LIDICKEN 1972 march 12 cont. Lerwick is time for dinner, Helen went back to the lab to pack gear, & I wrote a few notes. Then we went to the home of the local priest - O'Riordan for a social visit. Also there were Mr & Mrs Prins of Beth. Mr. Prins lectures widely on art & had come to Lerwick at the invitation of the Local Arts Council & lectured Sat evening. We got back to hotel about 2330. march 13 Checked out of hotel; went to school to pack up gear & specimens. Then went to Scelbury to get heliotrop out of freezer. Mrs Robertson (Maryden) treated us to coffee. Returned to Lerwick for lunch with a shopping; checked in car, & got coach to airport at Sumburgh (at 1205). Plane to Orkney left at 1355. It was a beautiful sunny day! By 1530 we were checked into the Kirkwall Hotel in Kirkwall. Bird list for Shetland: Fulmar - 100t - some sitting on nest sites but to egg yet. SLoz - common Linnun, swan - dainty Whopper Eider - 120 t Long-tailed Duck (red-squaw) - 3 (2 M, 1 F) Golden-eye - com. Red br. Marjinsv - 20 t Coot - 1