Shetland Misfit: Yellow-browed Warbler

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Saturday, 30 September 2017

Patch Highlights September

A few pics from around the patch taken during September.

Chiffchaff

Kestrel

Redstart

Spotted Flycatcher

Sparrowhawk

Yellow-browed Warblers

Friday, 7 October 2016

Spent half the day dipping the Eastern Orphean Warbler that was at Loch of Benston yesterday, the day was salvaged somewhat with the Brown Shrike at nearby Voe.
Back on the patch late afternoon and a few new birds in - Red-breasted Flycatcher (in the garden), 1 Swallow, 3 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Wheatear, 1 Chiffchaff and a Yellow-browed Warbler.

Brown Shrike

Red-breasted Flycatcher

Yellow-browed Warbler

Tuesday, 4 October 2016

Barnies

A huge flock (for Scatness anyway) of 407 Barnacle Geese on the patch today, mainly resting on the headland but also sat on the sea for a while.
Checked all the cliffs and sheltered walls today and a few migrants are making it through - 2 Yellow-browed Warblers, 1 Blackcap, 5 Wheatear, 5 Goldcrests and 4 Robins.
South-easterly winds are forecast for the next 10 days! So who knows what will turn up in the coming days.

Barnacle Geese

Yellow-browed Warbler

Sunday, 2 October 2016

Silliness

A silly amount of Yellow-browed Warblers on the patch today with 5, all in an area less than 1 square km. 2 year-ticks today as well - 2 Collared Doves heading south over Colonial Place and a juv Hobby over Old Scatness. Elsewhere on the patch there were 2 Lesser Whitethroats, a Goldcrest, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 7 Wheatear, 1 Lapland Bunting, 2 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler and a Grey Wagtail.

Yellow-browed Warblers

Goldcrest

Lesser Whitethroat

Thursday, 22 September 2016

Boost

Birds started arriving yesterday afternoon starting with a Little Bunting at the top of one of the Geos before flying off towards the cow fields in a south-easterly gale, needless to say I couldn't relocate it, Whinchat, Barred Warbler and Jack Snipe were in among the docks.
Today was most pleasant with virtually no wind and birds started showing themselves a bit better, in the garden there was 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, a Chiffchaff and a Goldcrest, 28 Pink-footed Geese flew south over the house with a Pale-bellied Brent in amongst them. In the docks there was a Lesser Whitethroat, another Yellow-browed and 2 Blackcaps with 2 flyover Grey Plovers. Around the Loch there were 5 Grey Herons, 3 Swallows and a Lapland Bunting. A Whinchat was by West Voe car park.

Yellow-browed Warblers

Brent Goose and Pink-footed Geese

Lapland Bunting

Whinchat

The Docks

Tonight's Sunset

Wednesday, 1 October 2014

White's Number Eight

After thrashing the patch and getting just a Yellow-browed Warbler, I had nothing better to do, so I went along to have a look at my seventh White's Thrush (1 St Agnes, 1 Lewis and now 5 on Shetland - Old Scatness, Sumburgh Farm, Swinning, 2 Kergord and this one ).

White's Thrush

Yellow-browed Warbler

Monday, 7 October 2013

Rain

Pissing down all day, so doing the patch consisted of 20 Barnacle Geese in front of the house and a Yellow-browed Warbler plus 2 Blackcaps in the garden.

Saturday, 28 September 2013

Empty

2 Lesser Whitethroats and a Yellow-browed in the garden, a two hour walk around Scatness and - just a Kestrel.

Thursday, 26 September 2013

Crex

Not a bad day on the patch today - 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Yellow-browed Warblers, 4 Wheatear, a Kestrel, 2 Slav Grebes (in West Voe), 15 Swallows, 26 Snow Buntings, a Merlin, a Song Thrush and a Redwing. But bird of the day must go to a Corncrake, flushed from a nearby garden this morning.

Corncrake

Kestrel

Lesser Whitethroat

Yellow-browed Warblers

This evening's sunset

Saturday, 21 September 2013

Confusion in the Garden

Back home (last Sunday) and back on the true patch of Scatness, a good walk around the area and the only rewards were a Stock Dove at Old Scatness, 6 Wheatears and a Merlin. Most of the day was spent in the garden where, excluding Sparrows and Starlings, there were just 4 birds - a Lesser Whitethroat, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Yellow-browed Warbler and a Blyth's Reed Warbler !!! I had the Blyth's Reed down as a Marsh, due to the pale tips to the primaries and the fact that the bird kept on raising it's crown feathers - a la Marsh, however as soon as Suave Harv saw the photos he suggested Blyth's Reed.

Blyth's Reed Warbler

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Yellow-browed Warbler

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 !!!!