Shetland Misfit: Northern Lights

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Monday, 19 March 2018

Lights, Camera... Action.

Last night the Aurora returned and for the first time in a good while, the skies were clear. Starting at about half seven it carried on until around midnight and even 'Steve' put in an appearance. All photos taken from the garden.

Saturday, 30 December 2017

December Highlights

The only highlights on the patch for December was a Pink-footed Goose seen a couple of times with the Greylags and the Northern Lights showed a couple of times too.

Northern Lights from the garden

Pink-footed Goose

Friday, 30 September 2016

After the storm 2

Another storm yesterday, but the patch stayed pretty much the same - 7 Wheatear, 2 Blackcap, 1 Grey Plover, 1 Grey Heron and 52 Pink-footed Geese. A female Chaffinch was new in.

Blackcap

Grey Plover

Pink-footed Geese

A bit of an Aurora at about midnight

Tuesday, 27 September 2016

More Lights

A bit of a show of the Aurora last night, not as good as on Sunday night though.

Monday, 26 September 2016

Last Night's Show

Stunning show of the Aurora last night, a few photos taken from the garden between 9pm and 10pm.

Saturday, 2 April 2016

Debris

Just a single Rewing on the patch today, so here's some of today's miscellaneous debris.

Fulmar

Common Gull

Looking NW towards Fitful Head

Tonight's Sunset

A very slight Aurora between the cloude

Thursday, 17 March 2016

On with the show

Last night's Aurora was pretty spectacular for a while, it reached it's peak between 9mp and 10pm before fizzling out to nearly nothing at around midnight. I think it would have been even brighter if not for such a bright moon last night.
All the following photos were taken from the garden.

Wednesday, 16 March 2016

Lights Out

Last night's aurora started pretty poorly at about 9pm, I was just going to give up with but, instead stuck it out until 1am, and it did get better and better before just fizzling out.

10pm

11:30pm

Fitful by starlight

And a half moon

Monday, 7 March 2016

Small Change

A little bit of change on the patch, namely Oystercatchers are now up to 40+ and Skylarks are now in double figures, still only 2-3 Meadow Pipits though. On the Loch today there was a 1w Glaucous Gull and a Whooper Swan which was joined by a second bird later in the day. In West Voe the Scoter flock is still there, Long-tailed Ducks have increased to around 250, also in the Voe were 36 Goldeneye, 5 Red-breasted Mergansers and 6 Great Northern Divers.

Glaucous Gull

Great Northern Diver

Red-breasted Merganser

Whooper Swan

Another bit of a show of the Aurora

A summery looking West Voe

And a moody looking Fitful - hard to believe that both pictures were taken just a few hours apart

Noticed this Points per Bird table on BirdGuides - not bad for a tiny patch in winter.

Also on BirdGuides was this epic error -

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 !!!!