Double-figure Poms (11) were also feature of a nice seawatch at Kinghorn/Pettycur on 19th which also produced a Juvenile Sabines Gull.
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Leach's a very good bird in the Forth, especially if you don't include the exceptional happenings during storm Babet in October 2023.

Other misc highlights across the week included an obliging Kingfisher at Hersey Nature Reserve (almost taken by a Sprawk), Southern Hawker and Clouded Yellow.

Vis mig highlight was the hirundine passage, on a scale I just don't see up here in Fife. Best day was 23/9 at Whale Chine when we estimated 20,000 hirundines battling into the NE breeze over a 3.5 hr period (Approx. 60/40 Swallow/House Martin). Spectacular, never can do it justice in photos.

Grounded migrants generally in small numbers in the sunny weather but we pulled out some nice birds including Ouzel, Pied Fly, Lesser Whitethroat and close views of 2 Grasshopper Warbler amongst more numerous Chiffchaff and Blackcap.

A Little Tern out E was another new bird for FH on 9th the same day also producing 2 Juv LTS and 5 Little Gull heading inland. Little Tern is a former breeder in Fife but breeding petered out in ther early 2000's. Now a scarce passage bird.

Regular Arctic Skuas flying inland (9 on 23/8) and my lucky year for bumping into spoons continues with a superb pale Adult Pom flying inland on 28/8.

It was not to be although the supporting cast was none too shabby: 1 Juv LTS, 1 Cory's Shearwater, 1 Black Tern, 2 Roseate Tern, many Arctic Skuas and a few Bonxie.

Been lucky to bump into a few spooned Poms lately (or perhaps the same adults lingering in the Forth). Had up to two (1 pale, 1 dark) off Kinghorn while Angus had three lingering offshore from Ferry Hills on 10th.

Friday 15th a.m: a dark Adult Pom Skua started inland then U-turned, a very close Arctic Skua flew inland. PM: Inland bound terns inlcuded 112 Arctic. Also 229 Kittiwake inland. A flock of 30 Black-tailed Godwit up the Forth with 8 knot mixed in.

Angus Jennings did the PM shift and had 684 Arctic Tern heading high inland-record site total inlcuding a flock of 224! Like tree pipit, August is the month for Arctic terns here but I've never had these sorts of numbers. I do more a.m. watches though, looks like late PM/evening for terns better.