Eb Goode

Just how did they get away with this ? Everyone I knew at the time, in the Hacienda and elsewhere, thought this tune was pretty bloody marvelous and a positive 'fingers up' to the establishment at the time - rave on John ! Enjoy and turn it up !

A Bit More Fun

Just a bit more fun.... while there's nowt about...
No wonder the Eiders on Shetland aren't doing particularly well - there's no Green Woodpeckers up here to protect their young from Bonxies etc....


And as the row rumbles on about Andy Gray's comments about the lines-woman not knowing how to do her job, this photo shows that she was doing it quite adequately !!!

(both photos stolen, borrowed, nicked, usurped etc from other websites)

Some Dross

A couple of short jaunts on the patch this week, and just the usual dross, the Kestrel that has been wintering on the airport, finally decide to cross over to the patch on Saturday and the early Shelduck is still at the back of the loch. This morning, doing the daily scan of the bay from the living room window, picked up the first year male King Eider off the end of Little Holm - a room tick ! I'd already house ticked King Eider with this one from the kitchen window in 2008. After the storm, with the beaches all stirred up, there were Gulls everywhere, but no white-wingers.

Common Gulls

Black-headed Gulls.

The Storm

Winds last night peaked at 104 mph ! (or 93 mph, depending on which news programme was reporting), the result being that 2 of my beaches have now disappeared !

White Rabbit

Classic !

Brickflickers and CR PS.

A relatively early start on the patch as I'd picked up 2 'white wingers' from the living room window, both birds were feeding in the surf around Little Holm, better (though still distant) views were had from Moast Beach - a 1st year Glauc and a 1st year Iceland Gull. Moast Beach itself was covered in Turnstones and Purple Sandpipers - including a colour-ringed bird.


Turnstones.


Purple Sandpipers.

Oystercatchers.

Cormorant.

Bored

Another few boring days around the patch, with sod all new - so here's a picture of a 'tamish' Great Northern Diver in West Voe.

Just For Fun

Sometimes, when searching through the Sky TV menu, if the programme has too long a name the Sky will shorten it to fit into the time box - this can throw up the occasional hilarity, such as this one on Channel Five at 8pm -

The First Migrant

The first migrant indeed, ok so it's only a Shelduck, but a migrant none the less ! Also around the patch was a first year Glaucous Gull and about 40 Goldeneye. Other than that nothing, apart from 2 old Christmas trees, which are now residing in my shed until spring, when they'll be added to the artificial plantation.

Glaucous Gull.

Shelduck.

Goldeneye.

Where's Me Jumper ?

This week's 'top tune - 'Where's Me Jumper ?' - The Sultans of Ping FC - Ireland's Finest !



My, brother, knows, Karl Marx,
He met him eating mushrooms in the peoples park,
He said 'What do you think about my manifesto?
''I like a manifesto, put it to the test-o.'
Took it straight down to meet the anarchist's party.
I met a groovy guy, he was arty farty,
He said 'I know a little latin man a cus man a kai'
I said 'I don't know what it means' he said 'neither do I'
Eat natural foods, bathe twice daily,
Fill your nostrils up with gravy.
Don't drink tea and don't drink coffee.
Cover your chin in yorkshire toffee.
Dancing in the disco, bumper to bumber,
Wait a minute, where's me jumper, ( x4 )
Dancing at the disco, bumper to bumber,
Wait a minute, where's me jumper ? ( x5 )
Oh no.
Dancing at the disco, go, go, go.
Dancing at the disco, oh no, oh no, oh no.
Dancing at the disco, go, go, go.
Dancing at the disco, oh no, oh no.
It's alright to say things can only get better,
You haven't lost your brand new sweater.
I know I had it on when I had my tea,
And I'm sure I had it on in the lavatory.Oh no.
Dancing in the disco, go, go, go.
Dancing in the disco, oh no, oh no.
Dancing in the disco, bumper to bumper,
Wait a minute, where's me jumper ? ( x5 )
It's alright to say things can only get better,
You haven't lost your brand new sweater.
Pure new wool, and perfect stitches,
Not the type of jumper that makes you itches Oh no.
Dancing in the disco, go, go, go.
Dancing in the disco, oh no, oh no.
And my mother, will be so, so angry.
And my brother, will be so, so angry.
And my girlfriend, will be so, so angry.
And my dog, will be so, so angry.
Cos I was dancing at the disco, bumper to bumper.
Wait a minute, where's me jumper ( x5 )Oh no !

The Big Smoke

Most of the day was spent in the big smoke that is Lerwick (ok maybe not so much big smoke, more like dying embers !), in between various bits and pieces, this 3rd year Iceland Gull was on the fish market roof.

Iceland Gull