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

AGP currently in high tide roost by Stinky Pool, Fife Ness #birdingFife

Incredibly warm and still today around Fife Ness. Glad I went to see the AGP yesterday afternoon as no sign today. Black-headed Gulls throwing some shapes in the sun #birdingFife

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Purple Sandpipers through the rain and sea spray this morning #birdingFife

Hundreds of thrushes in-off at Fife Ness this morning, some really struggling in as the strong wind switched from the SE to W #birdingFife

1 Bonxie N, 75 Little Gull loitering, 1 Woodcock S and hundreds of thrushes and Starling arriving in-off at Fife NESs this morning #birdingFife

Yellow-browed Warbler and (briefly) Long-eared Owl at the Patch, Fife Ness this morning #birdingFife

1 ad Pom Skua, 1 Sooty & 6 Manx Shearwater, 70 Little Gull, a late Arctic Tern & a Great Crested Grebe this afternoon @ Fife Ness #birdingFife

juv Black Tern (presumably same bird as previous 2 mornings), 2 Sooty & 5 Manx Shearwater, 1 Pomarine & 1 Arctic Skua, 25 Long-tailed Duck the highlights of 3 chilly hours at Fife NESs this morning #birdingFife

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Juv Black Tern, 3 Pom, 2 Arctic & 1 Great Skua, 52 Little Gull and 2 Manxie the highlights of a couple of hours at Fife Ness first thing #birdingFife

3 Northern Long-tailed Tits showing well on Yell today. Got a feeling there may be a few decent photos of these birds appearing, as they're very accommodating! 😎👍 #YellBirding #Shetland #RareBirdsUK #Birdguides

Hyperactive Firecrest @ Balcomie this evening #birdingFife

Highlights from a calm Kilminning today, Yellow-browed Warbler, a nice pale Willow Warbler and a steady trickle of Brambling and Redwing (plus Blackbird & Fieldfare) in-off #birdingFife

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2 Killer Whale south @ Fife Ness this pm the highlight, but 10 (nightmare to count) Pomarine Skua, 6 Arctic Skua and 300 Little Gull lingering offshore, 2 Sooty Shearwater north, 10 Harbour Porpoise north #birdingFife

Quick stop at St Andrews this evening on my way back from Norfolk for the 2nd cy White-billed Diver. It’s good to be back home. #birdingFife

A bit quieter today but a few Brambling etc still going overhead plus the @kesteraw.bsky.social bat-like hearing honed in on a couple of Yellow-browed Warblers #Norfolkbirding

Always notable when they are doing something other than sleeping, a Spoonbill in the drizzle at Cley #Norfolkbirding

Barred Warbler at Friary Hills, Blakeney this morning the highlight, plus a few Brambling and Redwing overhead #Norfolkbirding

Called in at Snettisham for the Short-toed Lark on my way past #birdingNorfolk

#birdingShetland #rarebirdsUK

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11 Sooty Shearwater, Merlin offshore @ Fife Ness this pm. Plenty of Pink-footed Geese including some stragglers struggling to landfall. This juv landed on the sea 100m offshore, rested for an hour, flapped its way towards the breakers and struggled up onto the rocks totally knackered #birdingFife

Otter this morning at the local reservoir, the first I’ve seen there for about a year

Black Tern south, a Whoooer Swan on the sea and a Merlin hunting incoming Meadow Pipit offshore the highlights of an hour first thing at Fife Ness #birdingFife

Blimey, a proper seawatch off Estaca de Bares yesterday with 2 Black-capped Petrel, 2 Zino’s Petrel and a bunch of other good stuff #seawatching ebird.org/checklist/S2...

Went to see the White-rumped Sandpiper at Guardbridge that @simonpinder5.bsky.social had found and got very confused about its age as it skulked around in the grass. Resolution when an adult and a juvenile appeared on the mud as the tide fell #birdingFife

Barred Warbler still at Balcomie, alternating between dispatching wasps high up in a huge Sycamore and berry-bashing low down in shrubbery #birdingFife

A few Barnacle Goose, Wigeon and Teal past Fife Ness today in a brisk SE breeze #birdingFife

A black-eyed and a regular silver-eyed Northern Gannet at Fife Ness yesterday. Suggestion that this change in colour is linked to HPAI infection #birdingFife

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A juv Long-tailed Skua, 101 Little Gull and 150 Barnacle Goose the highlights from a 3 hours at Fife Ness this pm. Just 4 Manx Shearwater #birdingFife

20 Barnacle Goose, 5 Sooty Shearwater, 2 Arctic Skua and 56 Little Gull the highlights from a couple of hours at Fife Ness this afternoon #birdingFife