Sequence of a Female Leucistic Hen Harrier successfully hunting on The Isle of Man, 2026 🇮🇲

Okay, who nicked spring?#birdingFife

Stejneger’s Scoter back at East Wemyss (‘though light a bit pants at the mo) and White-winged Scoter still at Innerleven #birdingFife #rarebirdsUK

Here's a side-by-side of some of the specimens (IDs and dates in alt-text). We can make things better when we try.

The male Stejneger’s Scoter showing reasonably well from the sea wall by East Fife Football Stadium, Methill #birdingFife #rarebirdsUK maps.app.goo.gl/4bZ5ant6pvXq...

By far the best views (closest and great light) I’ve had of the East Wemyss Scoter and the bill looks fine for Stejneger’s. Incredible how different the bill looks at distance /in crappy light #birdingFife #rarebirdsUK

Velvet x Stejneger’s Scoter again at Buckhaven #birdingFife #rarebirdsUK

Nice to see the Bridled Tern write-up in the new issue of Scottish Birds @scottishbirding.bsky.social #birdingFife #rarebirdsUK

So THE SALT ORACLE is a finalist for the BSFA awards! And my amazing designer, Sam Gretton is a finalist for the cover too! 🙌🏽 Truly delighted for Sam & very, very grateful to everyone who voted for my strange, briny why-pick-one-genre-when-you-can-pick-four book 🤗 @solarisbooks.bsky.social 🖤

A sad end for another White-billed Diver, this one at the Eden Estuary #birdingFife #rarebirdsUK

The Stejneger’s x Velvet Scoter-thing @ Buckhaven this morning. Remarkably tricky (distant) getting actual bill pattern and colouration- yellowish towards tip grading to some reddish tones towards the nostrils today’s best guess, pattern still not fitting Stej #birdingFife #rarebirdsUK

Does anyone have or is anyone aware of any photos or sightings of juvenile/ 2nd calendar year White-billed Divers during Jan-Feb 2026 from E Scotland or NE England? #birdingScotland #NEbirding #rarebirdsUK

So I reviewed the frequency of locally scarce species in Fife and applied a standard set of criteria to update the Fife local description species list. #birdingFife #birdingUK #rarebirdsUK

Fife Ness getting in on the White-billed Diver action this weekend. Nice to appear in a photo with one! (photo courtesy of Will Cresswell) #birdingFife

19 European White-fronted Geese at Cameron Reservoir this morning was a 90 minutes of scanning the 2000+ Pinkies well spent #birdingFife

The hybrid Velvet x Stejneger’s/ White-winged Scoter still in bay between East Wemyss and Buckhaven. Quite distant but good diffuse light and pale areas of bill still appear to be yellow #birdingFife #rarebirdsUK

A distinctly clawless Little Egret at Cameron Reservoir at the weekend #birdingFife

A pleasant mid-afternoon break in the sunshine to see the Common Crane that was found just outside St Andrews by the Uni Bird Club #birdingFife

ad White-billed Diver (in heavy wing moult) of Leven beach #birdingFife

The hybrid Stejneger’s x Velvet Scoter still at East Wemyss #birdingFife #rarebirdsUK

male White-winged Scoter 1km east of Lower Largo, one of the White-billed Diver too #birdingFife #rarebirdsUK

White-billed Diver very close in at Lower Largo, drifting east from Temple carpark #birdingFife

male White-winged Scoter at Leven, in scoter flock just to east of caravans #birdingFife #rarebirdsUK

Great to hear Will Cresswell here talking about Corn Buntings and some of the insights he’s gained from the work he’s been doing in the East Neuk #birdingFife www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

3 Little Auk east at Pittenweem in ongoing easterly blow, 2 Scaup at Kilconquhar Loch which also produced year tick Gadwall and Kingfisher. Exciting times #birdingFife

A Little Auk and bonus male Pintail this morning struggling east past Pittenweem in a very strong easterly blow #birdingFife

Grateful & delighted to see The Salt Oracle on the BSFA longlist among so many brilliant friends 🥰🥰🥰 EVEN MORE delighted to see the super talented Sam Gretton @solarisbooks.bsky.social nominated SEVERAL TIMES for his genius covers, including my beauty✨ Congrats all🤩 www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

I post a lot of very calm sea photos. Just for balance, it also does this

I am braving the horrors of rail replacement buses to get to this, so please come 😆

Blimey, the Firecrest was ringed on 03/11/25 at the Skagen Fugelstation on the northernmost tip of Denmark #birdingFife

The wintering flock of Twite at Cocklemill was up to 88 today, and the Nuthatch range expansion seems to have reached the East Neuk #birdingFife

Green Sandpiper yesterday near Pittenweem, a very unexpected January year tick #birdingFife

33 Little Auk south, 1 Puffin (first for several months), ad Little Gull & p-b Brent Goose the highlights of 90 mins late morning at Fife Ness #birdingFife

male White-winged Scoter still @ Leven, off from the KwikFit #birdingFife #rarebirdsUK

6 Little Auk north @ Fife Ness in a chilly and damp strong NNW this morning #birdingFife

Purple Sandpipers at Donaghadee, County Down yesterday

#birdingUK #rarebirdsUK #birdingCornwall

The Nanjizal 2025 summary is now online. The year had the second highest annual ringing total since ringing started 30 years ago @kesteraw.bsky.social nanjizalbirds.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/2...

male White-winged Scoter still at Leven 10:45 today, out from the ‘Fun Zone’ carpark #birdingFife #rarebirdsUK

Two Manx Shearwater feeding offshore and a single Little Auk south and landing on the sea the highlights of an hour at Fife Ness first thing #bidingFife

For ID purposes videos can be great for familiarising yourself with seabird flight actions, structure, etc. but it’s a pain tracking down useful clips. I’ve collated video links for various N Atlantic species here #seabirds #seawatching #birding #birdID chatterstanes.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/s...

Rather few birds past Fife Ness this morning but 5 Little Auk, ad Little Gull and Black-throated Diver south (the latter by far the scarcest species here of the three) #birdingFife

Fantastic to spot this in today’s Guardian!

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2 Little Auk south, a lingering Manx Shearwater, Red-necked Grebe and a Little Gull the highlights at Fife Ness first thing. A reasonable movement of Long-tailed Duck with 40 north #birdingFife

Water Pipit still @ Cocklemill Burn midday today, plus 11 Twite #birdingFife

The five Twite at Cocklemill Burn yesterday had morphed into a flock 54 by this morning #birdingFife