Rare Bird Alert News
MAINLAND
Tundra Bean Goose (probable) at Pool of Virkie.
Black Redstart fem/1w. male at Sandsayre, Leebitten, north of Sandwick.
Taiga Bean Geese x 3 in crop field SE of Bruce Memorial Hall at Toab.
ISLANDS
No news.
Heavy snow overnight again and the driveway was now really deep and I couldn't see my staggered steps down to the drive at all, which is a dangerous situation! Planned to catch the bus to work but, long story short I was told the first bus out of Scalloway would be at lunchtime when I rang up, so was going to catch that and then all services from/to Scalloway were cancelled as were most bus journeys today. Schools closed today and tomorrow too.
I spent three hours digging out and clearing snow from the drive and also an area of the road, which was really hard work. Jimmy next door was doing the same, so it was nice to have some company. I then went to the grit bin and spread this over the drive. Took forever to get all the snow off the car. Both my shed doors blocked with snow again, its getting tedious now. With car tracks now visible in Ladysmith Road down to the harbour, I should get out in the morning, fingers crossed. The top half of Ladysmith Road is still covered in snow (from my house upwards) and Jimmy said that was because the gritter lorry couldn't get up there. Because I have to leave my car in gear (sloped driveway), I'm mostly worried about my handbrake, as this stays stuck nearly all the way down to the T-junction at the harbour, after the car has not moved for a few days and trying to release this whilst driving over snow is going to be scary!
Someone saw the Kingfisher at Clickimin Loch today, so lovely to know its still around and surviving. Same birds in my garden including Chaffinches, Robin, Brambling, Blackbirds and so on. Was totally shocked to see two young lads sleighing down Gallow Hill and I heard one of them shout to his friend "I can't stop" – this hill is insanely steep and at the bottom is a drystone wall!!! They were very lucky they didn't end up in hospital! I'm going to pray for the usual Shetland weather of gales and heavy rain, PLEASE?! But looking at the forecast ahead this arctic spell is going on for far much longer than any of us would like!!! There are still many people who can't leave their house yet with high drifts of snow blocking access roads. The snow is forecast to continue to Saturday and then we have heavy rain and strong windows on Sunday, hurrah!!!
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