The Mainland Fife Bird List

The 5th edition of the Checklist of the Birds of the Mainland Fife Recording Area, which includes all accepted records to the end of September 2014 can be downloaded here. 

Since the 5th edition of the Checklist was produced there have been several new species to mainland Fife observed, and a number of taxonomic changes to the British List. Additions and changes up to the end of December 2023 have been captured in the Mainland Fife Bird List below. 

The Mainland Fife Bird List total currently stands at 347 species. There are a small number of occasions where it was not possible to identify beyond a species group (Fea’s-type Petrel, Isabelline Shrike group, Subalpine Warbler group), and whilst these species groups are included in the list below they are not included within the species total. The list also includes a handful of species awaiting acceptance by the relevant rarities committee  (indicated with an *).