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

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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

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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

Water Pipit at Cocklemill Burn this morning, by far the best views I’ve had of the species in the county #birdingFife

A write-up of August’s Bridled Tern at Fife Ness, which I’d totally forgotten to post #birdingFife #rarebirdsUK chatterstanes.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/b...

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

A damp and gloomy Fife Ness this morning. Two Little Auk and 5 Manx Shearwater the highlights. So far a poor November for the former but very good for the latter #birdingFife

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

The Black-necked Grebe was feeding just off the beach at Burntisland today. A remarkably scarce species in these parts (long gone are the days when they bred at Kilconquhar Loch) #birdingFife

The ringed Firecrest still at Upper Kilminning this morning. Doesn’t appear to be a BTO ring so wonder where it’s come from… #birdingFife

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An unseasonal 9 Manx Shearwater plus Little Auk, 2 Sooty Shearwater, 3 Great Skua & 19 Little Gull north @ Fife NESs this afternoon #birdingFife

Single Little Auk, Sooty Shearwater & Manx Shearwater plus my first Fulmar (3) for a couple of months north past Fife Ness in an hour first thing today #birdingFife

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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And the winner is Lorraine Wilson for The Last to Drown

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