Shetland Misfit

Tuesday, 11 August 2009

Scatness.

Now that the wind has gone around to the west, there seems to be some migrants appearing ! Willow Warbler in the garden, and loads of Wheatears (40+) and Rock Pipits (30+) at Scatness, plus a flock of 37 Twite feeding on the thistles, 4 Dunlin on the Bathing Pool (+2 on the cliff tops), 3 Swallows over the mire and 7 Greylags on the Loch.

Dunlin.

Twite.

Wheatear.

Willow Warbler.

Friday, 7 August 2009

A Few More Waders.

Still very few Waders at Scatness - 8 Knot, 28 Dunlin, 5 Sanderling and 40+ Turnstone.

Dunlin.

Rock Pipit.

Sanderling.

Snipe.

Turnstone.

Wednesday, 5 August 2009

Macros in Micro.

Some close-ups of a couple of moths trapped last night -

Beautiful Golden Y.

Silver Y.

Tuesday, 4 August 2009

A few Waders

A few Waders around Scatness - 18 Knot, 8 Dunlin, 14 Sanderling and 100+ Oystercatchers.

Oystercatchers.

New Toy.

The new toy arrived in the post - a USB micro camera ! pretty good value for just over £30.

Malabar Whistling Thrush tail feather.

Arctic Tern outer tail feather.

Fly sp.

Brown House Moth.

White-shouldered House Moth.

Monday, 3 August 2009

The Bathing Pool.

A good few hours spent on the banks of the bathing pool at Scatness, 3 splendid summer plumaged Knot (yesterdays flock seems to have moved on), 6 Dunlin and a couple of Turnstone. Lots of Oystercatchers and Arctic Terns still using the pool.

Arctic Terns.

Dunlin.

Knot.

Oystercatcher.

Redshanks.

Pretty obvious why it's called the bathing pool.....

Arctic Tern.

Dunlin.

Oystercatcher.

Redshank.

Turnstone.

Sunday, 2 August 2009

Knot Build Up.

Knot have now increased to 57 at Scatness, mostly on the bathing pool, also at Scatness - 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Whimbrel, 3 Dunlin and another freshly fledged brood of Wheatear.

Knot.

Wheatear.

Saturday, 1 August 2009

Swift.

Common Swift over the house, mid afternoon, battling against strong south-easterly winds and rain.

July's Moths.

July's Moth counts as follows -

ancylis unguicella - 2
Antler - 138
Beautiful Golden Y - 141
Bird Cherry Ermine - 1
Brown House Moth - 15
Confused - 1
Clouded-bordered Brindle - 95
Common Rustic - 2
Dark Arches - 804
Dark Brocade - 1
Diamond Back - 72
Dusky Brocade - 12
Garden Carpet - 7
Ghost - 11
Gold Spot - 1
Platyptilia Gonodactyla - 7
Ingrailed Clay - 32
Large Pale Clothes - 7
Large Yellow Underwing - 196
Lesser Common Rustic - 1
Lychnis - 7
Map-winged Swift - 104
Marbled Coronet - 5
Middle-barred Minor - 2
Northern Rustic - 8
Red Carpet - 290
Rosy Rustic - 7
Scoparia Ambigualis - 59
Silver Y - 10
Silver Ground Carpet - 2
Small Square Spot - 6
Smoky Wainscot - 76
Square-spot Rustic - 1
True Lover's Knot - 2
Twin-spotted Carpet - 11
udea lutealis - 449
White-line Dart - 70
White-shouldered House - 16
Yellow Shell - 1
TOTAL - 2672

Garden Carpet.

Common Rustic.

Lesser Common Rustic.

Painted Lady - a real surprise to find this in the trap one morning !

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 !!!!