Rare Bird Alert News
Yellow-browed Warbler at pumping station, Veensgarth.
Barred Warbler at Levenwick.
PECHORA PIPIT still at Quendale Mill.
Barred Warblers x 2 at south end of farm at Quendale.
Common Rosefinch, Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 at Burn of Sound, Lerwick.
Common Rosefinch, Yellow-browed Warblers x 2, Siberian Chiffchaff at Muckle Roe.
Greenland Redpolls x 2, Yellow-browed Warblerx 3 at Scousburgh.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Tresta.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 at Burn of Valayre, Voxter.
Bluethroat, Barred Warbler, Yellow-browed Warblers x 2, Siberian Chiffchaff at head of Ronas Voe.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Wester Quarff.
Wood Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler at Geosetter Burn.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Channerwick.
Barred Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler in small plantation north of Braewick, Aith.
Barred Warbler at Levenwick.
Red-backed Shrike at Sullom Plantation.
Snow Buntings x 20 at Esha Ness.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Swining.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Ollaberry.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Burrafirth.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 south of Boddam.
Red-backed Shrike 1w at marina plantation, Cullivoe, Yellow-browed Warbler at Gutcher, Blue-headed Wagtail at Sandwater, Yell.
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (possible), Red-breasted Flycatcher, Yellow-browed Warbler on Out Skerries.
Grey Phalarope, Little Bunting at Skaw, Yellow-browed Warbler, Barred Warbler at Uyeasound, Yellow-browed Warbler at Haroldswick, Common Rosefinch, Yellow-browed Warblers x 5 at Norwick, Unst.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 at Isbister, Whalsay.
Common Rosefinch at Aithness, Yellow-browed Warbler at Tresta, Fetlar.
Yellow-browed Warbler, Siberian Chiffchaff at Gorie, Isle of Bressay.
Lovely to be back at work. But it was a stressful day for Vivien, Lucy and I. Lucy's home is moving all the residents out on 18th October. Apparently after a third survey, the building is deemed unsafe. Just over two weeks notice. Lucy will have very little choice about where she goes, it will either be one of two places in Gayton, which means she will be extremely isolated, as there is only a petrol station and a fish and chip shop in Gayton and Lucy will never get on the bus to go to King's Lynn to go to her favourite shops: Morrisons and M&S. There are two butchers shops (no good to Lucy at all) and a pub. Long and short of it, both Vivien and I are emailing the manager to let her know how angry we are, that Lucy will be moving in just over two weeks and to somewhere she doesn't want to be. Understandably Lucy is massively stressed. None of the staff knew until today either. How very, very unfair for all concerned and stressful for resident's families.
I have worked out why this has been done at such short notice. Lets be honest, the powers to be would have known about this for a good number of weeks at least – if they had given everyone lots of notice, it would have given staff enough time to search for another job etc and would have put the residents at risk with not enough staff to look after them and this in turn means the residents would have had to be re-housed in more costly temporary accommodation – its all about money at the end of the day. Lucy is mostly stressed about packing her room up and before I even got a chance to talk to her after work, she had gone out to buy dustbin bags (Vivien told me) to pack her stuff up, bless her! Both Vivien and I have explained that she will be given boxes and helped to pack everything up properly.
I phoned someone very helpful in Shetland about services here for Lucy, long and short of it – if she is unhappy where she gets moved to, she can always consider relocating to Shetland! Lucy could join the orchestra here, she would love the food and cakes etc, love all the Shetland ponies, sheep and cows etc etc – the more I think about it, I think she would love it here.
I investigated the damp chimney breast this evening. Unscrewed a plastic vent and got a torch in there. Talk about opening a can of worms! Back of the wall was wet. Hole in the ground that goes quite a way down. Who knows what's going on?! Phoned Fire specialist and sent him a load of pictures. He asked me to send him pictures of the the chimney from the outside and he will take a look when he does the other work booked in and try and get it done sooner than he was going to.
Tonight was a 'Fish Supper' (as its called here: fish 'n' chips) and a large bar of chocolate night!
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