Rare Bird Alert News
MAINLAND
Tundra Bean Goose, Russian White-fronted Geese x 6 at Loch of Clumlie, north of Boddam.
Bittern at North end of Loch of Spiggie.
Waxwing still in garden at Mulla, north of Voe.
ISLANDS
Tundra Bean Geese x 6 at Cullivoe, Yell.
Lovely photos on Shetland Facebook pages of the Bittern at Loch of Spiggie today – a very rare bird here and under 30 previous records someone stated! It was a very rare day here also with blue skies for most of the day, if not all, but couldn't keep track of the entire day being as I was at work. Its now light after 4.30pm, but not light enough to drive down to Spiggie Loch to see a Bittern before dark!
Going through a difficult time right now (again). Last Spring my scalp developed a severe burning and itching, which is why I got the water tested in the first place (see my post on 8th Feb) and that is when I discovered to my horror that my pipe to the house was a lead pipe and the lead levels were above what they should be and lead can cause scalp irritation amongst other things. I have had much milder symptoms of this since, but around a week again this intensified to severe burning and itching, much worse than last year. Had to wash my hair two days later when I normally wash it around every 5 days and it made no difference to the burning feeling at all. Its torture it really is and last night I didn't get much sleep because of the severity of the burning. I have Scottish Water coming out again this week to see if the lead levels have increased further. I googled that lead levels can increase when there has been an increase in rainfall and we have certainly had that for several weeks now, so this may be the cause? It also increases when the water is heated, which of course the shower does exactly that. The last time I washed my hair I made sure the shower temperature was luke warm to cold and it made no difference whatsoever.
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