Not a single bird seen in this #Fife woodland but, with all the vegetation died back, a good opportunity for finding #mosses and #lichens. #FifeNature @petravergunst.bsky.social @britishlichensociety.org.uk #winter

📍 Kinghorn Beach | Fife Coastal Path Fulmars tucked in along the cliffs. #Fife #Scotland

📍 Aberdour Castle #Fife A classic village sound, the jackdaws and rooks circling at dusk to roost by the castle. #Scotland

#Fife is such a great county! Boxing Day and miles of empty beach. Tentsmuir Forest National Nature Reserve @naturescot.bsky.social in the distance. #Fifenature #Scotland

A very happy Christmas to all our followers. One of 15 redpolls in a flock of goldfinches yesterday

It never seemed to get properly light under the dense cloud today and most birds were staying hidden…..but there’s always at least one show off! Male stonechat. Check fence lines and the tops of bushes. #Fifenature #winterbirding

Today quickly turned dull and drizzly here in north #Fife so it was good to be reminded that it’s the winter solstice and from now the days get longer #solstice #winter

Warmer winters may be changing the flowering times of plants, with knock-on effects for all our wildlife. The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland needs your help to track this. Join the New Year Plant Hunt this January bsbi.org/take-part/ac... @bsbibotany.bsky.social #plants #botany

Newly created pond on a #Fife farm. Wet areas like this will become increasingly important to wildlife as climate change progresses. Good to see some farmers responding to the challenge. @scotwildlife.bsky.social #climatechange #conservation

Sheep grazing our Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve, Fleecefaulds Meadow #Fife. Over winter they tackle the coarse vegetation which would otherwise dominate the meadow flowers including several species of orchid. #wildflowermeadow #conservationgrazing @scotwildlife.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

We’re celebrating the birds on our maps but losing them in the real world. If trends continue, those road names might be the last place these species survive. 👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Fife & Kinross Local Group of Scottish Wildlife Trust @scotwildlife.bsky.social had a great event on Sunday evening. Libby Penman, wildlife filmmaker and photographer entertained us with great slides and videos of wildlife from @Fife, Scotland and across the world. www.instagram.com/libby.penman...

Still a few moths about in north #Fife. A well-marked Mottled Umber and a male December Moth with cracking antennae from last night’s catch. #moths #mothing @mothiduk.bsky.social @nature.org @naturescot.bsky.social @scotwildlife.bsky.social

It’s always worth scanning the fields at this time of year. This nice flock of thirty golden plovers has been hanging around for a couple of weeks. #Fife #Fifewildlife #waders #winter #birdingScotland

Redwing, Siskin, Meadow Pipit and Goldcrest at Riverside Nature Park, Dundee today. No sign of yesterday's Greenland White-fronted Goose, but an unexpected Snow Bunting was a pleasant surprise and new for my 2025Dundee150 list (no pics unfortunately).

Today’s work party on our Bankhead Moss reserve in #Fife cleared birch saplings from the central dome of the raised peak bog where they had been encroaching #Fifewildlife #conservation #peatbogs

Plenty of hawthorn berries on our Fleecefaulds Meadow reserve for the redwings and fieldfares this winter #berries #ScottishWildlifeTrust #winter @scottishbirding.bsky.social #Fifewildlife #Fife

Another amazing fungus, the aptly named ‘Yellow Brain’ from a local park in north #Fife #Fifewildlife #ScottishWildlife #fungi

Thanks to all who voted in the Nature of Scotland Awards-the Kilminning wetland project won the Community Initiative award! #birdingFife

The Black Redstart at Roome Bay, Crail this morning. The sun even came out #birdingFife

Inveraray a couple of weeks ago

A good crop of fungi here at a half-frozen Gaddon Loch #fungi #Fifewildlife #winter

Come autumn, come #bryophytes. Climacium dendroides on the shore of Loch of Lintrathen. #scottishwildlifetrust #scottishlichens #scottishbryophytes #riverwoods #biodiversity #noticing

This morning’s roe deer. Nice to look at but can cause a lot of damage to crops and young trees. Numbers have increased a lot in recent years with up to twenty often seen on my walk around here, usually in groups of three. #deer #Fifewildlife #mammals

Glossy Ibis - Falkland (Fife) 11/11/25 #fifebirds #scottishbirding #ukbirds #ukbirding @fifebirdnews.bsky.social @fifekinrossswt.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @btoscotland.bsky.social

A Common Redshank, stands in shallow water dotted with green vegetation. It has a long, slender bill and striking orange-red legs, which are reflected in the water. The bird is foraging, with its head lowered toward the surface. #Birds #lukehaigh #birdwatching #photography

We’ve had a lot of rain over the last 48 hours and it’s good to see the burns full again. There’s even a bit of flooding in some of the fields but dig down a few cm and it’s bone dry. We need a lot more steady rain to reverse the effects of the summer drought #ClimateChange #Fife #drought #rainfall

Glossy Ibis - Falkland (Fife) 10/11/25 #fifebirds #scottishbirding #ukbirds #ukbirding @fifebirdnews.bsky.social @fifekinrossswt.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @btoscotland.bsky.social

Jelly Ear #fungus, abundant in #Fife at this time of year and most frequently found on dead elder branches. Reportedly edible but apparently very rubbery. I’m not tempted. #autumn #fifewildlife

A very wet day of hedge planting at #MortonLochs with NatureScot to create a new wildlife corridor @naturescot.bsky.social #Fife #hedges

Glossy Ibis still feeding on a flooded roadside field in Falkland, Fife at 11.00 this morning 11/11/25 #fifebirds #scottishbirding #ukbirds #ukbirding @fifebirdnews.bsky.social @fifekinrossswt.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

Ivy flowers still attracting lots of insects in this part of Fife. #Fife #ivy #Fifewildlife #insects

Glossy Ibis feeding on a flooded roadside field in Falkland, Fife at 16.15 this evening 10/11/25 #fifebirds #scottishbirding #ukbirds #ukbirding @fifebirdnews.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

Some fine #fungi in #Fife this #autumn. This, I think, is Coprinellus micaceous in early and late stages. Its common names include mica cap, glistening inky cap and shiny cap. #Fifewildlife

2 Little Auk, 1 Manx Shearwater, 1 Arctic Skua & 10 Little Gull the highlights of an hour at Fife Ness first thing #birdingFife

The sycamore tarspot #fungus showing up well against the yellow #autumn colour of the #sycamore leaf #Fifewildlife #trees

Some well camouflaged #moths recorded in N #Fife last night. Grey Pine Carpet, Feathered Thorn, Scarce Umber, Mottled Umber #wildlife #mothing #camouflage

With thriving populations of other birds and large mammals, the reintroduction of three species of vulture to Romania's mountains is set to restore the country's lost biodiversity. David Campbell reports:

Worrying reports of bird flu (avian influenza) are coming in, including an outbreak in Whooper Swans in the Fens. Other waterbirds are also being affected, and cases are rising. 📷 Sick Whooper Swan by Kane Brides #UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland

Black bulgar #fungi

Pending a decision from the Scottish Government on the future of Coul Links, Scottish Wildlife Trust Chair, Kenny Taylor, has been discussing what makes the site so special for wildlife and why a damaging golf course must not be allowed Read more: scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/2025/10/blow...

It has been a great autumn for crossbills in #Fife with hundreds seen in the bigger forests and smaller parties roaming across the county #nature #crossbills #birding

Statement from RSPB Scotland Director on proposed amendment to close grouse moor licence loophole raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/04/s...

A real treat this morning when a hawfinch turned up in trees around a local park. An uncommon bird in #Fife. The huge bill is used for extracting seeds and even cracking open cherry stones. #wildlife #birding #hawfinch #nature

Finches and buntings are starting to form flocks in open arable areas. These were in a mixed flock of over 700 linnets and goldfinches feeding on the seed heads of #Phacelia, a cover crop which, fortunately for the birds, hasn’t yet been ploughed in #nature #birds #Fife #FarmingForWildlife #finches

We’ve united with nature charities across Scotland call on the First Minister to stop #BerwickBank. If progressed it could be the deadliest windfarm for birds on the planet. Green energy is essential for the #climatecrisis, but not at this huge ecological cost↙️ www.seabird.org/press-releas...

I support wind farms, but in the right places. Berwick Bank threatens to be the deadliest windfarm for birds anywhere in the world. Please join me and take action now - tell SSE and the First Minister to #CancelBerwickBank. www.seabird.org/cancel-berwi...

Wonderful to catch a pine marten on the wildlife camera right by the house. This is the closest of three recent sightings. They seem to be spreading well in North Fife now. Hopefully they will be an effective predator for grey squirrels. #pinemarten #mammals #wildlife #Fife

A great morning of mosses, lichens, liverworts and fungi on our Fife & Kinross Local Group, Scottish Wildlife Trust event on the Tentsmuir dunes. Keep an eye on Eventbrite for our next event. #bryophytes #fife #Tentsmuir #mosses #lichens #liverworts #fungi #ScottishWildlifeTrust #sanddunes