Showing posts with label Shetland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shetland. Show all posts

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Dawn Chorus Birdblog: Quest for the Red-throated Diver

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Two weeks ago I lied to you.  I described and showed you my adventures with seabirds on the Shetland Islands.  But not seabirds in kilts.  Or even viking helmets.  Today, in my sequel, I promise paragraphs of unvarnished truth about Scottish seabirds.  Unfortunately there won't be quite as many bird pictures but I will make up for that with some pictures of beautiful landscapes.  Before I resume my narrative on Shetland I must beg your indulgence once again with a small preamble.  Also completely truthful - in fact in it I bare a dark secret of my soul.  But first have some ponies.



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Sunday, July 4, 2010

Dawn Chorus Birdblog: Puffins in Kilts!

by matching mole

Happy 4th of July everyone.  Perhaps perversely for Independence Day I'm going to blog about birds in the United Kingdom.  And I'll come right out and say it - the title is a lie.  A shameless ploy to draw in the casual Sunday morning reader with a weakness for comical seabirds and tartan.  Puffins I have and puffins you will see in all their glory if you read on.  And Scottish puffins no less, but unfortunately bereft of kilts.  There, I've cleansed the guilt from soul.

This diary is an overview of a brief trip to the Shetland Islands I made in mid-June.  A trip I won't soon forget to a magical place.  So let's get going.



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