Rare Bird Alert News
MAINLAND
Little Bunting in crop field at Scousburgh.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Grutness.
Yellow-browed Warbler at North Loch Drive, Siberian Chiffchaff, Taiga Bean Goose with Greylags in field SW of Loch of Clickimin, Lerwick.
Dusky Warbler still at Sanick, Sandwick.
Firecrests x 2 at Sand Lodge, Leebitten, Sandwick. Firecrest in gardens at end of road, Maywick.
Waxwing at South Nesting.
Siberian Chiffchaff at Swining.
ISLANDS
Yellow-browed Warbler at Skaw, Isle of Whalsay.
SIBERIAN RUBYTHROAT along Holsens Road a bridge briefly (no further sign by dusk), Norwick, Unst.
Siberian Chiffchaff at Skaw, Long-eared Owl, Greenland Redpoll, Glaucous Gull at Norwick, Unst.
Siberian Chiffchaffs x 2, Northern Bullfinches x 2, hybrid Yellowhammer x Pine Bunting on Out Skerries.
Siberian Chiffchaffs x 3 at Funzie, Isle of Fetlar.
Its been a very busy day. The sofa delivery from Muddy Bay did not go smoothly initially. It fitted through the back door and into the kitchen, but simply wouldn't go through the open doorway from kitchen to corridor, so Stuart had to remove some of the door frame to get in it in! Seeing plaster crumble to the floor was a little daunting and all my fairy lights had to be removed too. The 3-seater Sofa was eventually put in place in the living room along with one armchair and footstool. Stuart and team kindly put the sections of the door frame back, but it will need to some fine tuning. Huge thanks to them for their perseverance! After they left I had to spend a long time putting so many things back that had had to be moved, including curtains rails etc. This furniture is super comfortable and all fits in well, but I feel I have chosen a colour which is a bit too dark for the room, but I will warm it up with some bright cushions. My first choice would have been a pale colured sofa but sensibly couldn't have this with a wood burning stove.
Half an hour later, Streamline delivered my Swyft sofa bed – two very large and heavy boxes were placed in my kitchen. The delivery man struggled to carry them from the van to my house, but then it did state on the boxes that it was a two man delivery. I did help where I could from hallway to kitchen. It took a lot of effort to get the sections out of the boxes by myself, difficult to get them into the dining room and even more difficult to put together from flat pack. It was actually fairly simple to put together and was only made difficult because it required two people. I got there in the end! I'm very impressed with the design of this sofa and the mustard colour I choose looks good against the backdrop of my northern lights curtains. Fully out into a sofa bed its super comfortable and is a standard double bed size.
Next job was going to the Refuse Tip to get rid of a jam-packed car full of cardboard from the sofa bed and a couple of other things. Then went to Muddy Bay to pay the balance for the sofa etc. Went into Heima (posh homewere shop) to try and buy some cushions, but they were not open to general customers, I was told that it was their Christmas Preview Night (ticket holders only). Did a Tesco shop and returned home and was still clearing up from this morning in the evening.
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