Shetland Misfit: Wigeon

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Friday, 18 April 2014

At Last.... Wheatear

At long last, finally got a Wheatear on the patch, after searching almost daily for the last three weeks ! On the loch, the Duck flock consisted of 22 Wigeon, 14 Tufted Duck, 2 Goldeneye, 6 Teal, 2 Pintail and a year-tick - Gadwall.

Gadwall

Pintail

Wheatear

Wigeon

Wednesday, 1 January 2014

PWC 2014

Day one of the 2014 Patchwork Challenge, ended up with 31 species and 41 points - not too bad for one and a half square kilometres in Shetland in mid winter.

Hooded Crow

Oystercatchers

Purple Sandpiper

Wigeon

Saturday, 7 December 2013

Out in the Snow

A few pics from the patch today -

Blackbird

Greylags and Curlew

Greylags and Wigeon

Merlin

Skylark

Snipe

Sunday, 10 November 2013

Patch Stuff

A few shots from the patch today -

Greylag Geese

Oystercatcher

Starling

Wigeon

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Swell

A quick look around the patch after yesterdays storm, not a great deal of damage - a dry stone wall washed away and a bit of the cliff has fell off. Out on the headland 31 Snow Buntings were new in and the Golden Plover flock has dwindled to one, elsewhere there were 55 Wigeon and a single Lapwing.

Odd looking slab in the bottom of one of the Geos, about 4 foot long

Still a big swell at Scatness

Wigeon

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.

Tuesday, 10 August 2010

Dross.

South-easterly winds for a couple of days have produced absolutely nothing at Scatness, and the usual summer dross remains. 79 Wheatears on the 9th was a bit unusual and a couple of returning Wigeon on the 8th is noteworthy (I suppose). A Magpie in the moth trap on the 5th was my first August record.

Wheatear.

Arctic Skua.

Wigeon.

Magpie.

Twin-spotted Carpet.

Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Sunny Scatness.

30 Wigeon, 4 Tufted Duck and a Grey Heron at Scatness (+ a few Turnstone).

Garden Year-list now on 39.

Wigeon.

Turnstone.

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 !!!!