SHETLAND BIRD NEWS & MORE!

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Wryneck still at Burn of Njugalswater, Bridge of Fitch.

Little Stint at Pool of Virkie.

Great Shearwater, Pomarine Skuas x 2, Sooty Shearwaters x 52 flew past Sumburgh Head.

Pied Flycatcher at Wester Quarff.

Barred Warbler at Hoswick.

Pied Flycatcher Quendale Mill.

Pied Flycatcher at Hillwell.

 

Pied Flycatcher at Voehead, Isle of Bressay. 

 

https://www.nature-shetland.co.uk/latest-sightings.

https://www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk/latest_sightings.html 

 

Phoned Ray (as in Vivien and Ray) and sang Happy Birthday to him. Made a decision about the Aqua rug for the dining room and ordered this from Love-Rugs which gave me a huge discount as a first time customer! Ironed all the porch curtains and put the pole back up – Northern Lights themed porch is complete! Very pleased with my efforts.

Northern Lights themed front porch 

 

Alot of work went in to painting the ceiling with Crown "Into The Blue" and then tester pots of pinks and teals to add to the ceiling to create a galaxy and the walls with painted with "Murray Mint". I added stars and also stick on mirror stars and fixed up fairy lights to add to the round battery light (which I already had and represents the moon), but all worth it in the end, I feel anyway. Not to everyone's taste, but I like to be creative! I like a different story in every room and I have certainly achieved that so far!

 

My latest lights (from Dunelm) in the corridor (night sky in the hatch, which I created last year) with stained glass lightbulbs from Amazon

 

 

Almost gale force winds here – Scalloway harbour looked like the sea from my house! The twelve Shetland ponies on Gallow Hill have been replaced with sheep. Strimmed the front grass and started the driveway and as expected the battery died. I normally mow the driveway grass, but its got too long to do with my hand push mower. Filled all the bird feeders up, which I have left empty for ages, which means Jimmy next door must have had to spend a fortune on bird food! A ton of leaves to sort out when its far less windy.

 

After tea I did two more flat-packing jobs – a nest of two tables x 2 – a wood set for dining room and glass and silver metal for living room. It took longer to remove the labels from the metal, which involved using a hair dryer to heat the remainder of the label and white vinegar to remove! 

 

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAY!"

 

  65 TODAY!  

 

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