The last few days have been quiet. A short trip to our patch for some waders and long tailed ducks.
A quick hare on the way back
An indoor PA day with Mark as he wasn't feeling up to going out.
A bit of stuff in the garden. With some help.....
A bit of fun.
Then today the dentist. Ouchie. It was an hour and a half of saw jaw!
But there are twite in the garden, a Pochard on the loch and red grouse in the sun on the way to town for the dentist.
Sun was shining today so Jill finally got to do some path. It's been so wet it hasn't been the winter for it . It was pretty chilly though.
Rob has been working on the heating company issues still and doing the paperwork for our trip down South as we have to submit a form for the RAC. The car seems fine.
Late afternoon Jill went down to the loch to check on a camera trap that is down there. Will check the footage to see what's on it but had a quick look. One of the nighttime bits is an otter right up against the camera!. Walking back there was an amazing sunset.
Got back home to a lovely starling murmuration.
Beautiful full moon
Yesterday Sarah , and her daughter came over to go and find some hares. The weather was perfect for it, if a bit chilly, the sun was shining so the hares were all sat out enjoying the nice sun. As Shetland Mountain hares use old rabbit burrows so sometimes you just see the ears.
We visited Melby and Norby beaches too. It was a lovely day.
Today, we popped over to Unst to look for the Bonapartes Gull that has been around for a few days. We hoped to find the Kumleins/Thayer's gull that we missed in January but it hadn't been around for a couple of weeks. Most think, due to its size, that it's a Thayer's but they are difficult to split.
There was still a large flock of Long tailed ducks.
We only briefly had the Bonapartes Gull before the weather really closed in.
Jill picked up Mark for PA day. It was an amazing sunny day so we had a run over to Bressay. It's not a big island but so beautiful. As it was the first day actually out of the house for a while, we took it easy.. Lerwick was looking lovely and had a drive around.
The evening stayed clear. It was a stunning moon and Jupiter was clear as well.
The last few days have been quiet. A short trip to our patch for some waders and long tailed ducks. A quick hare on the way back An indoor ...
