| 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 Scoter (drake) | East Wemyss |
| 2nd | 6 | Whimbrels | Cameron Reservoir |
| 2nd | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | East Wemyss |
| 2nd | 1 | Wood Sandpiper | Cameron Reservoir |
| 3rd | 1 | Surf Scoter (drake) | East Wemyss |
| 3rd | 25 | Whimbrels | Cameron Reservoir |
| 3rd | 2 | White-winged Scoters (drakes) | East Wemyss |
| 3rd | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Methil |
| 4th | 1 | Arctic Skua (N) | Fife Ness |
| 4th | 1 | Black-tailed Godwit | Letham Pools |
| 4th | 2 | Great Skuas (N) | Fife Ness |
| 4th | 1 | Greenshank | Angle Park GP |
| 4th | 1 | Little Gull | Letham Pools |
| 4th | 1 | Surf Scoter (drake) | East Wemyss |
| 4th | 1 | Whimbrel | Angle Park GP |
| 4th | 31 | Whimbrels | Balgove Bay |
| 4th | 9 | Whimbrels | Loch Gelly |
| 4th | 1 | White-tailed Eagle | Loch Gelly |
| 4th | 2 | White-winged Scoters (drakes) | East Wemyss |
| 4th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Methil |
| 5th | 1 | Cuckoo (W) | Dunfermline |
| 5th | 2 | Garganey (pair) | Levenmouth |
| 5th | 12 | Red-throated Divers | East Wemyss |
| 5th | 1 | Surf Scoter (drake) | East Wemyss |
| 5th | 25 | Whimbrels | Cameron Reservoir |
| 5th | 1 | White-winged Scoter | East Wemyss |
| 5rd | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Methil |
| 6th | 1 | Ruff (male) | Angle Park GP |
| 7th | 1 | Cuckoo | Ballo Reservoir |
| 7th | 1 | Quail | Kinghorn |
| 8th | 1 | Ruff (male) | Angle Park GP |
| 8th | 1 | Wood Sandpiper | Angle Park GP |
| 10th | 3 | Cranes (N) | Dysart |
| 11th | 1 | Greenshank | Angle Park GP |
| 11th | 2 | Black-throated Divers (pair) | St Margaret’s Marsh |
| 11th | 1 | Hen Harrier (ringtail) | Boarhills |
| 11th | 1 | Osprey | Cupar |
| 12th | 1 | Cuckoo | Ballo Reservoir |
| 13th | 1 | Black-tailed Godwit | Angle Park GP |
| 13th | 1 | Cuckoo | Lockshaw Moss |
| 13th | 1 | Little Gull (adult) | Letham Pools |
| 14th | 1 | Bee-eater | Drummy Wood |
| 14th | 1 | Red Kite (S) | Ferry Hills |
| 16th | 1 | Cuckoo | Low Valleyfield |
| 16th | 1 | Iceland Gull | St Andrews (harbour) |
| 16th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Ruddons Point |
| 17th | 1 | Whimbrel | Ruddons Point |
| 17th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Ruddons Point |
| 18th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Ruddons Point |
| 19th | 27 | Barnacle Geese (N) | Fife Ness |
| 19th | 54 | Manx Shearwaters (N) | Fife Ness |
| 19th | 1 | Quail | Holl Reservoir |
| 19th | 12 | Red-throated Divers (N) | Fife Ness |
| 20th | 1 | Whinchat (male) | Kilminning (lower) |
| 20th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Ruddons Point |
| 20th | 1 | Wood Sandpiper | Angle Park GP |
| 21st | 1 | Cuckoo | Ballo Reservoir |
| 21st | 1 | Cuckoo | Bishop Hill |
| 21st | 7 | Manx Shearwaters | Ruddons Point |
| 21st | 1 | Osprey | Ballo Reservoir |
| 21st | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Ruddons Point |
| 21st | 1 | Wood Sandpiper | Angle Park GP |
| 22nd | 1 | Arctic Skua (N) | Fife Ness |
| 22nd | 1 | Great Skua (N) | Fife Ness |
| 22nd | 91 | Manx Shearwaters (N/lingering) | Fife Ness |
| 22nd | 17 | Red-throated Divers (N) | Fife Ness |
| 22nd | 1 | Whimbrel (N) | Fife Ness |
| 22nd | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Ruddons Point |
| 23rd | 1 | Long-tailed Skua (N) | Fife Ness |
| 23rd | 71 | Manx Shearwaters (N) | Fife Ness |
| 23rd | 1 | Quail | Boarhills |
| 23rd | 1 | Redstart (female) | Elie |
| 23rd | 1 | Redstart (male) | Kilminning (lower) |
| 23rd | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Ruddons Point |
| 23rd | 1 | Wood Sandpiper | Angle Park GP |
| 26th | 6 | Crossbills | Ballingry |
| 26th | 1 | Cuckoo | Ballingry |
| 26th | 316 | Manx Shearwaters (N) | Fife Ness |
| 26th | 3 | Red-throated Divers (N) | Fife Ness |
| 26th | c4 | Tree Pipits | Ballingry |
| 27th | 12 | Manx Shearwaters (N) | Pettycur Bay |
| 27th | 1 | Whimbrel | Kilminning |
| 29th | 4 | Arctic Skuas (N) | Fife Ness |
| 29th | 1 | Cuckoo | Fife Ness |
| 29th | 1 | Great Skua (N) | Fife Ness |
| 29th | 302 | Manx Shearwaters (N) | Fife Ness |
| 29th | 1 | Mediterranean Gull (1st summer) | East Wemyss (Back Dykes) |
| 29th | 4 | Red-throated Divers | Fife Ness |
| 30th | 1 | Cuckoo (NW) | Fetterdale |
| 30th | 2 | Cuckoos (males) | Kilminning (lower) |
| 30th | 28 | Manx Shearwaters (N) | Fife Ness |
| 31st | 2 | Little Gulls (2CY) | Eden Estuary Centre |
Bird Sightings
Monthly sightings summaries
April 2025 Sightings
| 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 | 2 | Greenshanks | Out Head |
| 1st | 27 | Long-tailed Ducks | Out Head |
| 1st | 15 | Pintails | Out Head |
| 1st | 10 | Sand Martins | Out Head |
| 1st | 5 | Shovelers | Angle Park GP |
| 1st | 6 | Slavonian Grebes | Out Head |
| 1st | 12 | Whooper Swans (NW) | Dalgety Bay |
| 2nd | 1 | Marsh Harrier (female) | Dunfermline |
| 3rd | 1 | Black Redstart | Boarhills |
| 3rd | 2 | Blackcaps | Birnie & Gaddon Lochs LNR |
| 3rd | 2 | Blackcaps | Balgownie Woodland |
| 3rd | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 3rd | 1 | Great White Egret | Loch Gelly |
| 3rd | 1 | Hen Harrier (ringtail) | Devilla Forest |
| 3rd | 1 | Red Kite | Harperleas Reservoir |
| 3rd | 1 | Willow Warbler | Birnie & Gaddon Lochs LNR |
| 4th | 7 | Barnacle Geese | Out Head |
| 4th | 1 | Bittern | Mugdrum Island (west) |
| 4th | 3 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP |
| 4th | 3 | Slavonian Grebes | Out Head |
| 4th | 1 | Swallow | Loch Fitty |
| 5th | 2 | Black-tailed Godwits | Ruddons Point |
| 5th | 1 | Great White Egret | Loch Gelly |
| 5th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 5th | 1 | Kingfisher | Morton Lochs NNR |
| 5th | 1 | Red Kite (S) | Morton Lochs NNR |
| 5th | c30 | Sand Martins | Letham Pools |
| 5th | 10 | Shovelers | Letham Pools |
| 5th | 1 | Whimbrel | Ruddons Point |
| 6th | 1 | Black Redstart | Crail |
| 6th | 1 | Black Scoter (drake) | Ruddons Point |
| 6th | 1 | Black-throated Diver (E) | Hawkcraig Point |
| 6th | 2 | Garganey (pair) | Kilconquhar Loch |
| 6th | 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP |
| 6th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Angle Park GP |
| 6th | 1 | Osprey (N) | Ferry Hills |
| 6th | 2 | Ospreys (N) | Dalgety Bay |
| 6th | 1 | Red Kite | Outh Moor |
| 6th | 1 | Red Kite (E) | Elie |
| 7th | 1 | Black Redstart | Crail |
| 7th | 2 | Brambling (N) | St Andrews (Bogward Road) |
| 7th | 3 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP |
| 7th | 1 | House Martin | Cameron Reservoir |
| 7th | 2 | House Martins | St Andrews |
| 7th | 30 | Long-tailed Ducks | Ruddons Point |
| 7th | 1 | Osprey | Ballo Reservoir |
| 7th | 1 | Osprey | Cameron Reservoir |
| 7th | 1 | Osprey (N) | Cupar |
| 7th | 1 | Osprey (N) | Dunfermline |
| 7th | 1 | Osprey | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 7th | 1 | Osprey (N) | Pettycur Harbour |
| 7th | 1 | Red Kite | Cameron Reservoir |
| 7th | 1 | Tree Pipit | St Andrews (Bogward Road) |
| 7th | 26 | Whooper Swans | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 7th | 1 | Yellow-legged Gull (E) | Pettycur Harbour |
| 8th | 2 | Avocets | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 8th | c50 | Fieldfares | Motray Burn |
| 8th | 2 | Great Northern Divers | Kincraig Point |
| 8th | 1 | Osprey (NW) | Dunfermline |
| 8th | 1 | Wheatear | Kilrenny |
| 9th | 1 | Black Scoter | Ruddons Point |
| 9th | 1 | Common Sandpiper | Cameron Reservoir |
| 9th | 1 | Manx Shearwater (W) | Anstruther |
| 9th | 4 | Sandwich Terns | Kilminning |
| 10th | 1 | Barn Owl | Cluny |
| 10th | 1 | Black Scoter | Ruddons Point |
| 10th | 1 | Little Egret | Tayport |
| 10th | 1 | Osprey | Tayport |
| 10th | 2 | Tree Pipits (N) | Ferry Hills |
| 11th | 2 | Brent Geese | Out Head |
| 11th | 1 | Green Sandpiper (N) | Balcomie |
| 11th | 1 | Greenshank | Out Head |
| 11th | 1 | Little Egret | Out Head |
| 11th | 1 | Little Gull (2nd CY) | Out Head |
| 11th | 1 | Red Kite (N) | St Andrews |
| 11th | 2 | Slavonian Grebes | Out Head |
| 11th | 1 | Snow Bunting (female) | Out Head |
| 11th | 2 | Tree Pipits | St Andrews (Spinkie Den) |
| 12th | 2 | Cranes | Ferry Hills |
| 12th | 1 | Common Sandpiper | Cameron Reservoir |
| 12th | 2 | Common Sandpipers | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 12th | 120 | Golden Plovers | East Lomond |
| 12th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Angle Park GP |
| 12th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 12th | 1 | Hooded Crow | Levenmouth |
| 12th | 1 | Little Gull | Letham Pools |
| 12th | 1 | Red-necked Grebe | Angle Park GP |
| 12th | 2 | Red-necked Grebes | Lower Largo |
| 12th | 1 | Red-necked Grebe (adult) | Ruddons Point |
| 12th | 2 | Shovelers | Ruddons Point |
| 12th | 2 | Surf Scoters (pair) | Buckhaven |
| 12th | 1 | Whimbrel | Ruddons Point |
| 12th | 2 | White-winged Scoters | Methil |
| 13th | 1 | Little Gull | Letham Pools |
| 14th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Angle Park GP |
| 14th | 11 | Shovelers | Angle Park GP |
| 14th | 1 | Whimbrel | Tayport |
| 15th | 1 | Sedge Warbler | Letham Pools |
| 16th | 3 | Great Skuas (N) | Fife Ness |
| 16th | 17 | Manx Shearwater (N) | Fife Ness |
| 17th | 1 | Black Scoter | Ruddons Point |
| 17th | 44 | Black-tailed Godwits | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 17th | 2 | Brent Geese (Pale-bellied) | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 17th | 1 | Greenshank | Cocklemill Burn |
| 17th | 1 | Little Gull (adult) | Letham Pools |
| 17th | 1 | Osprey | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 17th | 25 | Pintails | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 17th | 1 | Whimbrel | Loch Gelly |
| 18th | 1 | Black Scoter | Ruddons Point |
| 18th | 3 | Black-throated Divers | Ruddons Point |
| 18th | 1 | Grasshopper Warbler | Dunfermline |
| 18th | 1 | Great Northern Diver | Ruddons Point |
| 18th | 1 | Greenshank | Stenhouse Reservoir |
| 18th | 1 | Little Gull | Letham Pools |
| 18th | c40 | Long-tailed Ducks | Ruddons Point |
| 18th | c60 | Red-throated Divers | Ruddons Point |
| 18th | 1 | Redstart (female) | Kilminning |
| 18th | 1 | Sedge Warbler | Letham Pools |
| 18th | 1 | Whimbrel | Fife Ness |
| 18th | 3 | White Wagtails | Balcomie |
| 18th | 1 | White Wagtail | Stenhouse Reservoir |
| 18th | 1 | Whitethroat | Balcomie |
| 18th | 50+ | Willow Warblers | Balcomie |
| 19th | 1 | Black Scoter | Ruddons Point |
| 19th | 12 | Brent Geese (1 Dark-bellied) | Coble Shore |
| 19th | 1 | Great Northern Diver | Fife Ness |
| 19th | 1 | Little Gull | Letham Pools |
| 19th | 1 | Manx Shearwater | Aberdour |
| 19th | 5 | Manx Shearwater | Fife Ness |
| 19th | 1 | Raven | Ruddons Point |
| 19th | 37 | Scaup | Fife Ness |
| 19th | 1 | Whimbrel | Ruddons Point |
| 19th | 2 | White-winged Scoters (drakes) | Buckhaven |
| 20th | 1 | Black-throated Diver | Braefoot Point |
| 20th | 1 | Black-throated Diver | Kincraig Point |
| 20th | 1 | Cuckoo | Loch Fitty |
| 20th | 1 | Grasshopper Warbler | Kilmany |
| 20th | 1 | Grasshopper Warbler | Rossie Bog |
| 20th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Angle Park GP |
| 20th | 1 | Kingfisher | Loch Fitty |
| 20th | 1 | Lapland Bunting | Boarhills |
| 20th | 1 | Little Gull | Letham Pools |
| 20th | 1 | Nuthatch | Loch of Lindores |
| 20th | 1 | Red Kite | St Andrews (Balmashie) |
| 20th | 3 | Red-necked Grebes | Lower Largo |
| 20th | 2 | Surf Scoters (pair) | Methil |
| 20th | 1 | Tree Pipit | Carphin |
| 20th | 2 | White-winged Scoters (drakes) | East Wemyss |
| 21st | 1 | Black-throated Diver | Dalgety Bay |
| 21st | 2 | Whimbrel | Dalgety Bay |
| 21st | 1 | Whinchat | Tayport |
| 22nd | 6 | Black-tailed Godwits | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 22nd | 2 | Brent Geese | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 22nd | 2 | Whimbrel | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 23rd | 2 | Avocets | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 23rd | 1 | Black Redstart (female) | Fife Ness |
| 23rd | 1 | Corn Bunting | Guardbridge (Kincaple Path) |
| 23rd | 1 | Little Gull | Letham Pools |
| 24th | 2 | Avocets | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 24th | 1 | Black-necked Grebe | Ruddons Point |
| 24th | 1 | Black-tailed Godwit | Letham Pools |
| 24th | 1 | Black-throated Diver | Lower Largo |
| 24th | 4 | Black-throated Divers | Ruddons Point |
| 24th | 660 | Common Scoters | Ruddons Point |
| 24th | 1 | Cuckoo | Loch Fitty |
| 24th | 1 | Garden Warbler | Angle Park GP |
| 24th | 1 | Great Northern Diver | Lower Largo |
| 24th | 48 | Red-throated Divers | Lower Largo |
| 24th | 58 | Red-throated Divers | Ruddons Point |
| 24th | 1 | Sedge Warbler | Angle Park GP |
| 24th | 1 | Sedge Warbler | Loch Gelly |
| 24th | 57 | Velvet Scoters | Ruddons Point |
| 24th | 5 | Whimbrel | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 25th | 2 | Avocets | Guardbridge |
| 25th | 3 | Black-tailed Godwits | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 25th | 1 | Lesser Whitethroat | Seafield |
| 25th | 2 | Little Gulls | Out Head |
| 25th | 2 | Manx Shearwaters | Fife Ness |
| 25th | 1 | Osprey | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 25th | 4 | Whimbrel | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 25th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | East Wemyss |
| 26th | 1 | Surf Scoter (drake) | Leven (caravan park) |
| 26th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | East Wemyss |
| 26th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Leven (caravan park) |
| 27th | 4 | Tundra Bean Geese (N) | Ferry Hills |
| 27th | 1 | Cuckoo | Dunino |
| 27th | 2 | Surf Scoters (pair) | Leven (caravan park) |
| 27th | 1 | Swift | Ferry Hills |
| 27th | 2 | White-winged Scoter (drakes) | East Wemyss |
| 27th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Leven (caravan park) |
| 27th | 1 | Woodchat Shrike | Dreel Burn, Anstruther |
| 28th | 2 | Surf Scoters | East Wemyss |
| 28th | 2 | White-winged Scoters | East Wemyss |
| 28th | 1 | Woodchat Shrike | Anstruther |
| 29th | 1 | Cuckoo | Ballo Reservoir |
| 29th | 1 | Surf Scoter (drake) | East Wemyss |
| 29th | 2 | Surf Scoters (pair) | Ruddons Point |
| 29th | 1 | White-winged Scoter | East Wemyss |
| 29th | 1 | Wood Sandpiper | Angle Park GP |
| 30th | 1 | Crossbill | Cambo Den |
| 30th | 1 | Little Gull (adult) | Eden Springs CP |
| 30th | 1 | Osprey | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 30th | 1 | Surf Scoter (drake) | East Wemyss |
| 30th | 1 | Surf Scoter (female) | East Wemyss |
| 30th | 1 | Surf Scoter (drake) | Ruddons Point |
| 30th | 1 | Whinchat | Balcaskie Estate |
| 30th | 2 | White-winged Scoters | East Wemyss |
| 30th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Kirkcaldy |
March 2025 Sightings
| 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 | Great White Egret | Loch Fitty |
| 1st | 1 | Marsh Harrier (female) | Mugdrum Island |
| 1st | 2 | Marsh Harriers (adult female, 2nd CY) | Newburgh |
| 1st | 1 | White-winged Scoter (adult drake) | Methil |
| 1st | 28 | Whooper Swans | Loch Fitty |
| 2nd | 1 | Avocet | Eden Estuary LNR |
| 2nd | 1 | Greenshank | Fife Ness |
| 2nd | 1 | Hen Harrier (ringtail) S | Cameron Reservoir |
| 2nd | 2 | Little Egrets | Cameron Reservoir |
| 2nd | 1 | Mediterranean Gull (1st winter) | East Wemyss (Back Dykes roost) |
| 2nd | 1 | Redpoll | Cameron Reservoir |
| 2nd | c50 | Sanderlings | Fife Ness |
| 2nd | 2 | White-fronted Geese (European) | Cameron Reservoir |
| 2nd | 2 | White-fronted Geese (European juveniles) | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 2nd | 9 | Whooper Swans | Cameron Reservoir |
| 3rd | 1 | Avocet | Eden Estuary LNR |
| 3rd | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 3rd | 1 | Great White Egret | Birnie & Gaddon Lochs LNR |
| 3rd | 2 | Little Egrets | Cocklemill Marsh |
| 4th | 1 | Avocet | Eden Estuary LNR |
| 4th | 1 | Barnacle Goose | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 4th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 4th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (adult drake) | Leven |
| 5th | 2 | Little Egrets | Cameron Reservoir |
| 6th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 6th | 1 | Hen Harrier (ringtail) | Cocklemill Marsh |
| 6th | 1 | Hen Harrier (ringtail) | Elie – Kincraig Hill |
| 6th | 2 | Jack Snipe | Bankhead Moss |
| 6th | 1 | Sandwich Tern | Dalgety Bay |
| 6th | 22 | Whooper Swans | Loch Fitty |
| 7th | 3 | Black-throated Divers | Lower Largo |
| 7th | 10 | Brent Geese | Kingsbarns |
| 7th | 1 | Chiffchaff | St Andrews |
| 7th | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 7th | 1 | Jack Snipe | Cocklemill Marsh |
| 7th | 1 | Little Egret | Cocklemill Marsh |
| 7th | 4 | Nuthatches | Ravenscraig Park |
| 7th | 5 | Ravens | Cellardyke |
| 7th | 1 | Red-necked grebe | Lower Largo |
| 7th | 1 | Red-necked grebe | Ruddons Point |
| 7th | 43 | Red-throated Divers | Lower Largo |
| 7th | 6 | Redpoll N | St Andrews – Spinkie Den |
| 7th | 10 | Slavonian Grebes | Lower Largo |
| 7th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (adult drake) | Methil |
| 7th | 35 | Whooper Swans | Hawkcraig Point |
| 7th | c70 | Whooper Swans | Cellardyke |
| 7th | 26 | Whooper Swans | Letham Pools |
| 7th | 46 | Whooper Swans | Loch Fitty |
| 8th | 1 | Goshawk | St Andrews – North Haugh |
| 8th | 1 | Great White Egret | Birnie & Gaddon Lochs LNR |
| 8th | 1 | Little Egret | Birnie & Gaddon Lochs LNR |
| 8th | 8 | Redpolls | Cameron Reservoir |
| 8th | 1 | Short-eared Owl | Out Head |
| 8th | c4 | Snow Buntings | Out Head |
| 8th | 2 | White-fronted Geese (European) | Cameron Reservoir |
| 8th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (adult drake) | Methil |
| 8th | 8 | Whooper Swans | Cameron Reservoir |
| 8th | 18 | Whooper Swans | Leven |
| 9th | 1 | Chiffchaff | Cupar |
| 9th | 1 | Chiffchaff | Dalgety Bay |
| 9th | 2 | Crossbills N | Cameron Reservoir |
| 9th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 9th | 1 | Hen Harrier (female) | Cameron Reservoir |
| 9th | 1 | Merlin (female) | Cameron Reservoir |
| 9th | 2 | Ravens | Cameron Reservoir |
| 9th | 1 | Tundra Bean Goose | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 9th | 1 | Water Rail | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 9th | 10 | Whooper Swans | Cameron Reservoir |
| 9th | 22 | Whooper Swans | Culross |
| 10th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 10th | 5 | Little Egrets | Eden Estuary LNR |
| 10th | 1 | Mediterranean Gull (adult) | Eden Estuary LNR |
| 10th | 11 | Pintails | Eden Estuary LNR |
| 10th | 2 | Ravens | Leslie |
| 10th | 15 | Whooper Swans | Eden Estuary LNR |
| 11th | 8 | Chiffchaffs | Cameron Reservoir |
| 11th | 2 | Little Egrets | Cameron Reservoir |
| 11th | 2 | White-fronted Geese (European) | Cameron Reservoir |
| 11th | 10 | Whooper Swans | Cameron Reservoir |
| 11th | 32 | Whooper Swans | Loch Fitty |
| 13th | 1 | Goshawk | Pitmedden Forest |
| 13th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 13th | 1 | Jack Snipe | Bankhead Moss |
| 13th | c110 | Red-breasted Mergansers | Aberdour – Silversands |
| 13th | 4 | Water Rails | Bankhead Moss |
| 14th | 1 | Hen Harrier (ringtail) | Outh Muir |
| 14th | 2 | Little Egrets | Cameron Reservoir |
| 14th | 38 | Purple Sandpipers | Seafield |
| 14th | 2 | White-fronted Geese (European) | Cameron Reservoir |
| 15th | 4 | Black-throated Divers | Lower Largo |
| 15th | c400 | Common Scoters | East Wemyss |
| 15th | 2 | Little Egrets | Cameron Reservoir |
| 15th | 5 | Red-necked Grebes | Lower Largo |
| 15th | 2 | Surf Scoters (pair) | East Wemyss |
| 15th | c400 | Velvet Scoters | East Wemyss |
| 15th | 2 | White-fronted Geese (European) | Cameron Reservoir |
| 15th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (adult drake) | East Wemyss |
| 15th | 10 | Whooper Swans | Cameron Reservoir |
| 16th | 1 | Black Redstart | Inverkeithing |
| 16th | 1 | Hen Harrier (ringtail) | Wilkieston |
| 16th | c26 | Slavonian Grebes | Tentsmuir Point NNR |
| 16th | 2 | Surf Scoters (pair) | Buckhaven |
| 18th | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 18th | c14 | Brent Geese | Eden Estuary LNR |
| 18th | c250 | Golden Plovers | Crail |
| 18th | 1 | Greenshank | Fife Ness |
| 18th | 2 | Red-throated Divers | Fife Ness |
| 18th | c4 | Shovelers | Angle Park GP |
| 18th | 2 | Shovelers (Pair) | Letham Pools |
| 18th | 1 | Snow Goose (N) | Peat Inn |
| 18th | c25 | Whooper Swans (N) | Fife Ness |
| 19th | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 19th | 2 | Sand Martins | Angle Park GP |
| 19th | 28 | Whooper Swans (NE) | Angle Park GP |
| 19th | 41 | Whooper Swans (NW) | Letham Pools |
| 20th | 2 | Black-throated Divers | Ruddons Point |
| 20th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 20th | 1 | Little Egret | St Monans |
| 20th | 97 | Long-tailed Ducks | Ruddons Point |
| 20th | c150 | Razorbills | Ruddons Point |
| 20th | 34 | Red-throated Divers | Ruddons Point |
| 20th | 1 | Short-eared Owl | Out Head |
| 20th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (adult drake) | Leven (west) |
| 20th | 17 | Whooper Swans (N) | Dalgety Bay |
| 21st | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 21st | 1 | Red Kite | Outh Muir |
| 21st | 1 | Wheatear | East Lomond |
| 21st | 2 | White-fronted Geese (European) | Cameron Reservoir |
| 21st | 1 | White-fronted Geese (European juv) | Guardbridge |
| 22nd | 1 | Merlin (female) | Kincraig Point |
| 22nd | 1 | Nuthatch | Ravenscraig Park |
| 22nd | 1 | Red Kite | Outh Muir |
| 23rd | 2 | Cranes (NE) | Morton Lochs |
| 23rd | 2 | Garganey (pair) | Kilconquhar Loch |
| 23rd | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 23rd | 1 | Jack Snipe | Kilmany |
| 23rd | 1 | Short-eared Owl | Out Head |
| 24th | 1 | Black Guillemot (N) | Fife Ness |
| 24th | 1 | Black-throated Diver | Ruddons Point |
| 24th | 1 | Hen Harrier (ringtail) | Bankhead Moss |
| 24th | 36 | Long-tailed Ducks | Ruddons Point |
| 24th | 16 | Red-throated Divers | Ruddons Point |
| 25th | 2 | Garganey (pair) | Kilconquhar Loch |
| 25th | 1 | Glaucous Gull (juv) | Pathhead |
| 25th | 2 | Sand Martins | St Andrews |
| 25th | 1 | Wheatear | Kilrenny |
| 26th | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 26th | 1 | Osprey (W) | Newburgh |
| 27th | 2 | Black-throated Divers (S) | Fife Ness |
| 27th | 128 | Kittiwakes (S) | Fife Ness |
| 27th | 1 | Manx Shearwater | Fife Ness |
| 27th | 7 | Red-throated Divers | Fife Ness |
| 27th | 5 | Sand Martins | Kilconquhar Loch |
| 27th | 2 | Sandwich Terns (S) | Fife Ness |
| 29th | 1 | Surf Scoter | Buckhaven |
| 30th | 3 | Bramblings (N) | St Andrews – Bogward Road |
| 30th | 2 | Brent Geese (Pale-bellied) | Eden Estuary LNR |
| 30th | 1 | Sand Martin | Loch Fitty |
| 30th | 1 | Surf Scoters (pair) | Buckhaven |
| 30th | 5 | Twite | Boarhills |
| 30th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (adult drake) | Buckhaven |
| 30th | 1 | White-tailed Eagle (adult) | Eden Estuary LNR |
| 31st | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 31st | 2 | Green Woodpeckers (pair) | Blairadam |
| 31st | 1 | Osprey (NW) | Coble Shore |
| 31st | 18 | Pintails | Eden Estuary LNR |
| 31st | 1 | Short-eared Owl | St Andrews – Strathtyrum GC |
| 31st | 2 | Wheatears | Coble Shore |
February 2025 Sightings
| 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 (European) | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 1st | 7 | White-fronted Geese (European) | St Monans |
| 1st | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Leven |
| 2nd | c231 | Corn Buntings | Bowhouse Farm – pig field |
| 2nd | 1 | Great White Egret | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 2nd | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 2nd | 1 | Red-necked Grebe | Lower Largo |
| 2nd | 2 | Slavonian Grebes | Lower Largo |
| 2nd | 2 | Surf Scoters | Methil |
| 2nd | 22 | White-fronted Geese (European) | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 2nd | 6 | White-fronted Geese (European) | St Monans |
| 2nd | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Leven |
| 3rd | 4 | Ravens | Kilmany |
| 3rd | 15 | Brent Geese (Pale-bellied) | Balgove Bay |
| 3rd | 1 | Great White Egret | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 3rd | 1 | Jack Snipe | Valleyfield Lagoons |
| 3rd | 3 | Mediterranean Gulls (2 ad,1 3rd CY) | East Wemyss, Back Dykes roost |
| 3rd | 1 | Merlin (male) | Balgove Bay |
| 3rd | 14 | Scaup | Methil |
| 3rd | 22 | White-fronted Geese (European) | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 3rd | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Methil |
| 3rd | 27 | Whooper Swans | Dunshalt |
| 4th | 1 | Little Egret | Pittenweem |
| 5th | 11 | Brent Geese (Pale-bellied) | Balgove Bay |
| 5th | 1 | Great White Egret | Birnie & Gaddon Lochs LNR |
| 5th | 1 | Marsh Harrier (S) | Eden Estuary LNR |
| 5th | c18 | White-fronted Geese (European) | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 5th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Methil |
| 6th | 1 | Black Guillemot | Leven |
| 6th | 50 | Canada Geese | Loch Fitty |
| 6th | 60 | Cormorants | Loch Fitty |
| 6th | 2 | Marsh Harriers (female) | Mugdrum Island |
| 6th | 2 | Red-necked Grebes | Largo Bay |
| 6th | c11 | Red-throated Divers | Largo Bay |
| 6th | 11 | Scaup | Methil |
| 6th | 1 | Short-eared Owl | Outh Hill |
| 6th | 6 | Slavonian Grebes | Largo Bay |
| 6th | 2 | Surf Scoters | Methil |
| 6th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Methil |
| 7th | 2 | Mediterranean Gulls | East Wemyss |
| 7th | 2 | Peregrines (W) | Kinghorn |
| 7th | 2 | Surf Scoters | Methil |
| 7th | 22 | White-fronted Geese (European) | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 7th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Methil |
| 8th | 11 | Brent Geese (Pale-bellied) | Kingsbarns |
| 8th | 28 | Purple Sandpipers | Kingsbarns |
| 8th | 1 | Snow Bunting | Pittenweem – cliffs |
| 9th | c6 | Black-throated Divers | Lower Largo |
| 9th | 2 | Black-throated Divers | Lundin Links |
| 9th | 1 | Great White Egret | Birnie & Gaddon Lochs LNR |
| 9th | 1 | Merlin | Out Head |
| 9th | 2 | Red-necked Grebes | Lower Largo |
| 9th | 3 | Red-necked Grebes | Lundin Links |
| 9th | c10 | Scaup | Leven |
| 9th | c9 | Slavonian Grebes | Lower Largo |
| 9th | c9 | Slavonian Grebes | Lundin Links |
| 9th | 2 | Surf Scoters | Leven |
| 9th | 1 | White-fronted Geese (European) | Longannet |
| 9th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Leven |
| 10th | 1 | Great White Egret | Birnie & Gaddon Lochs LNR |
| 10th | 1 | Little Egret | Birnie & Gaddon Lochs LNR |
| 10th | 1 | Manx Shearwater | Pittenweem – cliffs |
| 10th | 1 | Mediterranean Gull | East Wemyss |
| 10th | 1 | Sandwich Tern | Dalgety Bay |
| 10th | 1 | Snow Bunting | Pittenweem – cliffs |
| 11th | 1 | Black Guillemot (on the sea) | Fife Ness |
| 11th | 1 | Great Northern Diver (S) | Fife Ness |
| 11th | 1 | Puffin (on the sea) | Fife Ness |
| 11th | 1 | Snow Bunting | Pittenweem – cliffs |
| 11th | c16 | White-fronted Geese (European) | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 12th | 1 | Iceland Gull (2nd winter) | by B9097 near Ballingry |
| 12th | 2 | Short-eared Owls | Rossie Bog |
| 12th | 25 | Whooper Swans | Dunshalt |
| 13th | 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP |
| 13th | 1 | Little Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 13th | 38 | Purple Sandpipers | Methil |
| 13th | 5 | White-fronted Geese (European) | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 14th | 1 | Barn Owl | Falkland |
| 14th | 1 | Barn Owl | Longannet |
| 14th | 1 | Great White Egret | Birnie & Gaddon Lochs LNR |
| 14th | 2 | Red-necked Grebes | Methil |
| 14th | 6 | Red-throated Divers (2E, 4 on sea) | Pittenweem – cliffs |
| 14th | c20 | Scaup | Methil |
| 14th | 4 | Slavonian Grebes | Methil |
| 14th | 2 | Surf Scoters (pair) | Methil |
| 14th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Methil |
| 16th | 1 | Barn Owl | Gateside |
| 16th | 1 | Black-throated Diver | St Andrews Bay |
| 16th | 51 | Purple Sandpipers | St Andrews Bay |
| 16th | 1 | White-billed Diver | Pathhead |
| 17th | 1 | Black Guillemot | Ruddons Point |
| 17th | 3 | Greenshanks | Angle Park GP |
| 17th | 2 | Mediterranean Gulls (adults) | East Wemyss |
| 17th | 7 | Red-throated Divers | Ruddons Point |
| 17th | 1 | Snow Bunting | Pittenweem – cliffs |
| 17th | c200 | Velvet Scoters | East Wemyss |
| 18th | 1 | Great White Egret | Loch Fitty |
| 18th | 1 | Snow Bunting | Pittenweem – cliffs |
| 18th | 7 | Whooper Swans | Loch Fitty |
| 20th | 1 | Barn Owl | Near Cullaloe LNR |
| 20th | 1 | Black Guillemot | Fife Ness |
| 20th | 44 | Gannets | Fife Ness |
| 20th | 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP |
| 20th | 4 | Greenshanks | Angle Park GP |
| 20th | 1 | Merlin (female/immature) | Rossie Bog |
| 20th | 1 | Sandwich Tern | Dalgety Bay |
| 20th | 1 | Snow Bunting | Anstruther – west |
| 20th | 4 | Whooper Swans | Angle Park GP |
| 21st | 1 | Barn Owl | Cupar |
| 21st | 1 | Barn Owl | Freuchie |
| 21st | 2 | Hen Harriers (female and 2nd CY) | Cameron Reservoir |
| 21st | 30 | Purple Sandpipers | Methil |
| 21st | 2 | Surf Scoters (pair) | Methil |
| 22nd | 1 | Hen Harrier (adult male) | Outh Muir |
| 22nd | 1 | Snow Bunting | Pittenweem – cliffs |
| 24th | 3 | Crossbills | Loch Glow – road entrance |
| 24th | 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP |
| 24th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 24th | 1 | Greenshank | Luthrie |
| 24th | 1 | Little Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 24th | 1 | Marsh Harrier (2nd CY) | Newburgh |
| 24th | 1 | Merlin (female) | East Lomond – car park |
| 24th | 25 | Whooper Swans | Dunshalt to Freuchie |
| 25th | 1 | Hen Harrier (ringtail) | Outh Muir |
| 25th | 1 | Snow Bunting | Pittenweem – cliffs |
| 26th | 1 | Black Guillemot | Leven |
| 26th | 2 | Black-necked Grebes | Leven |
| 26th | 3 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP |
| 26th | 2 | Red-necked Grebes | Leven |
| 26th | 3 | Slavonian Grebes | Leven |
| 26th | 2 | Surf Scoters (pair) | Leven |
| 26th | 1 | White-winged Scoter | Leven |
| 27th | 1 | Avocet | Coble Shore and Edenside |
| 27th | 1 | Black-necked Grebe | Leven |
| 27th | 2 | Black-throated Divers | Leven |
| 27th | 1 | Black-throated Diver | Lower Largo |
| 27th | 2 | Little Egret | Cameron Reservoir |
| 27th | 1 | Red-necked Grebe | Methil |
| 27th | 5 | Red-necked Grebes | Leven |
| 27th | 2 | Red-necked Grebes | Lower Largo |
| 27th | 4 | Scaup | Methil |
| 27th | 1 | Short-eared Owl | Balgove Bay |
| 27th | 7 | Slavonian Grebes | Leven |
| 27th | 1 | Slavonian Grebe | Lower Largo |
| 27th | 1 | Surf Scoter (adult drake) | Leven |
| 27th | 1 | Surf Scoter (adult drake) | Methil |
| 28th | 1 | Avocet | Edenside |
| 28th | 2 | Black-necked Grebes | Leven |
| 28th | 1 | Black-throated Diver | Leven |
| 28th | 4 | Little Egrets | Guardbridge |
| 28th | 1 | Nuthatch | Strathmiglo |
| 28th | 27 | Purple Sandpipers | Seafield |
| 28th | 1 | Red-necked Grebe | Leven |
| 28th | 17 | Red-throated Divers | Leven |
| 28th | 5 | Red-throated Divers | Seafield |
| 28th | 5 | Slavonian Grebes | Leven |
| 28th | 1 | White-winged Scoter (drake) | Leven |
January 2025 Sightings
| 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) | Fife Ness |
| 1st | 1 | Little Gull (2nd CY N) | Fife Ness |
| 1st | 1 | Puffin (N) | Fife Ness |
| 1st | c15 | Purple Sandpipers | St Andrews |
| 1st | 2 | Slavonian Grebes | Lundin Links |
| 1st | 3 | Snow Buntings | Pittenweem – cliffs |
| 1st | c100 | Turnstones | St Andrews |
| 2nd | 25 | Corn Buntings | Bowhouse Farm |
| 2nd | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 2nd | 1 | Great White Egret | Birnie & Gaddon Lochs LNR |
| 2nd | 1 | Greenshank | Balcomie Beach |
| 2nd | 1 | Greenshank | St Andrews – castle |
| 2nd | 1 | Mediterranean Gull (adult) | Balcomie Beach |
| 2nd | 1 | Merlin | Rossie Bog |
| 2nd | 1 | Nuthatch | Ravenscraig Park |
| 2nd | 6 | Shovelers | Angle Park GP |
| 2nd | 1 | Smew (drake) | Cameron Reservoir |
| 3rd | 450 | Fieldfares | Between Lochty & Pittarthie farms |
| 3rd | c100 | Golden Plovers | Bowhouse Farm |
| 3rd | 2 | Great White Egrets | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 3rd | 1 | Lesser Scaup | Otterston Loch |
| 3rd | 1 | Marsh Harrier | Newburgh |
| 3rd | 140 | Skylarks | Dunfermline – field south of tip |
| 3rd | 1 | Smew (drake) | Cameron Reservoir |
| 3rd | 3 | Snow Buntings | Pittenweem |
| 4th | 1 | Black-necked Grebe | Tayport |
| 4th | c137 | Corn Buntings | Bowhouse Farm |
| 4th | 1 | Great Northern Diver | Fife Ness |
| 4th | 1 | Great White Egret | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 4th | 1 | Little Auk | Fife Ness |
| 4th | 1 | Mediterranean Gull | Kilrenny |
| 4th | 1 | Red-necked Grebe | Lower Largo |
| 4th | 1 | Red-throated Diver | Fife Ness |
| 4th | 1 | Smew (drake) | Cameron Reservoir |
| 5th | 1 | Jack Snipe | Tayport |
| 5th | 28 | Little Auks (S) | Fife Ness |
| 5th | 1 | Manx Shearwater (N) | Fife Ness |
| 5th | 1 | Sandwich Tern | Dalgety Bay |
| 6th | 2 | Brent Geese | Coble Shore |
| 6th | 132 | Goldeneyes | Cameron Reservoir |
| 6th | 3 | Greenshanks | Coble Shore |
| 6th | 1 | Lapland Bunting | Pittenweem – nearby fields |
| 6th | 1 | Manx Shearwater | Anstruther |
| 6th | 1 | Mediterranean Gull | Barns Farm |
| 6th | 25 | Pintails | Torry Bay |
| 6th | 1 | Short-eared Owl | Fife Ness |
| 6th | c10 | Slavonian Grebes | Coble Shore |
| 6th | 1 | Smew (drake) | Cameron Reservoir |
| 6th | 12 | Twite | Coble Shore |
| 7th | 1 | Barn Owl | Freuchie |
| 7th | 1 | Greenshank | Kilminning – coast |
| 7th | 1 | Mediterranean Gull (adult) | East Wemyss – Back Dykes roost |
| 9th | 1 | Crossbill | Red Myre |
| 9th | 1 | Great White Egret | Rossie Bog |
| 9th | 1 | Hen Harrier | Outh Muir |
| 9th | 19 | Twite | Coble Shore |
| 10th | 20 | Brent Geese (Pale-bellied) | Balgove Bay |
| 10th | 2000 | Dunlin | Balgove Bay |
| 10th | 1500 | Knot | Balgove Bay |
| 10th | 68 | Pintails | Balgove Bay |
| 10th | 10 | Purple Sandpipers | Seafield |
| 11th | 1 | Black-throated Diver | Pettycur Harbour |
| 11th | 2 | Brent Geese | Coble Shore |
| 11th | 1 | Iceland Gull | Leven |
| 11th | 1 | Marsh Harrier (female) | Mugdrum Island |
| 11th | 2 | Red-necked Grebes | Dumbarnie Links |
| 11th | 2 | Red-necked Grebes | Lower Largo |
| 11th | 1 | Red-necked Grebe | Pettycur Harbour |
| 11th | 4 | Scaup | Coble Shore |
| 11th | 3 | Scaup | Leven |
| 11th | 1 | Slavonian Grebe | Coble Shore |
| 11th | 1 | Slavonian Grebe | Leven |
| 11th | 14 | Slavonian Grebes | Lower Largo |
| 11th | 2 | Surf Scoters (pair) | Leven |
| 11th | 17 | Twite | Coble Shore |
| 11th | c76 | Twite | Dumbarnie Links |
| 12th | 1 | Barn Owl | Anstruther |
| 12th | 2 | Black-throated Divers | Dysart |
| 12th | 1 | Black-throated Diver | Pettycur Harbour |
| 12th | 13 | Brent Geese | Coble Shore |
| 12th | 3 | Great Northern Divers | Ruddons Point |
| 12th | 1 | Greenshank | Coble Shore |
| 12th | 1 | Iceland Gull | Leven |
| 12th | 1 | Iceland Gull (2nd CY) | Tayport |
| 12th | 1 | Raven | Cocklemill Burn |
| 12th | 2 | Red-necked Grebes | Lower Largo |
| 12th | 9 | Red-throated Divers | Dysart |
| 12th | 1 | Scaup | Dysart |
| 12th | c15 | Slavonian Grebes | Tentsmuir Point NNR |
| 12th | 2 | Surf Scoters (pair) | Leven |
| 12th | 1 | Surf Scoter | Tentsmuir Point NNR |
| 12th | c20 | Twite | Coble Shore |
| 12th | c2 | Twite | Cocklemill Burn |
| 13th | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 13th | 3 | Snow Buntings | Pittenweem – cliffs |
| 14th | 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP |
| 14th | 1 | Greenshank | Angle Park GP |
| 14th | 1 | Marsh Harrier (female) | Mugdrum Island |
| 14th | 1 | Mediterranean Gull (adult) | Kinghorn Loch |
| 14th | 2 | Nuthatches | Ravenscraig Park |
| 14th | 4 | Scaup | Buckhaven |
| 14th | 3 | Snow Buntings | Pittenweem – cliffs |
| 14th | 1 | Surf Scoter | Leven |
| 15th | 1 | Great White Egret | Ballo Reservoir |
| 15th | 1 | Great White Egret | Holl Reservoir |
| 15th | 1 | Great White Egret | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 15th | 1 | Great White Egret | Ruddons Point |
| 15th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 15th | 2 | Greenshanks | Angle Park GP |
| 15th | 1 | Mediterranean Gull (adult) | Letham Pools |
| 15th | 38 | Purple Sandpipers | Seafield |
| 15th | 6 | Slavonian Grebes | Kinshaldy Beach |
| 15th | 1 | Surf Scoter (drake) | Kinshaldy Beach |
| 16th | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 16th | 1 | Great White Egret | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 16th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 17th | 1 | Great White Egret | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 17th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 17th | 1 | Marsh Harrier (adult female) | Mugdrum Island |
| 17th | c20 | Purple Sandpipers | Seafield |
| 17th | 1 | Sandwich Tern | Hawkcraig Point |
| 18th | 6 | Bramblings | Leuchars – Earlsfield Castle |
| 18th | 20 | Golden Plovers | East Lomond |
| 18th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 18th | 9 | Ravens | Golden Loch |
| 18th | 1 | Short-eared Owl | Goosepools |
| 18th | 1 | Surf Scoter | Leven |
| 19th | c180 | Bar-tailed Godwits | Lammerlaws |
| 19th | 1 | Barnacle Goose | Cameron Reservoir |
| 19th | 2 | Black-throated Divers | Fife Ness |
| 19th | 1 | Great White Egret | Loch Fitty |
| 19th | 1 | Kingfisher | Loch Fitty |
| 19th | 1 | Little Auk | Lammerlaws |
| 19th | c12 | Puffins | Lammerlaws |
| 19th | 3 | Red-throated Divers | Fife Ness |
| 19th | 335 | Shags (N) | Fife Ness |
| 19th | 1 | Snow Buntings( NE) | Cameron Reservoir |
| 20th | 1 | Great White Egret | Birnie & Gaddon Lochs LNR |
| 20th | 2 | Marsh Harriers | Newburgh |
| 20th | 12 | Twite | Coble Shore |
| 21st | 1 | Barn Owl | Crail – near Lochton |
| 21st | 1 | Black-throated Diver | Kinghorn – from top carpark |
| 21st | 4 | Brent Geese (Pale-bellied) | Balgove Bay |
| 21st | 25 | Golden Plovers | East Lomond |
| 21st | 1 | Great White Egret | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 21st | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 21st | 1 | Hen Harrier (ringtail) | East Lomond |
| 21st | 1 | Mediterranean Gull (W) | Kinghorn – from top carpark |
| 21st | 3 | Nuthatches | Pittencrieff Park |
| 21st | 1 | Short-eared Owl | West Sands |
| 21st | 1 | Surf Scoter | Lower Largo |
| 21st | 10 | Twite | East Lomond |
| 21st | 36 | Whooper Swans | Loch Fitty |
| 22nd | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 22nd | 1 | Great White Egret | Birnie & Gaddon Lochs LNR |
| 22nd | 34 | Pintails | Torry Bay |
| 23rd | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 23rd | 1 | Great White Egret | Birnie & Gaddon Lochs LNR |
| 23rd | 1 | Marsh Harrier (2nd CY) | Newburgh |
| 23rd | 1 | Mediterranean Gull (adult) | Anstruther |
| 23rd | 4 | White-fronted Geese | Balbuthie |
| 25th | 1 | Black Guillemot (S) | Fife Ness |
| 25th | 3 | Great Northern Divers (S) | Fife Ness |
| 25th | 1 | Green Woodpecker | Harran Hill |
| 25th | 51 | Red-throated Divers (S) | Fife Ness |
| 25th | 4 | White-fronted Geese | Balbuthie |
| 25th | 5 | White-fronted Geese (European) | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 26th | 1 | Merlin (female) | Cocklemill Burn |
| 26th | 2 | Red-necked Grebes | Lower Largo |
| 26th | 2 | Red-necked Grebes | Lundin Links |
| 26th | 8 | Scaup | Leven |
| 26th | 5 | Twite | Cocklemill Burn |
| 26th | c81 | Twite | Dumbarnie Links |
| 26th | 4 | White-fronted Geese | Balbuthie |
| 26th | 22 | White-fronted Geese (European) | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 27th | 1 | Great White Egret | Birnie & Gaddon Lochs LNR |
| 27th | 1 | Marsh Harrier (adult female) | Rossie Bog |
| 27th | 1 | Surf Scoter (drake) | East Wemyss |
| 27th | 20 | White-fronted Geese (European) | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 28th | 1 | Great White Egret | Harperleas Reservoir |
| 28th | 1 | Great White Egret | Letham Pools |
| 28th | 12 | White-fronted Geese (European) | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 29th | 13 | Brent Geese (Pale-bellied) | Balgove Bay |
| 29th | 1 | Great White Egret | Birnie & Gaddon Lochs LNR |
| 29th | 1 | Great White Egret | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 29th | 2 | Red-necked Grebes | Lower Largo |
| 29th | c20 | Twite | Coble Shore |
| 30th | 1 | Barn Owl | Orrock Quarry Road |
| 30th | 1 | Little Gull | Pettycur Harbour |
| 30th | 28 | Long-tailed Ducks | Pettycur Harbour |
| 30th | 1 | Marsh Harrier (2nd CY) | Newburgh |
| 30th | 2 | Red-throated Divers | Pettycur Harbour |
| 30th | 1 | Short-eared Owl | Rossie Bog |
| 30th | c9 | White-fronted Geese | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 31st | 1 | Black-throated Diver (NE) | Kinghorn – from top carpark |
| 31st | 1 | Black-throated Diver | Leven |
| 31st | 1 | Nuthatch | Glenrothes Town Park |
| 31st | 18 | Puffins | Kinghorn – from top carpark |
| 31st | 2 | Red-necked Grebes | Lower Largo |
| 31st | 10 | Scaup | Leven |
| 31st | 1 | Short-eared Owl | West Sands |
| 31st | 22 | White-fronted Geese (European) | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 31st | 6 | White-fronted Geese (European) | St Monans |
December 2024 Sightings
| 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 GP |
| 2nd | 7 | Grey Partridges | Cullaloe LNR |
| 2nd | 1 | Hen Harrier (male W) | Stenhouse Reservoir |
| 2nd | 2 | Marsh Harriers (females) | Mugdrum Island |
| 2nd | 2 | Ravens | Cullaloe LNR |
| 2nd | 1 | Short-eared Owl | Out Head |
| 2nd | 2 | Snow Buntings | Pittemweem |
| 3rd | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 3rd | 1 | Blackcap (female) | Kilmany |
| 3rd | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 3rd | 3 | Little Auks | Fife Ness |
| 3rd | 1 | Swift | Ruddons Point |
| 4th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 4th | 1 | Hen Harrier (ringtail) | Knockhill – Outh Moor |
| 4th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 4th | 4 | Little Auks (3N, 1 on sea) | Fife Ness |
| 4th | 2 | Ravens | East Lomond |
| 4th | 2 | Ravens | Knockhill – Outh Moor |
| 4th | 1 | Short-eared Owl | East Lomond |
| 5th | 5 | Snow Buntings | Anstruther Golf Course |
| 5th | 1 | Great Northern Diver (S) | Fife Ness |
| 5th | 2 | Little Auks (1N, 1 on sea) | Fife Ness |
| 5th | 1 | Mediterranean Gull | Dalgety Bay |
| 5th | 1 | Raven | East Lomond |
| 5th | 3 | Red-throated Divers (S) | Fife Ness |
| 5th | 1 | Short-eared Owl | East Lomond |
| 5th | 1 | Stonechat | Fife Ness |
| 5th | 1 | Velvet Scoter (female) | Dalgety Bay |
| 6th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 6th | 2 | Green Woodpeckers | Benarty Hill (wood) |
| 6th | 1 | Hen Harrier (ringtail) | Stenhouse Reservoir |
| 6th | 1 | Kingfisher | Townhill Loch |
| 6th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 6th | 18 | Purple Sandpipers | Seafield |
| 6th | 30 | Ringed Plovers | Seafield |
| 6th | 5 | Snow Buntings | Anstruther Golf Course |
| 7th | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 7th | 47 | Little Auks | Fife Ness (day count) |
| 7th | 2 | Sooty Shearwaters (N) | Fife Ness (day count) |
| 8th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 8th | 7 | Brent Geese | Coble Shore |
| 8th | 1 | Great Northern Diver (on the sea) | Pettycur Bay |
| 8th | 2 | Great Northern Diver (SE) | St Andrews Bay |
| 8th | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 8th | 1 | Greenshank | Newmills Bay |
| 8th | 1 | Hen Harrier (ringtail) | Ballo Reservoir |
| 8th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 8th | 1 | Little Auk (E) | Dalgety Bay |
| 8th | 51 | Little Auks | Fife Ness |
| 8th | 1 | Mediterranean Gull (1CY N) | St Andrews Bay |
| 8th | 1 | Merlin | Fife Ness |
| 8th | 19 | Pintails | Newmills Bay |
| 8th | 1 | Puffin | Pettycur Harbour |
| 8th | 10 | Purple Sandpipers | Pettycur Harbour |
| 8th | 9 | Red-throated Divers (3N,1SE,5 sea) | St Andrews Bay |
| 8th | c30 | Twite | Coble Shore |
| 9th | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 9th | 2 | Little Auks | Dalgety Bay |
| 9th | 1 | Red-throated Diver | Dalgety Bay |
| 9th | 220 | Shags | Pettycur Harbour |
| 9th | 1 | Slavonian Grebe | Dalgety Bay |
| 10th | 1 | Barnacle Goose | Letham Pools |
| 10th | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 10th | 5 | Ravens | Kilmany |
| 10th | 2 | Surf Scoters | Leven Promenade |
| 10th | 2 | White-fronted Geese (Russian) | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 11th | Several | Little Auks | Methil |
| 11th | 3 | Snow Buntings | Pittemweem – cliffs |
| 11th | 2 | Surf Scoters | Methil |
| 12th | c40 | Corn Buntings | Pittenweem – stubble fields |
| 12th | 1 | Greenshank | Fife Ness |
| 12th | 12 | Grey Partridges | Pittenweem – stubble fields |
| 12th | 1 | Hen Harrier (ringtail) | The Binn, Burntisland |
| 12th | 1 | Marsh Harrier (1st winter) | Newburgh |
| 12th | 2 | Ravens | Newburgh |
| 12th | c300 | Skylarks | Pittenweem – stubble fields |
| 13th | 1 | Black-throated Diver | St Andrews Bay |
| 13th | 2 | Great Northern Divers | St Andrews Bay |
| 13th | 1 | Little Auk | Dalgety Bay |
| 13th | 1 | Little Auk | St Andrews |
| 13th | 4 | Red-throated Divers | Dalgety Bay |
| 13th | 14 | Red-throated Divers | St Andrews Bay |
| 13th | 1 | Slavonian Grebe | Dalgety Bay |
| 13th | 2 | Slavonian Grebes | St Andrews Bay |
| 13th | 3 | Snow Buntings | Pittenweem – cliffs |
| 13th | 15 | Twite | Cocklemill Marsh |
| 14th | 4 | Snow Buntings | Pittenweem – stubble fields |
| 16th | C1000 | Dunlin | Coble Shore |
| 16th | 11 | Greenshanks | Coble Shore |
| 16th | 15 | Grey Plovers | Coble Shore |
| 16th | 1 | Marsh Harrier | Newburgh |
| 16th | 4 | Snow Buntings | Pittenweem – cliffs |
| 16th | c30 | Twite | Coble Shore |
| 17th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Stenhouse Reservoir |
| 17th | 1 | Greenshank | Fife Ness |
| 17th | 2 | Little Auks (S) | Fife Ness |
| 17th | 1 | Little Egret | Burntisland |
| 17th | 134 | Pochard | Lochgelly Loch |
| 17th | 1 | Red-throated Diver (S) | Fife Ness |
| 17th | 41 | Redwing | Craigluscar NR |
| 17th | 1 | Short-eared Owl (S) | Out Head |
| 17th | 3 | Slavonian Grebes | Out Head |
| 18th | 1 | Barn Owl | Dunshalt |
| 18th | 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP |
| 18th | 3 | Greenshanks | Angle Park GP |
| 18th | 1 | Marsh Harrier (adult female) | Mugdrum Island |
| 19th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Stenhouse Reservoir |
| 19th | 1 | Great Northern Diver | Lower Largo |
| 19th | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 19th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 19th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (1CY female) | The Wilderness |
| 19th | 2 | Nuthatches | Ravenscraig Park |
| 19th | 3 | Slavonian Grebes | Lower Largo |
| 20th | 1 | Black Guillemot | St Andrews Aquarium |
| 20th | 1 | Chiffchaff (possible collybita) | St Andrews |
| 20th | 1 | Jack Snipe | Loch Fitty |
| 20th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (1CY female) | The Wilderness |
| 20th | c200 | Linnets | Pittenweem – stubble fields |
| 20th | 3 | Snow Buntings | Pittenweem – stubble fields |
| 21st | 1 | Black Guillemot (S) | Fife Ness |
| 21st | 1 | Little Auk (N) | St Andrews Aquarium |
| 21st | 108 | Little Auks(107N, 1S) | Fife Ness (day count) |
| 21st | 2 | Purple Sandpipers | Fife Ness (day count) |
| 21st | 1 | Red-throated Diver | Fife Ness (day count) |
| 21st | 3 | Snow Buntings | Pittenweem – stubble fields |
| 22nd | 1 | Black Guillemot S | Fife Ness |
| 22nd | 1 | Hooded Crow (95%) | Crail |
| 22nd | 10 | Little Auks (8N, 2S) | Fife Ness |
| 23rd | 1 | Great Northern Diver (on the sea) | Leven Beach |
| 23rd | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 23rd | 1 | Greenshank | Angle Park GP |
| 23rd | 1 | Kingfisher | Loch Fitty |
| 23rd | 1 | Lesser Scaup | Angle Park GP |
| 23rd | 1 | Marsh Harrier (female) | Mugdrum Island |
| 23rd | 1 | Puffin | St Andrews Aquarium |
| 24th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 24th | 1 | Black Guillemot | Fife Ness |
| 24th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 24th | 15 | Little Auks (S) | Fife Ness |
| 24th | 2 | Marsh Harriers (female,1st W) | Mugdrum Island |
| 24th | 3 | Puffins | Fife Ness |
| 24th | 1 | Red-throated Diver (W) | Pittenweem – cliffs |
| 24th | 1 | Smew (adult drake) | Cameron Reservoir |
| 24th | 3 | Snow Buntings | Pittenweem – cliffs |
| 25th | 1 | Great White Egret | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 25th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 26th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 27th | 18 | Great Black-backed Gulls | Angle Park GP |
| 27th | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 27th | 1 | Puffin | East Wemyss to Buckhaven |
| 27th | 5 | Shovelers | Angle Park GP |
| 27th | 1 | Slavonian Grebe | East Wemyss to Buckhaven |
| 27th | 24 | Slavonian Grebes | Tentsmuir Point NNR |
| 27th | 180 | Velvet Scoters | East Wemyss to Buckhaven |
| 27th | 60 | Yellowhammers | East Wemyss to Buckhaven |
| 28th | 17 | Gannets | Fife Ness |
| 28th | 1 | Little Auk (S) | Fife Ness |
| 29th | 1 | Great White Egret | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 29th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 29th | 2 | Mediterranean Gulls (adults) | East Wemyss (Back Dykes) |
| 30th | 1 | Barn Owl | St Andrews |
| 30th | 1 | Black-throated Diver | Hawkcraig Point |
| 30th | 1 | Grey Phalarope (W) | Pettycur Harbour |
| 30th | 1 | Manx Shearwater (N) | Fife Ness |
| 30th | 1 | Manx Shearwater | Pettycur Harbour |
| 30th | 1 | Puffin | Pettycur Harbour |
| 30th | 1 | Short-eared Owl | St Andrews |
| 31st | 3 | Little Auks (W) | Pettycur Harbour |
| 31st | 5 | Puffins (1W, 4 on the sea) | Pettycur Harbour |
| 31st | 6 | Red-throated Divers (W) | Pettycur Harbour |
| 31st | 3 | Snow Buntings | Pittenweem – cliffs |
November 2024 Sightings
| 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 |
| 1st | 1 | Mediterranean Gull | Seafield |
| 1st | 17 | Purple Sandpipers | Seafield |
| 1st | c50 | Sanderlings | Seafield |
| 1st | 1 | Spotted Sandpiper | Cameron Reservoir |
| 2nd | 10 | Barnacle Geese | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 2nd | c170 | Goldeneye | Newburgh |
| 2nd | 1 | Great Northern Diver (S) | Fife Ness |
| 2nd | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 2nd | 1 | Green-winged Teal (drake) | Morton Lochs NNR |
| 2nd | 4 | Greenshanks | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 2nd | 8 | Little Auks (3S, 5 offshore) | Fife Ness |
| 2nd | 3 | Little Egrets | Coble Shore |
| 2nd | 10 | Little Egrets | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 2nd | 303 | Little Gulls (S) | Fife Ness |
| 2nd | 1 | Marsh Harrier (immature) | Lindores Loch |
| 2nd | 1 | Marsh Harrier (female) | Newburgh |
| 2nd | 1 | Marsh Harrier (immature) | Newburgh |
| 2nd | 15 | Red-throated Divers (S) | Fife Ness |
| 2nd | 2 | Scaup | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 2nd | 1 | Snow Bunting (over) | Eden Estuary Centre |
| 2nd | 1 | Spotted Sandpiper | Cameron Reservoir |
| 2nd | 35 | Twite | Coble Shore |
| 3rd | 6 | Barnacle Geese (S) | Tentsmuir Point NNR |
| 3rd | 1 | Black-throated Diver (S) | Fife Ness |
| 3rd | 1 | Black-throated Diver | Ruddons Point |
| 3rd | 1 | Brambling | St Andrews (Spinkie Den) |
| 3rd | 1 | Bullfinch (Northern) | St Andrews (Spinkie Den) |
| 3rd | 3 | Crossbills | St Andrews (Spinkie Den) |
| 3rd | 6 | Great Northern Divers (inland) | Ferry Hills |
| 3rd | c3 | Great Northern Divers (inland) | Ruddons Point |
| 3rd | 1 | Great Skua (u-turned) | Ferry Hills |
| 3rd | 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP |
| 3rd | 1 | Green-winged Teal | Morton Lochs NNR |
| 3rd | 2 | Hawfinches (SW) | Ferry Hills |
| 3rd | 2 | Jack Snipe | Cocklemill Marsh |
| 3rd | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 3rd | 7 | Little Auks (S) | Fife Ness |
| 3rd | 68 | Little Gulls (lingering) | Fife Ness |
| 3rd | 1 | Marsh Harrier (1CY) | Kilconquhar Loch |
| 3rd | 25 | Red-throated Divers (inland) | Ferry Hills |
| 3rd | 20 | Red-throated Divers (3S) | Fife Ness |
| 3rd | 1 | Short-eared Owl (S) | Out Head |
| 3rd | 3 | Slavonian Grebes | Out Head |
| 3rd | 7 | Twite | Coble Shore |
| 4th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 4th | 1 | Great Northern Diver | Kinshaldy Beach |
| 4th | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 4th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Letham Pools |
| 4th | 1 | Iceland Gull (probable) | St Andrews (Aquarium) |
| 4th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 4th | 2 | Marsh Harriers (juveniles) | Rossie Bog |
| 4th | 3 | Mediterranean Gulls (adults) | Dysart |
| 4th | 5 | Red-throated Divers | Kinshaldy Beach |
| 4th | 2 | Short-eared Owls | Out Head |
| 4th | 7 | Slavonian Grebes | Kinshaldy Beach |
| 5th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 5th | 2 | Black-throated Divers | Out Head |
| 5th | 1 | Brambling | Boarhills / Kittock’s Den |
| 5th | 12 | Crossbills (S) | Boarhills / Kittock’s Den |
| 5th | 2600 | Fieldfare (SW) | St Andrews |
| 5th | 3 | Great Northern Divers | Out Head |
| 5th | 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP |
| 5th | 1 | Great White Egret | Ballo Reservoir |
| 5th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 5th | 2 | Ravens | St Andrews (Aquarium) |
| 5th | 15 | Red-throated Divers | Out Head |
| 5th | 462 | Redwings (N) | St Andrews (Aquarium) |
| 5th | 3 | Ring Ouzels (2 adults,1 1CY) | Boarhills / Kittock’s Den |
| 5th | 5 | Slavonian Grebes | Out Head |
| 5th | c3000 | Thrushes (different species) | Boarhills / Kittock’s Den |
| 5th | 6 | Twite | Boarhills / Kittock’s Den |
| 5th | 42 | Whooper Swans | Ballo Reservoir |
| 6th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 6th | 42 | Bar-tailed Godwits | Ruddons Point |
| 6th | 3 | Barnacle Geese | Torry Bay |
| 6th | 3 | Black-throated Divers | Ruddons Point |
| 6th | 2 | Great Northern Divers | Ruddons Point |
| 6th | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 6th | 1 | Great White Egret | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 6th | 2 | Greenshanks | Torry Bay |
| 6th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 6th | 50 | Linnets | Kilminning (Lower) |
| 6th | 2 | Little Auks | Ruddons Point |
| 6th | c1340 | Pink-footed Geese | Torry Bay |
| 6th | 7 | Pintails | Torry Bay |
| 6th | 3 | Ravens | Balcomie |
| 6th | 11 | Red-throated Divers (4+1E,6W) | Pettycur Harbour |
| 6th | 54 | Red-throated Divers | Ruddons Point |
| 6th | 1 | Spotted Sandpiper | Cameron Reservoir |
| 7th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 7th | 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP |
| 7th | 1 | Great White Egret | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 7th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 7th | 5 | Little Auks (N) | Fife Ness |
| 7th | 43 | Mediterranean Gulls (adults) | East Wemyss (Back Dykes roost) |
| 7th | 1 | Shore Lark (E) | East Lomond |
| 7th | 1 | Spotted Sandpiper | Cameron Reservoir |
| 8th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 8th | 2 | Barnacle Geese | Torry Bay |
| 8th | 5 | Great White Egrets (4E) | Angle Park GP |
| 8th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Angle Park GP |
| 8th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 8th | 1 | Marsh Harrier | Kilrenny |
| 8th | 13 | Pintails | Torry Bay |
| 8th | 1 | Spotted Sandpiper | Cameron Reservoir |
| 8th | 1+ | Water Pipits (probably 2) | St Margaret’s Marsh |
| 9th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 9th | 1 | Black Guillemot | Leven |
| 9th | 1 | Great Northern Diver | Leven |
| 9th | 3 | Great Northern Divers | Ruddons Point |
| 9th | 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP |
| 9th | 1 | Great White Egret (E) | Dalgety Bay |
| 9th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 9th | 1 | Little Auk | Elie |
| 9th | 1 | Little Gull | Elie |
| 9th | 1 | Mediterranean Gull | Otterston Loch |
| 9th | 1 | Merlin (female) | Carnbee Reservoir |
| 9th | 513 | Pochard | Loch Gelly |
| 9th | 2 | Ravens | Carnbee Reservoir |
| 9th | 2 | Ravens (E) | Leslie |
| 9th | 6 | Slavonian Grebes | Leven |
| 9th | 1 | Spotted Redshank | Leven |
| 9th | 1 | Spotted Sandpiper | Cameron Reservoir |
| 10th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 10th | 27 | Barnacle Geese | Out Head |
| 10th | 2 | Bewick’s Swans (adults) | Kilconquhar Loch |
| 10th | 1 | Brambling | Kinghorn Loch (approach road) |
| 10th | 2 | Great Northern Divers | Fife Ness |
| 10th | 1 | Grey Phalarope (S) | Fife Ness |
| 10th | 1 | Hawfinches (S) | Tentsmuir Point NNR |
| 10th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 10th | 1 | Little Auk | Fife Ness |
| 10th | 1 | Little Egret (S) | St Andrews (Aquarium) |
| 10th | 12 | Red-throated Divers | Fife Ness |
| 10th | 17 | Red-throated Divers | Pettycur Harbour |
| 10th | 1 | Spotted Redshank | Leven |
| 11th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 11th | 45 | Bar-tailed Godwits | Ruddons Point |
| 11th | 6 | Crossbills (SW) | Ferry Hills |
| 11th | 3 | Great Northern Divers (inland) | Ferry Hills |
| 11th | 1 | Great Northern Diver | Ruddons Point |
| 11th | 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP |
| 11th | 1 | Great White Egret | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 11th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 11th | 1 | Little Egret | Morton Lochs NNR |
| 11th | 1 | Mediterranean Gull (juvenile) | Bankhead Moss |
| 11th | 1 | Merlin (S) | Angle Park GP |
| 11th | 27 | Red-throated Divers (inland) | Ferry Hills |
| 11th | 2 | Short-eared Owls | Out Head |
| 11th | 1 | Smew (eclipse drake) | Angle Park GP |
| 11th | 28 | Whooper Swans | Letham Pools |
| 12th | 44 | Bar-tailed Godwits | Ruddons Point |
| 12th | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 12th | 1 | Great White Egret | Ballo Reservoir |
| 12th | 3 | Great White Egrets | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 12th | 2 | Green Sandpipers | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 12th | 1 | Kingfisher | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 12th | 1 | Marsh Harrier (female) | Newburgh |
| 12th | 3 | Marsh Harriers (females) | Mugdrum Island |
| 12th | c100 | Pochard | Ballo Reservoir |
| 12th | 111 | Red-breasted Mergansers | Ruddons Point |
| 12th | 1 | Reed Warbler (possible) | Morton Lochs NNR |
| 12th | 1 | Slavonian Grebe | Ruddons Point |
| 12th | 1 | Smew | Angle Park GP |
| 12th | 1 | Spotted Sandpiper | Cameron Reservoir |
| 12th | 99 | Velvet Scoters | Ruddons Point |
| 12th | 50 | Whooper Swans (13 juveniles) | Ballo Reservoir |
| 13th | 2 | Great White Egrets (1E) | Angle Park GP |
| 13th | 2 | Great White Egrets | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 13th | 2 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 13th | 1 | Green Sandpiper (SE) | Rossie Bog |
| 13th | 1 | Green-winged Teal (drake) | Morton Lochs NNR |
| 13th | 2 | Hawfinches | Leuchars |
| 13th | 1 | Hen Harrier (male) | St Michaels |
| 13th | 1 | Kingfisher | Morton Lochs NNR |
| 13th | 1 | Little Egret | Morton Lochs NNR |
| 13th | 2 | Pintails | Morton Lochs NNR |
| 13th | 1 | Raven | Dunfermline (Rumblingwell) |
| 13th | 1 | Red-necked Grebe | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 13th | 2 | Short-eared Owls | Out Head |
| 13th | 1 | Smew | Angle Park GP |
| 13th | 1 | Spotted Sandpiper | Cameron Reservoir |
| 13th | 1 | Swallow | Morton Lochs NNR |
| 14th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 14th | 1 | Black Guillemot | Leven to Lundin Links |
| 14th | 1 | Black Guillemot | Ruddons Point to Lower Largo |
| 14th | 2 | Great Northern Divers (inland) | Ferry Hills |
| 14th | 2 | Great Northern Divers (S) | Fife Ness |
| 14th | 4 | Great Northern Divers | Kinshaldy Beach |
| 14th | 1 | Great Northern Diver | Ruddons Point to Lower Largo |
| 14th | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 14th | 1 | Great White Egret | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 14th | 1 | Great White Egret | Tayport |
| 14th | 1 | Green Sandpiper | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 14th | 1 | Green-winged Teal (drake) | Morton Lochs NNR |
| 14th | 2 | Greenshanks | Fife Ness |
| 14th | 1 | Hen Harrier (ringtail W/SW) | Stenhouse Reservoir |
| 14th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 14th | 1 | Little Auk (N) | Fife Ness |
| 14th | 10 | Little Egrets | Tayport Lucky Scalp |
| 14th | 15 | Mediterranean Gulls | East Wemyss |
| 14th | 5 | Puffins (offshore) | Tayport |
| 14th | 35 | Red-throated Divers (inland) | Ferry Hills |
| 14th | 1 | Short-eared Owl | Out Head |
| 14th | 23 | Slavonian Grebes | Kinshaldy Beach |
| 14th | c12 | Slavonian Grebes | Ruddons Point to Lower Largo |
| 14th | 1 | Smew | Angle Park GP |
| 14th | c110 | Velvet Scoters | Ruddons Point to Lower Largo |
| 15th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 15th | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 15th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 15th | 2 | Little Auks (W) | Ravenscraig |
| 15th | 21 | Purple Sandpipers | Seafield |
| 15th | 1 | Raven | Cameron Reservoir |
| 15th | 43 | Sanderlings | Seafield |
| 15th | 1 | Smew | Angle Park GP |
| 15th | 1 | Spotted Sandpiper | Cameron Reservoir |
| 16th | 2 | Black Guillemots (N,S) | Fife Ness |
| 16th | 1 | Black Redstart | Kilminning |
| 16th | 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP |
| 16th | 2 | Greenshanks | Fife Ness |
| 16th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 16th | 109 | Little Auks (N and lingering) | Fife Ness |
| 16th | 1 | Little Auk (N) | St Andrews (Aquarium) |
| 16th | 1 | Marsh Harrier (female) | Newburgh |
| 16th | 21 | Red-throated Divers | Fife Ness |
| 16th | 1 | Scaup | Kilconquhar Loch |
| 16th | 1 | Smew | Angle Park GP |
| 16th | 1 | Spotted Redshank | Leven |
| 16th | 1 | Spotted Sandpiper | Cameron Reservoir |
| 16th | 35 | Twite | Fife Ness |
| 16th | 1 | White-fronted Goose (adult) | Windygates |
| 17th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 17th | 2 | Black Guillemots (S) | Fife Ness |
| 17th | 1 | Great Northern Diver (S) | Fife Ness |
| 17th | 1 | Great Northern Diver | Lower Largo |
| 17th | 2 | Great Northern Divers (W) | St Margaret’s Marsh |
| 17th | 1 | Kingfisher | Seafield |
| 17th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 17th | 1 | Little Auk | Cocklemill Burn |
| 17th | 1 | Little Auk (N) | Kilminning |
| 17th | 1 | Little Auk | Leven |
| 17th | 1 | Little Auk (E) | Lower Largo |
| 17th | 61 | Little Auks (N and lingering) | Fife Ness |
| 17th | 1 | Little Gull | Fife Ness |
| 17th | 233 | Pochard | Loch Gelly |
| 17th | c50 | Purple Sandpipers | Seafield |
| 17th | 1 | Raven | Cullaloe LNR |
| 17th | 4 | Red-throated Divers (W) | St Margaret’s Marsh |
| 17th | 1 | Spotted Sandpiper | Cameron Reservoir |
| 17th | 1 | Water Pipit | St Margaret’s Marsh |
| 17th | 1 | White-fronted Goose (adult) | Struthers Farm |
| 17th | 32 | Whooper Swans | Craigluscar NR |
| 18th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 18th | 1 | Black-throated Diver (E) | Anstruther |
| 18th | 2 | Brent Geese (Pale-bellied) | Out Head |
| 18th | 1 | Great Northern Diver | Dysart |
| 18th | 1 | Great Northern Diver | St Andrews (Aquarium) |
| 18th | 1 | Great White Egret | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 18th | 7 | Greenshanks | Coble Shore |
| 18th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 18th | 58 | Little Auks | Fife Ness |
| 18th | 10 | Little Auks (2N, 8S) | Out Head |
| 18th | 1 | Little Auk (E) | Pettycur Harbour |
| 18th | 3 | Little Auks (2N, 1S) | St Andrews (Aquarium) |
| 18th | 15 | Purple Sandpipers | St Andrews (Aquarium) |
| 18th | 71 | Red-throated Divers | Fife Ness |
| 18th | 8 | Slavonian Grebes | Out Head |
| 18th | 1 | Spotted Sandpiper | Cameron Reservoir |
| 18th | 4 | Twite | Coble Shore |
| 19th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 19th | 20 | Gadwall | Loch Fitty |
| 19th | 7 | Great Northern Divers (N) | Fife Ness |
| 19th | 1 | Great Northern Diver (N) | St Andrews (Aquarium) |
| 19th | 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP |
| 19th | 1 | Great White Egret | Eden Estuary LNR |
| 19th | 1 | Great White Egret | Lochore Meadows CP |
| 19th | 1 | Hen Harrier | Wester Forret Farm |
| 19th | 1 | Kingfisher | Loch Fitty |
| 19th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 19th | 2 | Little Auks | Dalgety Bay |
| 19th | 2 | Little Auks | Elie Ness |
| 19th | 199 | Little Auks (N) | Fife Ness |
| 19th | 2 | Little Auks (N) | St Andrews (Aquarium) |
| 19th | 16 | Red-throated Divers (N) | Fife Ness |
| 19th | 2 | Slavonian Grebes | Out Head |
| 20th | 1 | Black Guillemot (N) | Fife Ness |
| 20th | 1 | Great Northern Diver (N) | Fife Ness |
| 20th | 2 | Jack Snipe | Culross (lagoon by football field) |
| 20th | 333 | Little Auks (N and lingering) | Fife Ness (day count) |
| 20th | 1 | Raven | Balgownie Woodland |
| 20th | 4 | Red-throated Divers | Fife Ness |
| 21st | 65 | Golden Plover (N) | St Andrews (Bogward Road |
| 21st | 1 | Hawfinch (W) | St Andrews (Bogward Road) |
| 21st | 4 | Little Auks (together) | Burntisland |
| 21st | 1 | Little Auk | Fife Ness |
| 21st | 2 | Little Auks (W) | Kinghorn (Easter Braes) |
| 21st | 4 | Little Auks (W) | Pathhead |
| 21st | 3 | Little Auks (W) | Pettycur Harbour |
| 21st | 28 | Whooper Swans (S) | St Andrews (Bogward Road) |
| 22nd | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 22nd | 1 | Barn Owl | West of Lundin Links |
| 22nd | 2 | Great Northern Diver (S) | Fife Ness |
| 22nd | 1 | Great Northern Diver (juvenile) | Out Head / Eden Estuary LNR |
| 22nd | 1 | Hen Harrier (juvenile) | Kilminning (Lower) |
| 22nd | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 22nd | 135 | Little Auks (N) | Fife Ness (day count) |
| 22nd | 21 | Little Auks (W/landing on sea) | Pettycur Harbour |
| 22nd | 1 | Puffin | Pettycur Harbour |
| 22nd | 1 | Short-eared Owl | Out Head |
| 22nd | 2 | Slavonian Grebes | Out Head |
| 22nd | 7 | Slavonian Grebes | Out Head / Eden Estuary LNR |
| 23rd | 865 | Gannets (E) | Anstruther |
| 23rd | 18 | Little Auks (E) | Anstruther |
| 23rd | 7 | Little Auks (W) | Dalgety Bay |
| 23rd | 28 | Little Auks | Fife Ness |
| 23rd | 424 | Little Auks (421E, 3W) | Pettycur Harbour |
| 23rd | 37 | Little Auks (8N, 29E) | Pittenweem |
| 23rd | 4 | Little Auks (3E, 1W) | St Margaret’s Marsh |
| 23rd | 76 | Long-tailed Ducks | Pettycur Harbour |
| 23rd | 7 | Red-throated Diver | Pettycur Harbour |
| 23rd | 1 | Sooty Shearwater (E) | Pettycur Harbour |
| 24th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 24th | 1 | Great Skua (N) | Fife Ness |
| 24th | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 24th | 1 | Green-winged Teal (possible) | Otterston Loch |
| 24th | 1 | Greenshank | Angle Park GP |
| 24th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 24th | 39 | Little Auks (3N, 36S) | Fife Ness (day count) |
| 24th | c1030 | Razorbills (N) | Fife Ness (day count) |
| 24th | c29 | Twite | Coble Shore |
| 25th | 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP |
| 25th | 1 | Great White Egret | Rossie Bog |
| 25th | 5 | Red-throated Divers (2N,3 on sea) | Fife Ness |
| 25th | 52 | Shags (S) | Fife Ness |
| 26th | 1 | Brent Goose | Anstruther |
| 26th | 2 | Great Northern Divers | Out Head |
| 26th | 1 | Great Northern Diver | St Andrews Bay |
| 26th | 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP |
| 26th | 2 | Little Gulls | Out Head |
| 26th | 45 | Long-tailed Ducks | Out Head |
| 26th | 22 | Red-throated Divers | Out Head |
| 26th | 19 | Red-throated Divers | Ruddons Point |
| 26th | 1 | Red-necked Grebe | St Andrews Bay |
| 26th | 8 | Slavonian Grebes | Out Head |
| 26th | 1 | Slavonian Grebe | Ruddons Point |
| 26th | 7 | Twite | Coble Shore |
| 27th | 1 | Great Northern Diver (S) | Fife Ness |
| 27th | 2 | Greenshanks | Torry Bay |
| 27th | 1 | Greenshank | Wormiston Beach |
| 27th | 1 | Hen Harrier (ringtail) | Knockhill (Outh Moor) |
| 27th | 18 | Knot | Dalgety Bay |
| 27th | 1 | Little Auk (S) | Fife Ness |
| 27th | 14 | Pintails | Torry Bay |
| 27th | 2 | Ravens | Knockhill (Outh Moor) |
| 27th | 3 | Snow Buntings | Pittenweem |
| 28th | 2 | Jack Snipe | Bankhead Moss |
| 28th | 7 | Ravens | Clatto Reservoir |
| 28th | 7 | Snow Buntings | Pittenweem (cliffs) |
| 29th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 29th | 1 | Black-throated Diver | Dalgety Bay |
| 29th | 2 | Great White Egrets (1N,1E) | Loch Fitty |
| 29th | 1 | Greenshank | St Andrews (Bruce Embankment) |
| 29th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 29th | 21 | Little Auks | Fife Ness |
| 29th | 1 | Little Auk E | Pettycur Harbour |
| 29th | 2 | Red-throated Divers | Dalgety Bay |
| 29th | 40 | Red-throated Divers | Fife Ness |
| 29th | 27 | Whooper Swans | Loch Fitty |
| 30th | 1 | American Wigeon (drake) | Otterston Loch |
| 30th | 10 | Bar-tailed Godwits | Out Head |
| 30th | 1 | Black-throated Diver (W) | Ferry Hills |
| 30th | 6 | Brent Geese (Pale-bellied) | Out Head |
| 30th | 2 | Great White Egrets (S) | Angle Park GP |
| 30th | 1 | Lesser Scaup (female) | Otterston Loch |
| 30th | 21 | Little Auks | Fife Ness |
| 30th | c18 | Purple Sandpipers | Pittenweem (cliffs) |
| 30th | 13 | Red-throated Divers (1W) | Ferry Hills |
| 30th | 4 | Snow Buntings | Pittenweem (cliffs) |
| 30th | 28 | Twite | Cocklemill Marsh |
October 2024 Sightings
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 for the sightings. See below.
| Date | Count | Species | Location | |
| 01/10/2024 | 1 | Long-tailed Skua (juvenile) | Carlingnose Point | |
| 6 | Arctic Skuas | Carlingnose Point | ||
| 1 | Mediterranean Gull (adult) | Carlingnose Point | ||
| 1 | Yellow-browed Warbler | Kilminning | ||
| 9 | Arctic Skuas | St Andrews, Aquarium | ||
| 1 | Great Skua | St Andrews, Aquarium | ||
| 132 | Barnacle Geese | St Andrews, Aquarium | ||
| 1 | Marsh Harrier (female) | Angle Park GP | ||
| 1 | Marsh Harrier (female) | Letham Pools | ||
| 27 | Sooty Shearwaters | Fife Ness | ||
| 4 | Arctic Skuas | Fife Ness | ||
| 9 | Red-throated Divers | Fife Ness | ||
| 3 | Little Gulls | Fife Ness | ||
| 2 | Great Skua | Fife Ness | ||
| 2 | Black-tailed Godwits | Seafield | ||
| c80 | Barnacle Geese | Fife Ness | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Newburgh | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 02/10/2024 | 2 | Green Sandpipers | Angle Park GP | |
| 1 | Ring Ouzel | Fairmont | ||
| 1 | Yellow-browed Warbler | Kilminning | ||
| 5 | Great Skuas | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 1 | Pomarine Skua | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 5 | Arctic Skuas | Fife Ness (day count | ||
| 22 | Sooty Shearwaters | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 116 | Skylarks | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 110 | Barnacle Geese | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 5 | Little Gulls | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 5 | Great Skuas | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 7 | Red-throated Divers | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 45 | Manx Shearwaters | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP | ||
| 1 | Siberian Chiffchaff | Balcomie | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 03/10/2024 | 1 | Yellow-browed Warbler | Kilminning | |
| 1 | Yellow Wagtail | Bow of Fife | ||
| 25 | Little Egrets | Eden Estuary Centre | ||
| 2 | Greenshanks | Eden Estuary Centre | ||
| 04/10/2024 | 1 | Yellow-browed Warbler | Fife Ness Muir | |
| 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 05/10/2024 | 1 | Marsh Harrier (adult female) | Mugdrum Island | |
| 3 | Little Egrets | Mugdrum Island | ||
| 1 | Whimbrel | Pittenweem | ||
| 1 | Yellow-browed Warbler | Morton Loch NNR | ||
| 1 | Yellow-browed Warbler | Anstruther | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 06/10/2024 | 1 | Merlin | Kilminning | |
| 1 | Pale-bellied Brent Goose | Cocklemill Burn | ||
| 13 | Little Egrets | Eden Estuary Centre | ||
| 1 | Slavonian Grebe | Eden Estuary Centre | ||
| 3 | Pomarine Skua (juveniles) | Hawkcraig Point | ||
| 8 | Arctic Skuas | Hawkcraig Point | ||
| 2 | Little Gulls | Hawkcraig Point | ||
| 2 | Pomarine Skuas | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 14 | Arctic Skuas | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 393 | Little Gulls | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 1 | Great Skua | Cocklemill Burn | ||
| 1 | Greenshank | Eden Estuary Centre | ||
| 3 | Pintails | Eden Estuary Centre | ||
| 14 | Red-throated Divers | Eden Estuary Centre | ||
| 2 | Barnacle Geese | Eden Estuary Centre | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Lochore Meadows CP | ||
| 1 | Little Bunting | Kilminning | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 07/10/2024 | 1 | Yellow-browed Warbler | Anstruther | |
| 2 | Arctic Skuas | Hawkcraig Point | ||
| c57 | Little Gulls | Hawkcraig Point | ||
| 2 | Green Sandpipers | Drumoig | ||
| 1 | Greenshank | Drumoig | ||
| 1 | Long-eared Owl | Rossie Bog | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Eden Estuary Centre | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 08/10/2024 | 1 | Arctic Skua (juvenile) | Pettycur Harbour | |
| 1 | Pomarine Skua (juveniles) | Pettycur Harbour | ||
| 1 | Ruff | Eden Estuary Centre | ||
| 1 | Yellow-browed Warbler | Kilminning | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Lochore Meadows CP | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 9031 | Gannets | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 5360 | Kittiwakes | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 215 | Little Gulls | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 21 | Red-throated Divers | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 4 | Arctic Skuas | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 1 | Pomarine Skua (juvenile) | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 249 | Barnacle Geese | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 38 | Barnacle Geese | Pettycur Harbour | ||
| 32 | Little Gulls | Pettycur Harbour | ||
| 80 | Barnacle Geese | Eden Estuary Centre | ||
| 1 | Scaup | Eden Estuary Centre | ||
| 1 | Manx Shearwater | Pettycur Harbour | ||
| 3 | Arctic Skuas | Pettycur Harbour | ||
| 09/10/2024 | 1 | Yellow-browed Warbler | Kilminning | |
| 8 | Red-throated Divers | Pettycur Harbour | ||
| 15 | Sooty Shearwaters | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 14 | Arctic Skuas | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 3 | Little Gulls | Pettycur Harbour | ||
| 1 | Great Skua | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 76 | Little Gulls | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 14 | Red-throated Divers | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 10/10/2024 | c2000 | Pink-footed Geese | Ferry Hills | |
| 1 | Little Egret | Newburgh | ||
| 1 | Ring Ouzel | Boarhills | ||
| 1 | Lesser Whitethroat | Boarhills | ||
| 1 | Merlin | Fife Ness | ||
| 1 | Black Tern | Fife Ness | ||
| 1 | Arctic Skua | Fife Ness | ||
| 4 | Raven | Kilminning | ||
| 1 | Scaup (female) | Stenhouse Reservoir | ||
| 1 | Great Northern Diver | Fife Ness | ||
| 3 | Little Gulls | Fife Ness | ||
| 1 | Greenshank | Fife Ness | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper juvenile | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 14 | Taiga Bean Geese | Crail | ||
| 11 | Taiga Bean Geese | Ferry Hills | ||
| 11/10/2024 | 1 | Yellow-browed Warbler | Kilminning | |
| 1 | Arctic Skua | Fife Ness | ||
| 1 | Yellow-browed Warbler | Boarhills | ||
| 1 | Lesser Whitethroat | Boarhills | ||
| 1 | Merlin | Kilmany | ||
| 3 | Arctic Skuas | Anstruther | ||
| 21 | Barnacle Geese | Anstruther | ||
| 11 | Little Gulls | Anstruther | ||
| 33 | Mediterranean Gulls | East Wemyss (Back Dykes roost) | ||
| 1 | Merlin | Boarhills | ||
| 1 | Brambling | Boarhills | ||
| 2 | Ravens | Boarhills | ||
| 1 | Sooty Shearwater | Fife Ness | ||
| 2 | Little Gulls | Fife Ness | ||
| 1 | Black-throated Diver | Fife Ness | ||
| 2 | Great Skuas | Anstruther | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP | ||
| 12/10/2024 | 1 | Curlew Sandpiper | Balcomie Beach | |
| 15 | Mediterranean Gulls | East Wemyss | ||
| 1 | Snow Bunting | Kilminning | ||
| 1 | Brambling | Kilminning | ||
| 1 | Barnacle Goose | Kilminning | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Lochore Meadows CP | ||
| 13/10/2024 | 1 | Brambling | Kilminning | |
| 3 | Raven | Kilminning | ||
| 1 | Black-throated Diver | Ferry Hills | ||
| 7850 | Pink-footed Geese | Ferry Hills | ||
| 88 | Swallows | Ferry Hills | ||
| 22 | House Martins | Ferry Hills | ||
| 2 | Twite | Boarhills | ||
| c6 | Crossbills | Elie Estate | ||
| 1 | Scaup | Stenhouse Reservoir | ||
| 1 | Raven | Pitmedden Forest | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 14/10/2024 | 1 | Merlin (female) | Kilminning | |
| 1 | Greenshank | Kilminning | ||
| 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 15/10/2024 | 738 | Redwings | Cullaloe LNR | |
| 3 | Greenshanks | Newmills | ||
| 1 | Pintail | Newmills | ||
| 1 | Raven | Newmills | ||
| 1 | Red Kite | Cullaloe LNR | ||
| 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Letham Pools | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 16/10/2024 | 1 | Ring Ouzel | Kilminning | |
| 1 | Brambling | Kilminning | ||
| 1 | Ring Ouzel | Balcomie | ||
| 1 | Black Redstart | Kilminning | ||
| 11848 | Redwings | Ferry Hills | ||
| 29 | Barnacle Geese | Ferry Hills | ||
| 5 | Ravens | Kilminning | ||
| 6 | Red-throated Divers | Ferry Hills | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 17/10/2024 | 1 | Ring Ouzel | Kilminning | |
| 1 | Black-throated Diver | Ferry Hills | ||
| 11 | Red-throated Divers | Ferry Hills | ||
| 8 | Pintail | Ferry Hills | ||
| 1 | Hen Harrier (male) | St Monans | ||
| 1 | Hen Harrier (ringtail) | Carnbee | ||
| 1 | Ring Ouzel | Crail | ||
| 14 | Twite | Boarhills | ||
| 1 | Ring Ouzel | Fife Ness Muir | ||
| 1 | Ring Ouzel | Fife Ness | ||
| 1 | Long-eared Owl | Craighead Cottages | ||
| 1 | Ring Ouzel | Craighead Cottages | ||
| 1 | Marsh Harrier (immature) | Mugdrum Island | ||
| 2 | Ring Ouzel | Wormiston | ||
| 1 | Brambling | Wormiston | ||
| 1 | Ring Ouzel | Kingsbarns | ||
| 2 | Brambling | Kingsbarns | ||
| 1 | Greater Scaup | Stenhouse Reservoir | ||
| 1 | Siberian Chiffchaff | Fife Ness Muir | ||
| 1 | Siberian Chiffchaff | Wormiston | ||
| 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP | ||
| 1 | Yellow-browed Warbler | Kilminning | ||
| 18/10/2024 | 2 | Great Northern Divers | Ferry Hills | |
| 10 | Red-throated Divers | Ferry Hills | ||
| 1 | Arctic Skua | Ferry Hills | ||
| 10 | Bramblings | Ferry Hills | ||
| 2 | Black Redstarts | Bowhouse Farm | ||
| c10 | Corn Buntings | Bowhouse Farm | ||
| 1 | Great Northern Diver | Ruddons Point | ||
| 20 | Red-throated Divers | Ruddons Point | ||
| 1 | Jack Snipe | Cocklemill Burn | ||
| 4 | Barnacle Geese | Crombie | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 12 | Taiga Bean Geese | Ferry Hills | ||
| 19/10/2024 | 2 | Black Redstarts | Bowhouse Farm | |
| 1 | Yellow-browed Warbler | Dairsie Bridge | ||
| 1 | Great Skua | Ferry Hills | ||
| 1 | Black-throated Diver | Ferry Hills | ||
| 55 | Brent Geese | Fife Ness | ||
| 11 | Red-throated Divers | Fife Ness | ||
| 15 | Barnacle Geese | Buddo Rock | ||
| 4 | Greenshanks | Buddo Rock | ||
| 1 | Hen Harrier (ringtail) | Rossie Bog | ||
| 4 | Ring Ouzels | Kittock’s Den | ||
| 90 | Blackbirds | Kittock’s Den | ||
| 115 | Golden Plovers | Kittock’s Den | ||
| 1 | Marsh Harrier | Rossie Bog | ||
| 1 | Siberian Chiffchaff | Kilminning | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP | ||
| 1 | Long-tailed Skua (juvenile) | Ferry Hills | ||
| 20/10/2024 | 42 | Red-throated Divers | Ferry Hills | |
| 2 | Black Redstarts | Bowhouse Farm | ||
| 1 | Snow Bunting | Kirkcaldy (behind Morrisons) | ||
| 5 | Brambling | St Andrews | ||
| 32 | Barnacle Geese | St Andrews | ||
| 1 | Goshawk female | St Andrews | ||
| 2 | Ravens | St Andrews | ||
| 1 | Mediterranean Gull | Lochgelly Loch | ||
| 565 | Little Gulls | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 1 | Pomarine Skua | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 8 | Arctic Skuas | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 11 | Red-throated Divers | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| c3 | Long-tailed Skuas | Fife Ness (day count) | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Moor Loch | ||
| 1 | Hawfinch | St Andrews | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 21/10/2024 | 27 | Little Gulls | Pettycur Harbour | |
| 5 | Red-throated Divers | Pettycur Harbour | ||
| 1 | Green Sandpiper | Rossie Bog | ||
| 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 22/10/2024 | 1 | Hen Harrier (ringtail) | Kilminning | |
| 5 | Barnacle Geese | Eden Estuary Centre | ||
| 8 | Greenshanks | Eden Estuary Centre | ||
| 1 | Ruff (juvenile) | Eden Estuary Centre | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 23/10/2024 | 2 | Slavonian Grebes | Leven Beach | |
| 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 24/10/2024 | 1 | Black-throated Diver | Fife Ness | |
| 2 | Little Auks | Fife Ness | ||
| 13 | Little Gulls | Fife Ness | ||
| 6 | Red-throated Divers | Fife Ness | ||
| 4 | Snow Bunting | Balcomie | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Newmills | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 25/10/2024 | 5 | Bramblings | Ferry Hills | |
| 1 | Little Gull | Fife Ness | ||
| 1 | Long-tailed Skua (juvenile) | Ferry Hills | ||
| 86 | Red-throated Divers | Ferry Hills | ||
| 2 | Red-throated Divers | Fife Ness | ||
| 32 | Redpoll | Ferry Hills | ||
| 4 | Snow Bunting | Balcomie | ||
| 3 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 26/10/2024 | 1 | Crossbill | Ferry Hills | |
| 3 | Barnacle Geese (W) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| c25 | Twite | Balcomie | ||
| c300 | Redwings | Balcomie | ||
| 60 | Barnacle Geese | Balcomie | ||
| 1 | Snow Bunting | Out Head | ||
| 4 | Snow Buntings | Balcomie | ||
| c100 | Lapwings (over) | Crail | ||
| 2 | Twite | Coble Shore | ||
| 8 | Corn Buntings | Bowhouse Farm | ||
| 1 | Merlin female | Bowhouse Farm | ||
| 1 | Marsh Harrier (adult female) | Newburgh | ||
| 4 | Taiga Bean Geese | Ferry Hills | ||
| 1 | White-rumped Sandpiper | Ferry Hills | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 27/10/2024 | 2 | Snow Buntings | Balcomie | |
| 3 | Black-throated Divers | Fife Ness | ||
| 1 | Great Northern Diver | Fife Ness | ||
| 1 | Twite | Ferry Hills | ||
| 3 | Crossbills | Ferry Hills | ||
| 10 | Red-throated Divers | Ferry Hills | ||
| 2 | Red-throated Divers (S) | Fife Ness | ||
| 1 | Little Gull | Dalgety Bay | ||
| 7 | Red-throated Divers (W) | Dalgety Bay | ||
| 1 | Hen Harrier (ringtail) | Kilminning | ||
| 61 | Mediterranean Gulls | East Wemyss (Back Dykes roost) | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 13 | Taiga Bean Geese | Ferry Hills | ||
| 28/10/2024 | 103 | Red-throated Divers (W) | Ferry Hills | |
| 1 | Green Sandpiper | Angle Park GP | ||
| 1 | Marsh Harrier | Angle Park GP | ||
| 2 | Bramblings (S) | St Andrews | ||
| 1 | Crossbill (S) | St Andrews | ||
| 1 | Goshawk (male S) | St Andrews | ||
| 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP | ||
| 3 | Hawfinches (S) | St Andrews | ||
| 1 | Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) | Cameron Reservoir | ||
| 29/10/2024 | 6 | Crossbills | Ferry Hills | |
| 1 | Merlin (female/juvenile) | Ferry Hills | ||
| 35 | Red-throated Divers | Ferry Hills | ||
| 967 | Redwings | Ferry Hills | ||
| 1 | Merlin | Baldinnie | ||
| 1 | Short-eared Owl | Out Head | ||
| 4 | Greenshanks | Out Head | ||
| 23 | Grey Plovers | Out Head | ||
| 1 | Slavonian Grebe | Out Head | ||
| 1 | Short-eared Owl | West Sands | ||
| c55 | Shovelers | Angle Park GP | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Angle Park GP | ||
| 4 | Taiga Bean Geese | Ferry Hills | ||
| 30/10/2024 | 1 | Merlin (over) | Muirhead Farm | |
| 1 | Black-throated Diver (inland) | Ferry Hills | ||
| 12 | Bramblings | Ferry Hills | ||
| 5 | Great Northern Divers (inland) | Ferry Hills | ||
| 1 | Hawfinch | Ferry Hills | ||
| 81 | Red-throated Divers (inland) | Ferry Hills | ||
| 78 | Whooper Swans (12 juveniles) | Freuchie | ||
| 1 | Bewick’s Swan (NE) | Ferry Hills | ||
| 2 | Great White Egrets | Angle Park GP | ||
| 1 | Great White Egret | Letham Pools | ||
| 31/10/2024 | 1 | Marsh Harrier | Letham Pools | |
| 8 | Greenshanks | Newmills | ||
| 1 | Kingfisher | Newmills | ||
| 1 | Little Egret | Newmills | ||
| 3 | Pintails | Newmills | ||
| 1 | Bittern | Letham Pools |
September 2024 Sightings
| 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 all Club members were invited to attend at some time and learn what “all the fuss was about” regarding seawatching! Results will be published in Scope. The wind had turned easterly at last and significant sightings away from Fife Ness included: 16 Arctic Skuas at Carlingnose Point, five Great Northern Divers and a Sooty Shearwater at Elie, one Roseate Tern at Pettycur Harbour, one Redstart at Kilminning and a juvenile Long-tailed Skua at Boarhills. Monday 2nd was incredibly wet, but that didn’t stop determined birders! 49 Mediterranean Gulls, including 11 juveniles, were recorded at the Back Dykes roost, East Wemyss. Two Pied and one Spotted Flycatcher were seen at Kilminning with Pied Flycatchers also recorded at Balcomie, Craighead and Fife Ness Muir. One Curlew Sandpiper, three Ospreys and 30 Little Egrets were seen from the Eden Estuary Centre and a Roseate Tern, one Kingfisher and 33 Little Gulls were recorded from Boarhills. The highlights from Fife Ness included: one Bonaparte’s Gull, one Pomarine Skua and 28 Red-throated Divers. The easterly wind continued on 3rd and a steady flow of birds on migration were reported throughout the day. Pied Flycatchers, Whinchats, one Red- breasted Flycatcher, one Hen Harrier, one Green Sandpiper and one Red-backed Shrike were amongst the species seen at Kilminning. A Pied Flycatcher was also recorded at Craighead Farm and a Red Kite spotted at Wormiston. One Lesser Whitethroat and a Kingfisher were noted at Glebe Park, St Andrews, a Marsh Harrier reported from Newburgh and two Ruddy Shelducks seen at Torryburn, perhaps the pair recorded last month. One Yellow Wagtail flying south and a Kingfisher on a small SUDs pond in Dunfermline were the first reports on 4th. Observers at Kilminning recorded one Pied Flycatcher, a Lesser Whitethroat and a Merlin. Sightings at Fife Ness included one Cory’s Shearwater, 24 Little Gulls offshore and two Curlew Sandpipers on the “Stinky Pool”. Two Little Stints, two Ospreys and 27 Little Egrets were seen at the Eden Estuary LNR before one Roseate Tern was recorded at Out Head. The wind continued to be easterly or northeasterly on Thursday 5th and was forecast to remain from that direction for several days to come bringing the promise of more migrant birds. A Redstart and 140 Meadow Pipits were recorded at Ferry Hills with a Peregrine and three Marsh Harriers seen at Newburgh. Sightings from the Eden Estuary Centre included: one Honey-buzzard, one Little Stint, two Spotted Redshanks (one a juvenile), three juvenile Curlew Sandpipers and three juvenile Ruff. One Lesser Whitethroat and one Pied Flycatcher were seen at Kilminning and the day totals from Fife Ness included: one Leach’s Petrel, one Long-tailed Skua, 37 Sooty Shearwaters and one Black Tern. The first record on a foggy 6th, where the haar didn’t clear Fife Ness until1530, was from Balcomie where a Pied Flycatcher was seen. A Lesser Whitethroat and Whinchat were recorded at Kilminning, a Spotted Flycatcher was seen in St Andrews and a Green Sandpiper was disturbed at Dairsie. Records from the Eden Estuary Centre included: one Osprey, two Spotted Redshanks, six Curlew Sandpipers, one Ruff, 14+ Greenshanks, two Peregrines and one Kingfisher and amongst the day totals from Fife Ness were: 12 Arctic Skuas, one Curlew Sandpiper, 1021 Manx Shearwaters, two Pomarine Skuas, three Ruff and 151 Sooty Shearwaters. It was again very foggy on 7th, perhaps that was why there were no reports from Fife Ness. A Marsh Harrier was seen at The Wilderness and two Spotted Redshanks, two Ospreys, five Curlew Sandpipers, three Ruff, 31 Little Egrets and three Kingfishers were recorded at the Eden Estuary Centre. Finally, three Spotted Flycatchers, one Short-eared Owl and 40+ Little Grebes were reported from Cameron Reservoir. A Great White Egret seen at Angle Park GP was the first report the next day (8th,) and then a Wryneck at Craighead promised an interesting day for unusual sightings! A Green Sandpiper, five Ruff and 20+ Snipe were recorded near Stenhouse Reservoir and a Red Kite flew over Gartarry. A Yellow-browed Warbler was seen at Rosyth and one Icterine Warbler (caught and ringed,) one Spotted Flycatcher and one Lesser Whitethroat were recorded at “The Patch,” Fife Ness. Sightings from the Eden Estuary Centre included: 36 Little Egrets, four Curlew Sandpipers and two Ospreys, whilst selected records from the Fife Ness day count included: 16 Sooty Shearwaters, one Roseate Tern, three Arctic Terns and 66 Little Gulls. The Great White Egret was still at Angle Park GP the next day (9th,) and stayed all month! The, now westerly, wind had cleared away the mist and fog and it was also a day when many observers across Fife reported increasing numbers of Pink-footed Geese on the move, a sure sign of autumn! 250 Meadow Pipits and three Arctic Skuas were amongst the species seen at Ferry Hills, with two Little Egrets, two Whooper Swans and 120 Pochard recorded at Loch Gelly. One Green Sandpiper, one Ruff and five Snipe were seen at Stenhouse Reservoir and three Whinchats noted at Kilminning. Selected sightings from the Eden Estuary Centre were: four Curlew Sandpipers, one Ruff and one Spotted Redshank. The Fife Ness day count included: 18 Arctic Skuas, three Great Northern Divers, two Pomarine Skuas and 47 Sooty Shearwaters. Stormy gusts were forecast for 10th with plenty of sunshine. A Black Tern and three Arctic Skuas flew by Hawkcraig Point and a Redstart was seen at Kilminning, before records from the Eden Estuary LNR included: one Little Stint, one Spotted Redshank, six Curlew Sandpipers, c450 Redshanks, 32 Goosanders and a Kingfisher. A Black Tern flew by St Monans on 11th and nine Curlew Sandpipers, one Ruff, one Osprey and 190 Knot were seen at Out Head. Records from the Eden Estuary Centre included: four Curlew Sandpipers, one Little Stint and one Ruff before selected sightings from the day count at Fife Ness were: eight Arctic Skuas, three Great Northern Divers, three Great Skuas and three Sooty Shearwaters. The unseasonably cold northwesterly winds on 12th brought snow to the Highlands but sunny days in Fife. A Spotted Redshank and Curlew Sandpiper, both juveniles, along with 15 Greenshanks and an Osprey were recorded at the Eden Estuary Centre before a Red-necked Grebe, one Black Tern, 394 Eiders, 29 Goosanders and five Arctic Skuas were amongst the species seen from Pettycur Harbour. The day count from Fife Ness included: three Arctic Skuas, one Cory’s Shearwater, one juvenile Long-tailed Skua, one Merlin, one Red-necked Grebe and six Sooty Shearwaters. That night, 13th, the Northern Lights were seen in Fife and the first report came from Ferry Hills, where sightings included: one Black-throated Diver, one Great Northern Diver, two Pintails and 360 Meadow Pipits. 17 Mediterranean Gulls were at East Wemyss and sightings from Pettycur Harbour included: one Great Northern Diver, 15 Arctic Skuas and 245 Gannets, most of which were juveniles. Finally, records from Fife Ness, on a slow day, included one Cory’s and one Sooty Shearwater. Saturday 14th began with reports of two juvenile Little Stints at Edenside and one juvenile Curlew Sandpiper at the Eden Estuary Centre. 18 Arctic Skuas, three Pomarine Skuas, a Peregrine and eight Pintails were seen from Pettycur Harbour before the day count from Fife Ness included: five Arctic Skuas, two Long-tailed Skuas, one a juvenile, three Pomarine Skuas and two Sooty Shearwaters. The next day, 15th, a juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, an Osprey and 13 Little Egrets were recorded at the Eden Estuary Centre, one Ruff was seen at Stenhouse Reservoir, one Whinchat was recorded at Letham Pools and a Spotted Redshank was observed at Edenside. Sightings from Pettycur Harbour included one juvenile Pomarine Skua and 14 Arctic Skuas. 43 Mediterranean Gulls were seen at the Back Dykes roost, East Wemyss and, finally, day totals from Fife Ness included: three Arctic Skuas, one Black Tern, one juvenile Pomarine Skua and seven Sooty Shearwaters. First reports the next day, 16th, were from Ferry Hills where one Spotted Flycatcher, 22 Red-throated Divers and 750 Meadow Pipits were recorded. Eight Black-tailed Godwits, c100 Dunlins, one Kingfisher, 22 Little Egrets, two Ospreys and one Ruff were amongst the species seen at Edenside. Light easterly winds with plenty of sunshine were forecast for the next few days, once the early morning mist had cleared and Tuesday 17th was just that! A Whinchat was seen at Kilmany, a juvenile Marsh Harrier flew past Ferry Hills and a juvenile Black Tern was recorded at Balcomie Beach. A Spotted Redshank, one Ruff and 20 Little Egrets were amongst the species seen at Edenside and the day count from Fife Ness included eight Arctic Skuas, one Black Tern and one Pomarine Skua. A stunning Harvest Moon shone overnight 17th_18th attracting two Yellow–browed Warblers to “The Patch”, Fife Ness. Another Yellow-browed Warbler, one Spotted Flycatcher and one Whinchat were recorded at Kilminning, and a Black Tern was seen at Balcomie Beach before a fourth Yellow-browed Warbler was spotted near Craighead Farm. A Pied Flycatcher was at Boarhills,13 Golden Plovers were seen at the “Stinky Pool”, Fife Ness where the day counts included: two Arctic Skuas, one juvenile Black Tern, one Pomarine Skua and two Sooty Shearwaters. The next day, 19th, a new Yellow–browed Warbler was recorded at “The Patch”, Fife Ness, with c170 Pochards and two Whooper Swans were amongst the species seen at Loch Gelly. A Hooded Crow and two Ruddy Shelducks were observed at the Lower Lagoon, Preston Island, probably the same pair seen previously at Torry Bay and Stenhouse Reservoir. 73 Red-breasted Mergansers were recorded at Cocklemill Burn before two Arctic Skuas and one Long-tailed Skua flew past Ferry Hills. Cold, dull weather returned on 20th, although the light wind remained easterly. A juvenile Goshawk, Yellow-browed Warbler and 16 Stonechats were recorded at Kilminning, with a Yellow Wagtail seen at Billow Ness and a Whinchat noted at Craighead Farm. Two Shovelers and unusually, another Great White Egret, were observed at Cullaloe LNR. A Goshawk was also seen at Boarhills where a Short-eared Owl was also spotted. Abbreviated sightings from St Davids Harbour included six Arctic Skuas, one Long-tailed Skua and two Pomarine Skuas, with the selected day count from Fife Ness giving: six Arctic Skuas, two Black Terns, two Pomarine Skuas and one Sooty Shearwater. The first report of the Autumn Equinox (21st) was from Cullaloe LNR where a Great White Egret was seen. An amazing six Great White and 34 Little Egrets were also seen from the Eden Estuary Centre before, yet another, Great White Egret was amongst the species recorded at Loch Gelly. A Long-tailed Skua and Red-necked Grebe, both juveniles, were seen from Pettycur Harbour. Finally, the day count from Fife Ness included: 23 Arctic Skuas, 85 Golden Plovers, one juvenile Long-tailed Skua, 29 Red-throated Divers and one juvenile Pomarine Skua. The cold easterly wind persisted into the next week bringing an array of migrants to coastal areas. A Red-breasted Flycatcher and a Yellow-browed Warbler were caught and ringed at “The Patch” Fife Ness (22nd,) with Yellow-Browed Warblers also seen at Crail Airfield, Kilminning, Craighead Farm, Kilrenny and Wormiston; a grand total of 12. A Red-breasted and a Spotted Flycatcher were recorded at Balcomie and a Barnacle Goose was amongst the sightings at Loch Gelly. A juvenile, Red-necked Grebe was seen from Pettycur Harbour before the day count from Fife Ness included 16 Arctic Skuas, five Little Gulls and eight Sooty Shearwaters. An amazing sighting from Ferry Hills of 87 Red-throated Divers with 83 in one flock, was the first report on 23rd. This was followed by confirmation of a Yellow-legged Gull at Pettycur Harbour, a bird seen in recent days, but not positively identified. 19 Arctic Skuas and 13 Grey Wagtails were also seen here later in the day. At least 11 Yellow-Browed Warblers were in the same areas as yesterday with a Red-breasted and Spotted Flycatcher again recorded at Balcomie. Finally, an Arctic Warbler was seen and photographed at Crail Airfield. Sunshine returned briefly on 24th with a light easterly wind. Three Yellow-browed Warblers were recorded at Crail (Kirklands) with singles at Denburn Wood and Kilminning where 23 Stonechats were also reported. A juvenile Red-necked Grebe and two Whimbrel were seen from Pettycur Harbour and a Great White Egret was amongst the species recorded at the Eden Estuary Centre. The day count from Fife Ness included three Arctic Skuas, five Sooty Shearwaters and one juvenile Pomarine Skua. After a cold night with frost in some areas, Wednesday 25th was a lovely day with a rare Spotted Sandpiper seen throughout the day at Cameron Reservoir being the early highlight. Single Great White Egrets were recorded at Lochore Meadows CP and at Newburgh with two Yellow-browed Warblers noted at Kilminning and one at Craighead Farm. More than 75 Golden Plovers were seen at Balcomie before the day count from Fife Ness included two Sabine’s Gulls and 116 Sooty Shearwaters. The first report on a 26th was of two Arctic Skuas, three Brent Geese, six Barnacle Geese and two Slavonian Grebes, seen at the Eden Estuary LNR. The Spotted Sandpiper was recorded again at Cameron Reservoir where it stayed for the remainder of the month. A Great White Egret was reported from Riverside Park, Glenrothes and a Pomarine Skua was seen from Pettycur Harbour as well as two Arctic Skuas. Over 1900 Kittiwakes and 80 Little Gulls were recorded at St Andrews (Castle Sands), with selected sightings from the Fife Ness day count showing: one Balearic Shearwater, three juvenile Pomarine Skuas and 23 Puffins. The wind direction changed from easterly to a cold northwesterly on Friday 27th bringing five Arctic Skuas, two juvenile Long-tailed Skuas and two juvenile Pomarine Skuas to Hawkcraig Point. A Long-eared Owl was recorded at Boarhills and observers at Fife Ness reported the fascinating sighting of a Brown Booby along with seeing 10 Arctic Skuas, one Slavonian Grebe and 93 Sooty Shearwaters, amongst many other species. Another Great White Egret was spotted at Morton Lochs NNR the next day, 28th. This was the eighth different location to host this species during the month. Over 300 Golden Plovers were seen at Kilrenny and 16 Little Egrets noted amongst the Eden Estuary LNR sightings. Finally, the Fife Ness day count included: 10 Arctic Terns, one Peregrine, one Red-necked Grebe, 19 Red-throated Divers and eight Sooty Shearwaters. The next day, 29th, a juvenile Long-tailed Skua was seen at Ferry Hills along with early sightings of Brambling and Redwings. Selected records from the Fife Ness day count included: one Balearic Shearwater, one Grey Phalarope. 73 Little Gulls and one Long-tailed Skua. The final day of September brought a report of one Ruff and 11 Little Egrets at the Eden Estuary Centre. A Yellow-browed Warbler and 10 Bramblings were recorded at Kilminning and finally, a Barn Owl was seen on a post near Tayport. | |
August 2024 Sightings
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 St Andrews where it remained until last reported on 2nd, and a Merlin was spotted at East Wemyss, where the Mediterranean Gulls were flushed by dogs. A Short-eared Owl was reported at Out Head and finally the day count from Fife Ness included, one Cory’s Shearwater, six Arctic Skuas, three Little Gulls and one Black Tern. The first report on 2nd was of a Little Ringed Plover off Billow Ness, Anstruther. Five Greenshanks were then reported from Newmills Bay and a Yellow Wagtail was seen at Kilminning, before one Curlew Sandpiper, 19 Little Egrets and one Osprey were recorded at the Eden Estuary Centre. Saturday 3rd attracted a Green Sandpiper to a pool near Gillingshill Reservoir and a Marsh Harrier to fields near Carnbee. A further two Green Sandpipers were seen from Ferry Hills, along with one Whimbrel and 11 Tree Pipits. Reports from the Eden Estuary LNR listed 26 Little Egrets, one Curlew Sandpiper, two Ospreys, one Greenshank and at least one Whimbrel. Another Curlew Sandpiper and one Greenshank were then recorded at Coble Shore. The day count from Fife Ness included: one Arctic Skua, three Black Terns, two Puffins, 66 Sandwich Terns and two Whimbrels. The recent settled spell of warm weather was interrupted by showers on 4th; however a Quail was heard calling near Kingsbarns and a most welcome Green Sandpiper was then seen on the new wetland at Kilminning, a positive sign for the future! Monday 5th began with a sighting from Kilminning of a Sooty Shearwater. This was followed by a report from Billow Ness, Anstruther, of a Cory’s Shearwater and another Sooty Shearwater, with a Cory’s Shearwater also seen off Crail. Three Manx Shearwaters and two Arctic Skuas were then spotted from Earlsferry. Finally, the day count from Fife Ness included: two Arctic Skuas, one Little Gull, four Sooty Shearwaters and 28 Whimbrels. The first report on the 6th was again from Fife Ness and included one Sooty Shearwater, one Great Skua, one Arctic Skua, and five Puffins. The next report was from Billow Ness, Anstruther, where one Black Tern, one Mediterranean Gull and 18 Common Scoters were seen. A Mediterranean Gull along with a Little Gull and 14 Manx Shearwaters were then spotted from Earlsferry. Two Roseate Terns were seen from Pettycur Harbour, before the final record of the day was of two Marsh Harriers seen over a field of oats north of Kilrenny. After a spell of warm but showery days, Wednesday 7th dawned with gusty south-westerly winds and the report of a Quail calling south of Kilmany. A Green Sandpiper was then spotted flying SE over Kirkcaldy, before a Kingfisher was seen at the pond in Belleknowes Industrial Estate, Inverkeithing. An observer at Seafield saw one Bar-tailed Godwit, six Dunlins, 10 Ringed Plovers, three Curlews and two Redshanks. The only count from Fife Ness that day included 20 Common and three Velvet Scoters.
The second week of August (8th) began with a report from Pettycur Harbour of four Arctic Skuas, four Manx Shearwaters, six Fulmars, two Little Egrets and one Red-throated Diver. This was followed by sightings of a Marsh Harrier and two Tree Pipits near Crail and then a report of C50 Golden Plovers also seen near Crail. The first Great Shearwater of the season was recorded at Fife Ness, along with many other species including: two Arctic Skuas, one Great Skua, 85 Sandwich Terns and C200 Gannets. A spell of very windy weather from the SW swept across Fife on 9th but this did not deter observers who recorded one Green Sandpiper at a pool near Gillingshill Reservoir (perhaps the same one seen on 3rd?) and a Roseate Tern at Pettycur Harbour. Early evening records from Fife Ness included: four Sooty Shearwaters, one Pomarine Skua lingering, one Wheatear on the rocks and two Stonechats. The final report of the day was from East Wemyss and was of 65 Mediterranean Gulls of which 11 were juveniles. Saturday 10th was again windy with strong gusts from the SW, however it proved to be a busy day for observers in Fife with several Marsh Harriers seen (times of observations given in case of duplication.) A juvenile Marsh Harrier, one Whimbrel and two Greenshanks were reported from Boarhills (08.55) followed shortly after by a sighting at Kilrenny of a juvenile Marsh Harrier along with an adult (09.10). A further sighting of a juvenile Marsh Harrier was from St Andrews (12.45) with Marsh Harriers also seen at Letham Pools (13.15, 16.00 and between 19.15 -19.50) and at the Eden Estuary Centre (17.45 -19.45). An Osprey was seen at Newburgh and a Grey Partridge with four juveniles was recorded at Out Head. One Whinchat, one Marsh Harrier (as above), one Snipe and one Curlew were seen at Letham Pools, before 30 Black-tailed Godwits, 50+ Manx Shearwaters, three Shovelers and three Arctic Skuas were reported from Pittenweem. Records from the Eden Estuary Centre included one Osprey, four Greenshanks, 10 Knot, three Black-tailed Godwits, 14 Goosanders, c125 Dunlins, c265 Redshanks, four Swifts, nine Little Egrets and one Marsh Harrier (as above.) Additional sightings from Letham Pools were: one Marsh Harrier (as above,) 82 Coots, 26 Gadwalls, c45 Mallards, 15 Little Grebes, one Tufted Duck with two young, three Shovelers, one with seven young, and 14 Teal. The final record of the day (apart from Fife Ness totals,) came from Birnie & Gaddon Lochs LNR where a Green Sandpiper was seen. The day totals from Fife Ness included: two Arctic Skuas, 76 Common Scoters, 46 Dunlins, two Great Skuas, three Little Gulls, one Marsh Harrier (as above,) two Red-necked Grebes, 30 Ringed Plovers, one Ruff, one Sooty Shearwater and 62 Swallows. Sunday 11th dawned bright and sunny and proved to be a lovely summer’s day. The first sightings were from Ferry Hills where 460 Tree Pipits were recorded, a UK day record on Trektellen (a site for Visible Migration or VisMig,) along with one Black-throated Diver, two Red-throated Divers and one Snipe. An Osprey was reported from Cupar followed by records from Pettycur Harbour of three Arctic Skuas, one Pomarine Skua, a flock of 15 Black Terns, one Red-throated Diver, three Little Terns and 221 Manx Shearwaters. Seven Mediterranean Gulls were at East Wemyss and an observer at Out Head recorded one Pomarine Skua, five Arctic Skuas, one Black Tern, one Osprey, one Mediterranean Gull, one Little Gull and 11 Manx Shearwaters. The day totals from Fife Ness included: 779 Manx Shearwaters, three Sooty Shearwaters, one Long- tailed Skua, 202 Common Scoters, 21 Puffins, 275 distant Arctic or Common Terns, one Little Gull and two Red-throated Divers. A brief spell of easterly winds marked the beginning of the next week (12th,) unfortunately they were immediately followed by thunderstorms putting an end to the sunny weather of yesterday. One Roseate Tern, five Arctic Skuas, one Little Gull, 10 Manx Shearwaters, 60+ Fulmars and three Teal were noted at Pettycur Harbour in the morning with 30 Manx Shearwaters and 51 Arctic Terns seen during the evening. A juvenile Marsh Harrier flying low was recorded from Ferry Hills. Finally, the total day count from many observers at Fife Ness included: one Balearic Shearwater, seven Sooty Shearwaters, 31 Arctic Skuas, one Long-tailed Skua, four Little Gulls, one Roseate Tern, one Pintail and a very noteworthy Caspian Tern. The first report on 13th was from St Andrews, by the aquarium, where 32 Common Scoters, 36 Canada Geese, 13 Arctic Terns, five Common Terns, 28 Sandwich Terns and about 12 Fulmar chicks still on the cliffs were recorded. An unusual Carrion/Hooded Crow was seen in Kirkcaldy and a reeling Grasshopper Warbler was heard near Pitlair, quite late in the season to be vocal. Two Water Rails and a huge flock of over 160 Mallards, many in eclipse plumage, were noted at Cullaloe LNR, before c250 Swallows were seen north of Strathmiglo, a sure sign of the impending autumn migration. A report of one Green Sandpiper near Rossie Bog completed the records for the 13th. The next day (14th) proved to be warm and sunny with observations beginning with an early morning report of two Whinchats near Kinghorn. An Arctic Skua, two Little Gulls, 60 Common Terns, 55 Sandwich Terns and five Goosanders were then seen at Balcomie Beach, before three Ospreys were noted at Tayport. A juvenile Cuckoo at Morton Lochs NNR was a reminder that although many adult Cuckoos were by now south of the Sahara, this year’s young still had the long journey to complete on their own – amazing! An early evening count from East Wemyss included 63 Eiders in various stages of moult and nine Turnstones. An observer at Out Head saw one juvenile Black Tern being chased by two Arctic Skuas, also seen were three Little Gulls, two Whimbrels, one Manx Shearwater and one juvenile Whinchat. Although reported as “generally very quiet,” sightings from Pettycur Harbour included one Little Gull, c30 Kittiwakes, 24 Arctic Terns, three Fulmars, eight Gannets and one Scaup along with good numbers of other species. Finally, the day count from several observers at Fife Ness included: 291 Manx Shearwaters, 17 Arctic Skuas, 19 Dunlins, and three Golden Plovers.
The third week of the month (15th) began with rain sweeping across Fife, retribution for yesterday’s lovely weather!? Amongst the sightings by observers at the Eden Estuary Centre were: two Ospreys, eight Little Egrets, one Ruff, 24 Goosanders, one Kingfisher, 14 Black-tailed Godwits, c450 Redshanks and c45 Dunlins. 30 Swifts were seen and heard at Cellardyke with 10 more seen high above Kennoway. Finally, an early afternoon count from several observers at Fife Ness included: four Arctic Skuas,14 Ringed Plovers and a huge number of some 2000 Gannets. Friday 16th began with the sighting of a Black Tern, 56 Manx Shearwaters, 12 Fulmars and two Common Scoters along with many Kittiwakes, Common and Sandwich Terns at Pettycur Harbour. Unusually, three Kingfishers together were seen at Newmills Bay before a Green Sandpiper was recorded at the lagoons in Tentsmuir NNR. A very bright Chiffchaff was seen briefly in Cellardyke and finally four Ruff, 15 Greenshanks, 15 Little Egrets and 375 Canada Geese were recorded at the Eden Estuary Centre. The next day (17th) a very early morning record from Fife Ness was of the second Great Shearwater seen this month and is included in the abbreviated day count later. A Nuthatch was seen in the cemetery near Dunfermline Football Ground before a report from Pettycur Harbour noted two Arctic Skuas, 22 Manx Shearwaters and four Black-tailed Godwits. The new pool at Kilminning was continuing to attract waders, with one Greenshank seen today, before a Black-tailed Godwit, two Common Sandpipers and 32 Curlews were recorded near Stenhouse Reservoir. A Short-eared Owl and four Whimbrels were seen at Balgove Bay and a Marsh Harrier was observed over a cereal field near Guardbridge. Finally, the day count from Fife Ness included: one Great Shearwater, three Sooty Shearwaters, two Black Guillemots, one Arctic Skua, one Ruff, 54 Ringed Plovers, 92 Dunlins and one Osprey. Strong south-westerly winds returned on Sunday 18th which may have deterred bird watchers as the only report, other than from Fife Ness, was of a juvenile Black Tern off Pettycur Harbour. The total day count from four observers at Fife Ness included: five Sooty Shearwaters, one Balearic Shearwater, 2859 Gannets, six Arctic Skuas, one juvenile Long-tailed Skua, one Velvet Scoter, one Black Guillemot, nine Whimbrels, 47 Black-tailed Godwits and one Ruff. The first report of the new week (19th) was from Ferry Hills where, once again, the UK day record for migrating Tree Pipits was broken with a count of 926! A survey at Loch Gelly revealed one Osprey, three Whooper Swans, one Greenshank, one Water Rail, 17 Canada Geese, 136 Greylag Geese, one lone Wigeon, 67 Pochard, 82 Tufted Ducks, 14 Gadwall, 41 Coots, 85 Little Grebes, 12 Great Crested Grebes (including five juveniles), with a female still on a nest and finally, 53 Mute Swans plus eight juveniles. A juvenile Cuckoo was seen in a Burntisland garden before two Arctic Skuas, two Whimbrels, and a flock of 87 Fulmars were recorded at Pettycur Harbour. Five Manx Shearwaters were seen by the aquarium at an otherwise quiet St Andrews and the day count from Fife Ness included: one Balearic Shearwater, eight Great Skuas, three Arctic Skuas and four Little Gulls. The next day (20th) a Green Sandpiper and a Water Rail were seen during a WeBS survey at Lochore Meadows CP and three Whinchats were reported at Boarhills. Records from the Eden Estuary Centre, before a very high tide, included one Ruff, 12 Little Egrets, four Greenshanks, 32 Black-tailed Godwits and 134 Canada Geese. A juvenile Long-tailed Skua was seen at Crail and a juvenile Marsh Harrier was reported from the Eden Estuary LNR. Finally, the day count from Fife Ness included: one Arctic Skua and one Pomarine Skua. A Hobby was seen chasing Swallows at Kilmany the next day (21st) and a Cory’s Shearwater was observed from Pettycur Harbour before a Sooty Shearwater and 20 Manx Shearwaters were seen at Pittenweem. Finally, an Arctic Skua and Great Skua were included in the Fife Ness day counts.
The unseasonably wet and very windy weather continued at the start of the third week of the month (22nd). 32 Swifts were seen over Struthers Farm then an Osprey and 20 Little Egrets were recorded at the Eden Estuary Centre. Two juvenile Marsh Harriers at St Andrews and a juvenile Whinchat at Tayport were reported before the day count from Fife Ness included: three Arctic Skuas, one Great Skua and one Storm Petrel. Friday 23rd began with leaden skies and a strong SW wind, however a Spotted Flycatcher and a Garden Warbler were seen at Kilmany and selected sightings from three observers at Pettycur Harbour included: two Black Terns, one Roseate Tern, one Pomarine Skua, c60 Goosanders, one Red-throated Diver and one White Wagtail. Four Roseate Terns were also recorded at Pittenweem and evening observations from Kingsbarns included: 65 Little Gulls, seven being juveniles, four Great Skuas and three Arctic Skuas, 145 Ringed Plovers and 160 Swifts. Finally, the day count from Fife Ness included: two Arctic Skuas, three Great Skuas, one Pomarine Skua, two Roseate Terns and one Ruff. The first records from Saturday 24th were from Ferry Hills and included 251 Tree Pipits, 78 Sand Martins, 16 White Wagtails, three Red-throated Divers and one Little Egret. An Osprey and two perched Buzzards were amongst the species seen in the reserve area at Lochore Meadows CP where the main loch is now the domain of water sports enthusiasts. Two Ruddy Shelducks appeared near Stenhouse Reservoir and a Merlin, five White Wagtails, three Wheatears and three Greenshanks were seen at Fairmont. Highlights from Fife Ness included: 14 Arctic Skuas, six Sooty Shearwaters and 10 Whimbrels. Three Ruff, one Greenshank and six Whimbrels were reported from Ferry Hills early on 25th, before two Black-tailed Godwits, still in breeding plumage, were seen at Cullaloe LNR. A Red-throated Diver, 12 Arctic Skuas and two Cory’s Shearwaters were amongst the species seen from Pettycur Harbour before the day totals from Fife Ness included: one Balearic Shearwater, seven Sooty Shearwaters and one Arctic Skua. Monday 26th began with a sighting from Ferry Hills of a juvenile Marsh Harrier high to the west with another juvenile seen later at Dunino. Four Wheatears were on the rocks at Fife Ness, five were seen at Struthers Farm with two Whinchats, and four more were recorded at Out Head along with a Short-eared Owl. A further two Whinchats were seen at Letham Pools before a Balearic Shearwater and 10+ Black Terns were seen at Pettycur Harbour. 50 Mediterranean Gulls were recorded at the Back Dykes roost, East Wemyss and finally, sightings from Fife Ness included: one Balearic Shearwater and one Sooty Shearwater. Wet and windy weather returned on 27th but relented to give a sunny evening. A single Cory’s Shearwater was seen at Dysart and observers at Pettycur Harbour recorded one Balearic Shearwater, three Long-tailed Skuas, one Roseate Tern and a juvenile Peregrine amongst other species. A Grey Phalarope and Short-eared Owl were spotted at Balgove Bay and a juvenile Curlew Sandpiper was seen at Tentsmuir NNR. Highlights from over 12 hours of sea-watching by six observers at Fife Ness included: one Sooty Shearwater and one Pomarine Skua. 24 Little Egrets and four Ospreys were noted at the Eden Estuary Centre on 28th and a Cory’s Shearwater was off Pettycur Harbour. A juvenile Curlew Sandpiper was seen at Out Head and records from two separate observers at Ferry Hills included: one Yellow Wagtail, one Goshawk and large flocks of hirundines heading south. A Pale-bellied Brent Goose was seen at Carlingnose Point early on 29th and two Ruddy Shelducks were reported from Torry Bay, perhaps having flown over from the Netherlands, before sightings from the Eden Estuary Centre included five Ospreys, 27 Little Egrets, three early Pink- footed Geese and around 350 Redshanks. Sunshine on Friday 30th heralded the start of some settled weather and the promise of an easterly wind. Two Long-tailed Skuas and five Arctic Skuas were recorded at Ferry Hills. Two Long-tailed Skuas seen from Ferry Hills were also the first records of the next day (31st) before one Green Sandpiper and one Curlew Sandpiper were recorded at the Eden Estuary Centre. A Roseate Tern and two Black Terns flew past Pettycur Harbour and two Whinchats appeared at Stenhouse Reservoir. Finally for the day and the month, the day count from Fife Ness included: one immature White-billed Diver, 10 Arctic Skuas and two Sooty Shearwaters.