Desert Storm

The group were keen to add Desert Wheatear to their year lists, so we headed to Aberdeenshire for the day where the  snow had hit quite hard, but the Desert Wheatear still hangs on at Rattray Head, the nearest thing to a Moroccan Desert! It was blowing a SE hooley at the time, but this hardy bird seemed quite unperturbed choosing to be in the brunt of it rather than the more sheltered dunes.
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Snowy Aberdeenshire

Rattray Head Lighthouse

Female Desert Wheatear

Female Desert Wheatear

Female Desert Wheatear

Clearing snow in Aberdeenshire

Pink-footed Geese (1 with neck collar) and European White-fronted Goose

Dodgy Roads!

Whooper Swans, Loch of Strathbeg

Whooper Swans, Loch of Strathbeg