It's Grim Up North.

Owing to the fact there was sod all at Scatness (just a female Chaffinch and a pair of Linnets), a trip up north to Unst for the Black Stork was in order. The bird was initially in the burn at Burrafirth and then decided to fly all over the place getting mobbed by Bonxies and Oycs. Better views than the 2008 Ronas Hill bird, with a couple of fairly close fly-bys.
A brief stop on the way home for a quick look at the Hybrid thing at Sandwater, to see what the fuss was about - and well, it is a very odd looking thing that seems to be a Pochard x Pintail !

Black Stork.

Hybrid Duck.

Chaffinch.

Linnet.

May 28th 2008. Black Stork.

Spent the morning up on Ronas Hill with Gary Bell, looking for passage Dotterel, this was soon abandoned when a Black Stork flew over heading northeast, as this was only the second Shetland record (the first was in 1977 !) we came down off the hill to look for it again.
No sign of the Stork around North Roe area (it did seem to be dropping down there somewhere), 2 Greenshank, male Goosander in the area.

2 Manx Shearwater off Eshaness in the afternoon, Long-eared Owl and singing Redwing at Kergord, Common Rosefinch in the Sumburgh quarry.

Black Stork