I'm amazed that you've never seen them there before, I would have thought over 28 years the occasional straggler would put down in Ullapool. Where is the nearest wintering flock?

Reported by BH over Pennington Flash at about 9.30.

I think I saw that bird yesterday. I can't see any features of GWT to make it a hybrid. Even the gold border to the green mask looks wrong to me. If you watch closely when it flies the white triangle appears to be on the wing not on its flanks. I think it's partial leucism.

Do you always clean the van with the camera handy? 🤔😆

Also my first goldeneye of the winter, a female / imm.

I should have added, when the lesser white-fronted goose was at King Lynn, it apparently arrived there with pink-feet.