An extremely rare bird has accidentally migrated to a Scottish nature reserve after becoming lost on her way to the Sahara desert.
The female desert wheatear is thought to have become extremely dis- orientated while migrating to Africa and somehow ended up in freezing Aberdeenshire.
The bird – an old world flycatcher – is believed to be only one of a tiny handful of its kind ever to be spotted in Britain, but experts believe she can survive if she finds her way south to sunnier climes.
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