Shetland Misfit: Golden Plover

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Tuesday, 20 September 2016

Collared

More hard work on the patch, I only managed 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 1 Grey Plover, 14 Golden Plover and a neck-collared Greylag Goose.

Golden Plovers

Neck-collared Greylag

The movements and history of today's collared Greylag Goose -

Loch of Clumlie, south Mainland, Shetland	HU4017	16/07/2011
Setter Marsh, Spiggie	HU3715	20/08/2011
Setter Marsh, Spiggie	HU3715	17/10/2011
Boddam, Mainland	HU3915	17/11/2011
Ringasta, Mainland	HU3714	11/12/2011
Boddam, Mainland	HU3915	29/01/2012
Boddam, Mainland	HU3915	15/02/2012
Boddam, Mainland	HU3915	11/03/2012
Culsetter	HU3715	02/04/2012
Spiggie, Shetland	HU3715	28/08/2012
Spiggie, Shetland	HU3715	30/08/2012
Ringasta, Shetland	HU3714	17/09/2012
Ringasta, Shetland	HU3814	03/10/2012
Spiggie, Shetland	HU3715	07/10/2012
Ringasta, Shetland	HU3814	14/10/2012
Loch of Hillwell	HU3713	19/10/2012
Ringasta, Shetland	HU3814	24/12/2012
Ringasta, Mainland	HU3714	06/01/2013
Boddam, Mainland	HU3915	12/01/2013
Spiggie, Shetland	HU3715	16/03/2013
Setter Marsh, Spiggie	HU3716	30/08/2013
Setter Marsh, Spiggie	HU3716	31/08/2013
Quendale	HU3712	07/10/2013
Spiggie, Shetland	HU3715	01/12/2013
Boddam, Mainland	HU3915	26/01/2014
Loch of Clumlie, south Mainland, Shetland	HU4017	27/09/2015
Loch of Clumlie, south Mainland, Shetland	HU4017	20/12/2015
Loch of Clumlie, south Mainland, Shetland	HU4017	12/03/2016
Loch of Clumlie, south Mainland, Shetland	HU4017	26/03/2016
Loch of Clumlie, south Mainland, Shetland	HU4017	27/08/2016
Old Scatness, Mainland, Shetland	HU3910	20/09/2016

Wednesday, 27 January 2016

Back out on the patch today, and there are now 3 Common Scoters with the Velvet Scoter in West Voe, plus a fly-by Merlin there. On the Scatness peninsula there was just 6 Golden Plover and a Meadow Pipit. Moast Beach was heaving with Gulls (by Scatness standards anyway) with about 300 Gulls feeding among the waves, in which were 4 Black-headed Gulls (including a pink hued bird), a rather heavily shawled Herring Gull and a rather interesting long winged, dark Herring Gull. Both Red-throated and Great Northern Divers were in Quendale Bay.

Merlin

Pink hued Black-headed Gull

Common Scoters with Velvet Scoter

Golden Plovers

Hooded Crow (taken with trail cam)

Heavily shawled Herring Gull

Long winged, dark Herring Gull

Red-throated Diver

The coastguard on a bird scaring exercise in West Voe

Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Trog

'Shetland' Wren and other bits and bobs from the patch -

Golden Plovers

Shetland Wren

Hybrid Duck

Friday, 17 December 2010

Falling Snow.

Back on the patch for a few hours despite the falling snow - the usual drossy stuff being still about, the only highlights being - 2 Jack Snipe, a Golden Plover and 2 Skylarks (scarce on Shetland in winter).

The right (dis)honourable Sir Sparkington de Dawg - not so expert Rabbit chaser !

Skylark.

Curlew.

Greylag Goose.

Golden Plover.

Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Frozen.

With the patch now completely frozen, a 2 hour walk produced pretty slim pickings. The good thing is that Scatness has a couple of freshwater springs, that remain flowing, even in pretty harsh weather, a walk along them today produced a Water Rail and a Jack Snipe in one and a Moorhen in the other. Around the rest of the patch and everything seemed to be on the seaweed covered beaches - a total of 157 Snipe (most of them on Moast Beach), 2 Golden Plovers and 30 Wigeon. The Robin and Chaffinch remain in the garden and a Turnstone has now joined the Starlings in the garden.

Turnstone (on the garden fence).

Wigeon.

Golden Plover.

Snipe.

The Patch, with Fair Isle in the distance.

Thursday, 7 October 2010

Better.

Much better around the patch today, with new birds in and just more around generally. The totals for the day are - 3 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 1 Blackcap, 3 Robins, 1 Goldcrest, 21 Pink-footed Geese, 7 Lapland Buntings, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 12 Song Thrush, 3 Wheatear (inc Albino), 21 Wigeon, 2 Golden Plover, 2 Whinchat and a Redstart.

Whinchat.

Blackcap.

Golden Plover.

Pink-footed Geese.

Redstart.

Wheatear.

Wigeon.

Sunday, 30 May 2010

Something for the weekend.

At last, Scatness has actually produced something over the weekend, with an Osprey drifting south this morning (cheers for the phone call Rob), other than that it was just the usual fare, with a few Swallows, a House Martin, a couple of fly-over Red-throated Divers (on Saturday) and 37 Sanderlings. 2 Golden Plover on the headland were unexpected and the pair of Shelducks now have 8 ducklings (a.k.a. - Bonxie snacks).
Angle Shades trapped on Saturday night.

Eider.

Swallows.

Shelduck.

Golden Plovers.

Red-throated Divers.

Angle Shades.

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 !!!!