FBC Awards and Prizes

Rare Bird of the Year

Presented to the finder of rarest bird of the year found in mainland Fife by a Fife Bird Club member.

2023: Jared Wilson for Stejneger’s Scoter, Lower Largo, April 28th to May 8th

2022: Jared Wilson for Stejneger’s Stonechat, Crail, October 22nd to 25th

2021: Jared Wilson for Fea’s-type Petrel, Fife Ness, August 30th

2020: John Nadin for Scopoli’s Shearwater, Dalgety Bay, August 9th to 11th

Bird Photograph of the Year

Gerry Owens Bird Quiz

Gerry Owens

The winners of the inaugural Gerry Owens Bird Quiz held at the 2024 Indoor Meeting of the Fife Bird Club was the Ferry Hills Team (Graham Sparshott, Derek Robertson, Mary Williams and Alistair Cairns).