Driveway birding

 Jill has been finishing the hole filling where there is damage to the walls from the heating. The biggest bit was where the plasterboard came out. It's looking better now though. Nearly done. We are still taking out plenty of water after the leak. About 20 litres a day!

Rob has been emptying boxes from upstairs where our kitchen stuff was stored. We will hopefully gave a bew kitchen soon so it's time to start separating our stuff from the guest kitchen.

Jim has been cutting loads of batons for the extension.

With the fields mown, they are covered in Curlews, Oystercatchers, Gulls, Starlings  and Redshanks. The garden walls are being visited by several families of meadow pipit,

There is really no need to go out birding as even the driveway is good.

We did pop out briefly to Sandness. Nit much about but a few Sanderlings, 1 Dunlin and lots if gulls.

Chartreus rather than red!

 A few bits and bobs this morning. Filling in the holes the plumbers left in the bathroom above the new towel rail.

We think they made rather too many holes!

Then a bit of working putting a stop on the parking area.

Geri tried out the new seat and all.

And Jill , with new iron man muscles moved the rock in place.

We are still talkng out masses of water from the ceiling leak in our dehumidifier   there are still wet patches, which is worrying.

To cheer ourselves up, we went out in the good weather, although we nearly turned back as Lerwick was thick fog.

We went South as Jill wanted to find the phenomenon  that is the red pool. Found it, but it's more chartreus slime green!.

Very smelly too.

On the way back Jill found.......some puffins. She even managed to get Rob there, which took a  fair while,  although he might be out of practice looking for them.

 If you don't like puffins look away now.

At one point  Jill  felt like someone was watching her. They were.

It was a super afternoon followed by lots of knot at Virkie and one at Melby.

Then to top it all, a pair of crossbills briefly  in the garden on our return.