I've had a fairly successful week birding. Yesterday I went to Hailuoto. I did not join the twitchers wanting to spot the first Finnish American plover (amerikankurmitsa) which had stopped by, but was after laulujoutsen, the whooper swans. I was not quite sure where to go luckily there were enough flying around to guide me to some fields where a few (maybe a hundred) were resting.
I'm going mad with frustration over the sale of my flat in the UK. Having bought a place here and moved in within a month, it's really unbelievable that my flat has been empty with a buyer eager to move in since the start of September. But we are both at the beck and call of solicitors who seem to do absolutely nothing and get paid extortionate amounts for the privilege. I want to get a car as soon as I can, and need the money released for it. However at this rate it will be 2011 before that happens. Everyone keeps asking here why solicitors are involved in house sales in the UK. A bloody good question, as they seem to do absolutely nothing but without them the process cannot happen.