Barnacle Goose & Redshank on Eden Estuary today. #birdingFife #BirdingScotland

A few of the 24 Whooper Swans at Letham Pools yesterday. #birdingFife #BirdingScotland

Ferry Hils 11/10/26
After a couple unsetttled days, calm conditions encouraged several visits across the day. A good variety of species recorded with the highlights being two Twite and a late Osprey. Twite not quite annual at FH. A Stonechat was a migrant too, they don't breed here. #birdingFife

Found this Great White Egret at Angle Park earlier today. Not the rarity it used to be but still a scare bird in Fife. #birdingFife #BirdingScotland

Views of the Beans weren't as good as 28th Sept but I wouldn't expect them to be, that was exceptional. A Red Kite flew south-west across the Forth the same morning, the second of the autumn of this uncommon species in Fife. #birdingFife

A sharp drop in temps and some clear, calm mornings stimulated some movement the last few days at FH. The highlights came on 7/10/26 with another excellent count of Taiga Beans; 20 made up of a nice flock of 17 and 3 others. #birdingFife

Chilly at Fife Ness today. My first Long-tailed Duck (2) and gloves (also 2) of the autumn, plus a juv Pomarine Skua beating up and then killing a Kittiwake. Still remember from last autumn a juv casually beating up an adult G b-b Gull for no apparent reason #birdingFife

Two GN Divers powering inland on 1/10, enjoyed with J Nadin. PB Brent and Barnacle Geese adding to the variety. Early Oct the classic time for Barnie passage, en route from Svalbard to the Solway. #birdingFife

2/10/26
Nice to finally catch up with a Balearic Shear in Fife at Kinghorn. Bit of a bogey bird for me really. They are annual in small numbers at Fife Ness and do make it up the Forth too. This bird was scuttling over the waves following feeding flocks of terns, Razorbills etc. #birdingFife

Great 2025 BBRC report in the latest issue of @britishbirds.bsky.social and nice to see the Fife Ness Bridled Tern (2025) and Brown Booby (2024) accepted #birdingFife #rarebirdsUK

Not exactly hooching with migrants at Balcomie Castle but Ring Ouzel and Pied Fly but the real surprise a Shore Lark lifting up from next to me at the edge of the track #birdingFife

No such worries when a flock passes this close in excellent light. A joint largest flock of 29 flew past at low level, easily my best ever views. Two of the birds in the images are ringed and one of these also has a neck collar. #birdingFife

28/09/26
Ferry Hills.
Taiga Bean Goose is scarce but annual these days at FH. Not a big surprise as we are on a direct flight line to the Slamannan Plateau. But, its a small population of approx. 200 birds and geese can be challenging to ID in flight. #birdingFife

A brief watch over a calm Firth of Forth from Kinghorn this evening - a juv Long-tailed and 2 Arctic Skuas chasing some of the many (40+) Common Terns still around. Also loads of auks, mainly Razorbills, but few Kittiwakes and no Sab Gulls, unfortunately #BirdingFife

In the PM finally scored a Sabs Gull at Kinghorn. It's been a good autumn for Sabs in the Forth. Kinghorn has traditionally been a reliable site in Fife. Mine was a Juv while Tam Stewart had an Adult in the morning. #birdingFife

The week peaked for me on Tues with generally dimnishing returns since despite a fair bit of effort. That said, a Red Kite crossing the Forth from Ferry Hills on 23/9 was not to be sniffed at. This species is more frequent in Fife than it used to be, but still suprisingly uncommon #birdingFife

Only my second Balearic Shearwater of the year at Fife Ness this morning (pic, honest). Plus 3 juv Long-tailed Skua, a juv Pom and a few Arctic & Great Skua #birdingFife

More westerlies. Lots of juv Gannets departing Bass Rock over the last week week or so and passing Fife Ness. Eider moving about a bit more too now they’ve (mostly) completed their moult #birdingFife

An all-dayer at Fife Ness started with torrential rain and thunder/ lightening overhead. Other highlights 8 Long-tailed Skua including a family party(?) of 2 ads + 2 juvs, a juv Sabine’s Gull, 2 Pomarine Skua, 100’s of feeding Little Gull & amorning pulse of 5000 Razorbill S #birdingFife

8 Little Gulls heading inland. We don't get the big numbers further down the Forth and off Fife Ness, always a treat here. Last but certainly not least, 2 Juv LT Skua, dark + Intermediate circling over the Forth. The intermediate went overland on it's own giving superb close views. #birdingFife