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- Great White Egret still at Angle Park 16/09/2024
- Two juv Pomarine Skua lingering off Hawcraig Point at 08:30 and then headed east 14/09/2024
- Curlew Sandpiper and two Little Stint at the Eden Centre 14/09/2024
- Two Long-tailed Skua, three Pomarine Skua and one Sooty Shearwater at Fife Ness up to 14:15 14/09/2024
- Great White Egret still at Angle Park 14/09/2024
- Great White Egret still at Angle Park 13/09/2024
Monthly Sightings Summaries
July 2024 Sightings
After a sunny, but unusually cold, windy June and the disappointment of Scotland making an early exit from the Euros, the first report in July was of six Mediterranean Gulls in the East Wemyss area (1st). Sightings from the Eden Estuary followed where one Little Egret, one Common Sandpiper, three Ospreys, 13 Goosanders, C120 Shelducks and an early migration of
June 2024 Sightings
In early June a Quail was heard calling near Spalefield (5th) and this was the first of quite a few reports of this species this month. A Greenshank was an unusual visitor to Luthrie (6th). A drake Lesser Scaup was a fine find at Loch Gelly (8th), with 31 Pochards, four Goldeneyes, 29 Tufted Ducks and three Whooper Swans also
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FBC Annual Awards
Winners of the 2023 FBC annual awards were announced at the April 2024 Indoor Meeting: Rarest Bird Found in Mainland Fife – Jared Wilson, Stejneger’s Scoter, Lower Largo, April-May 2023. Photograph of the Year – Steve Buckland, Sparrowhawk, (see November
Focus On: Birds and the Law
Birds and the Law The following is a summary of a presentation provided to Fife Bird Club members in March 2024. Refer to the respective acts for full details. Behaviour around birds and nests Under Section 1 of the Wildlife
Focus On: Black Guillemot in Fife
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Mainland Fife List -December 2023 update
The mainland Fife Bird List has been updated and as of 29 December 2023 stood at 346 species (pending acceptance of some records by the relevant rarities committees). The full list can be viewed here.
Mainland Fife List -June 2023 update
The mainland Fife Bird List has been updated and as of 30 June 2023 stood at 342 species (pending acceptance of some records by the relevant rarities committees). The full list can be viewed here.