Friday, April 3, 2026

It's still not very spring like

 We are still getting wind, hail and rain but there is the odd bit of sun too. 

Yesterday we delivered something to town for one of our guests. There will always be the odd left behind item!

 We picked up some chicken food and had another look for the Bonapartes Gull. It was a no show but the Fulmars and Kittiwakes were performing nicely 















There were also. Lots of Rock doves and twite in the garden. The sea looked odd being so calm after so long.

And Geri was enjoying the nicer weather.
Today we popped out for a bit in the afternoon. Late lunch break!  It was quiet though.













Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Town birding

 Even those born on Shetland are getting cheesed off with the weather. Still windy and still wet. But still good seas 






We popped to Melby just for an hour yesterday. It was quiet .



Today we did some cleaning and ironing before heading to town to try and refund the Bonapartes Gull that has been in Lerwick. We tried several locations and didn't find it but we had a nice shag, hooded crow and turnstone





We were heading home as there was no news from anyone else either as but decided one last look near Shetland Catch. We put out a few bits of bread to watch the other gulls while we were waiting and some black headed gulls came in




Followed quickly by the Bonapartes. It only stayed a very short time.
















It did reappear again but stayed even less time.

It's still not very spring like

 We are still getting wind, hail and rain but there is the odd bit of sun too.  Yesterday we delivered something to town for one of our gues...