Vid - don't have nightmares now !!!

About Me

Sometimes I try to do things but it just doesn't work out the way I want it to, and I get real frustrated and then like I try hard to do it, and I like, take my time but it just doesn't work out the way I want it to. It's like, I concentrate on it real hard, but it just doesn't work out. And everything I do and everything I try, it never turns out. It's like, I need time to figure these things out, but there's always someone there going “hey Steve, you know we've been noticing you've been having a lot of problems lately, you know? You need to maybe get away. And like, maybe you should talk about it, you'll feel a lot better.” And I'm all like “oh, nah, it's ok, you know. I'll figure it out. Just leave me alone, I'll figure it out, you know? I'm just working on it by myself.” And they go “well, you know, if you wanna talk about it, I'll be here, you know? And you'll probably feel a lot better if you talk about it. So why don't you talk about it?” I go “no, I don't want to! I'm ok. I'll figure it out myself!” But they just keep bugging me, they just keep bugging me, and it builds up inside.I was in my house and I was just like staring at the walls thinking about everything, but then again I was thinking about nothing. And then my wife came in, and I didn't even know she was there. She called my name and I didn't hear her and then she started screaming “Steve, Steve !” And I go “what ? What's the matter ?” She goes “what's the matter with you?” I go “there's nothing wrong” She’s all “don't tell me that ! You're on drugs !” I go “FFS, I'm not on drugs. I'm ok, I'm just thinking, you know? Why don't you get me a Pepsi?” She goes “No! You're on drugs!” I go “I'm ok. I'm just thinking.” She goes “No! You're not thinking, you're on drugs! Normal people don't be acting that way!” I go “just get me a Pepsi ! Please, all I want is a Pepsi !” And she wouldn't give it to me! All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me! Just a Pepsi !I'm sitting in my house, when a couple of my mates came in. they pulled up a chair and they sat down. They go “Steve, we need to talk to you.” And I go “ok, what's the matter?” They go “we've noticed that lately you've been having a lot of problems, and you've been going off on one for no reason, and we're afraid you're going to hurt somebody, and we're afraid you're going to hurt yourself. So we decided that it would be in your best interest if we put you somewhere where you could get the help that you need.” And I go “wait, what are you talking about, WE decided ? MY best interests ? How do you know what MY best interest is ? How can you say what MY best interest is ? What are you trying to say? I'm crazy ? They say they're gonna fix my brain. Alleviate my suffering and my pain. But by the time they fix my head, Mentally I'll be dead. They stuck me in an institution, said it was the only solution, to give me the needed professional help, to protect me from the enemy, myself !
Doesn't matter, I'll probably get hit by a car anyways !!!!