Date Count Species Location 1st 1 Glossy Ibis Angle Park GP 1st 1 Great White Egret Angle Park GP 1st 1 Black Tern Fife Ness

Date Count Species Location 1st 1 Caspian Gull Angle Park GP 1st 1 Firecrest Kittock’s Den 1st 98 Mediterranean Gulls East Wemyss (Back Dykes roost)

Date Count Species Location 1st 2 Green Sandpipers Angle Park GP 1st 2 Ruff (juveniles) Angle Park GP 1st 4 Arctic Skuas Balgove Bay 1st

Date Count Species Location 1st 1 Green Sandpiper Angle Park GP 1st 4 Ospreys Ballo Reservoir 1st 5 Arctic Skuas Fife Ness (Day Count) 1st

Date Count Species Location 1st 1 Quail Kilmany 2nd 15 Black-tailed Godwits Dalgety Bay 2nd 99 Manx Shearwaters (96N, 3S) Fife Ness 3rd 1 Quail

Date Count Species Location 2nd 1 Cuckoo Ladybank 2nd 1 Quail Boarhills 3rd 1 Red Kite (NW) Crail 4th 1 Cuckoo Kinghorn 5th 40 Crossbills

Date Count Species Location 1st 1 Osprey (W) Leven 2nd 2 Garganey (pair) Eden Estuary Centre 2nd 1 Little Gull Letham Pools 2nd 1 Surf

Date Count Species Location 1st 24 Brent Geese Out Head 1st 2 Great White Egrets Angle Park GP 1st 1 Green Woodpecker Out Head 1st

Date Count Species Location 1st 1 Avocet Eden Estuary LNR 1st 1 Barn Owl Pattiesmuir 1st 3 Great White Egrets Angle Park GP 1st 1

Date Count Species Location 1st 1 Marsh Harrier Mugdrum Island 1st 1 Marsh Harrier (female) Newburgh 1st 2 Surf Scoters Leven 1st 20 White-fronted Geese

Date Count Species Location 1st 1 Great White Egret Angle Park GP 1st 4 Greenshanks Angle Park GP 1st 1 Little Auk (N, then S)

Date Count Species Location 1st 1 American Wigeon (drake) Otterston Loch 1st 1 Lesser Scaup (female) Otterston Loch 2nd 1 Great White Egret Angle Park

Date Count Species Location 1st 1 Bewick’s Swan (possible immature) Dalgety Bay 1st 1 Bittern Letham Pools 1st 1 Great White Egret Angle Park GP

Apologies for the later than usual posting of this summary. This was due to circumstances outwith our control. Also, we are trying a new format

September and the start of autumn, with the promise of some rare migrating birds. Sunday 1st was the all-day sea watch at Fife Ness where

The first sighting of the month (1st) was from the Eden Estuary Centre, where a Curlew Sandpiper was seen. The Lesser Yellowlegs was still at

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

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

The first few days of May brought reports of some of the commoner summer visitors, as well as scarcer visitors. Two Grasshopper Warblers were at

April started with a few sightings coming in of Sand Martins, Swallows and Wheatears, though none were in large numbers. A White-fronted Goose was with

The redhead Smew was still present at Angle Park GP (3rd) and was seen displaying to a Goldeneye, a Green Woodpecker was seen at Kennoway

A Greenland White-fronted Goose, along with five Barnacle Geese nearby, were all near Pitlessie (1st), with a redhead Smew popping up at Angle Park GP

2024 started relatively mild, weather-wise and the 1st saw quite a few birds being reported. A Little Auk was close inshore at Fife Ness, also

The first few days in December brought a few days of snow, but good birds were still seen. A Black Guillemot, one Red-necked Grebe and

November started with a very welcome influx of Waxwings to the County, with most seeming to return to previous “regular” sites. Five were in a

For many birders October is THE month in the autumn for migrant birds and always hope for a spell of easterly winds to bring these

September started with four Ruff, one Green Sandpiper, one Greenshank, one Common Sandpiper and a Snipe at Stenhouse Reservoir (1st), two Black Terns, two Arctic

The first sightings reported in February were two Marsh Harriers on the 1st at Newburgh then a Black Guillemot was at Fife Ness the next

The New Year began with a single Waxwing seen on roadside wires near Largoward, a Red-necked Grebe at Ruddons Point and two White-fronted Geese near

A slow start to the last month of the year with only six Snow Buntings seen at Out Head on the 1st. The female Ring-necked

The month of November started with a late Swallow and a Great Northern Diver at Ferry Hills, with single Little Gull and Little Auk seen

One Sooty Shearwater and 30 Little Gulls were seen from Fife Ness on the 1st with a juvenile Black Tern seen on the Eden Estuary.

Two juvenile Long-tailed Skuas, c7 Sooty Shearwaters and 200 Manx Shearwaters at Fife Ness started the month off. At Fairmont, St Andrews a Pomarine Skua,

The first count of Tree Pipits from Ferry Hills came on the first of the month when 48 were seen. 14 Little Egrets were at

17 Black-tailed Godwits were at Letham Pools on the 2nd of the month. A 2nd calendar year Mediterranean Gull was at Ruddons Point the next

A pair of Garganey put in a brief appearance at Kinghorn Loch on the 1st and a probable migrant Short-eared Owl was at Crail that

A Wood Sandpiper was again seen at Luthrie on the first day of May with the Ruff and 11 Black-tailed Godwits at Letham Pools that