A wet and windy start to the day was enlivened by a male Linnet in our garden - only the sixth we've seen on Unst and the first in our garden. It remained all day and was joined during the afternoon by 2 Bramblings. The weather suddenly cleared leaving a sunny if still windy afternoon. A Hawfinch flew over and whilst we hoped it had seen our feeders we never saw it again. We took an afternoon walk to NorthDale seeing a Greenland White-fronted Goose en route and then two male Marsh Harriers hunting over the mires.
Male Linnet at Millfield
Our previous earliest date was 12/4
Greenland White-fronted Goose at NorthDale
The only previous Greenland White-fronted Geese we have seen were the two Mike found at Hamar on exactly the same date last year!
Male Marsh Harriers at NorthDale
Only the sixth and seventh Marsh Harriers we've seen on Unst with our previous earliest date being the 24/4.
