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An elegant Great White Egret was also very obliging today at Angle Park #BirdingFife
October 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Finally got eyes on a Glossy Ibis, and in lovely (cold) sunshine too! After continually missing them wherever in Scotland I am, this was a lovely Saturday morning treat. #BirdingFife #BirdingScotland 🪶
A glossy ibis, with shiny feathers and long curved bill, scouting the muddy shoreline at Angle Park A glossy ibis, with shiny wing feathers, looking for food in the mud A glossy ibis facing away from view flaps its wings, showing its glossy feathers. It is surrounded by rocks and reeds
October 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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I’m back and forth between Fife and Glasgow for uni, but always appreciate the home nature while I’m here! The resident kestrel put on quite a show for me last week, and these little woodpigeons (I think blown out of the nest by storm Amy) have both fully fledged since this pic #BirdingFife
A male kestrel in flight, carrying a rodent in its talons A male kestrel soaring, its head locked on to prey A flock of barnacle geese directly overhead Two young woodpigeons, huddled together under a bush
October 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Almost all the rare birds in Fife that I’ve gone looking for have evaded me the last few days (especially the Ibis 🥲), but still had a couple good days of birding, except when I got soaked by sudden torrential rain 😅 #BirdingFife
Soaked swallows at kilminning, perched on a fence A handsome stonechat perched on dry branches A golden plover flies overhead at Letham pools A Garganey amongst rocks at Angle Park, with a moorhen to the back left and lapwing to the right, deciding to show well, and give me one rare siting this weekend!
September 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Treated to a beautiful wee kestrel very visible in my area today on an otherwise quiet evening #BirdingFife #BirdingScotland
A young wood pigeon in flight A male kestrel perched on a wire, bathed in golden sunset light A (clumsy?) crow, dropping a dead rodent A male kestrel perched on a wire, with a truck and buildings in the background
September 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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trying more freehanding on a banner for my hawk lords, taking their name very literally, unsurprisingly #spacemarines #warhammer40k
August 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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This was a birthday outing and it was, putting it mildly, unreasonably windy 🙃 a pain when trying to hold a camera still, but the birds clearly didnt mind too much, which is the important thing! #BirdingFife
A stonechat, avoiding its regular perch in a bush, instead stands on the ground to avoid getting blown away! Yellow flowers through the foreground grass, and pink/purple flowers in the bushes and thistles behind. An oystercatcher stays low over the dunes, flying away from camera. A hill with trees and buildings is out of focus in the background. A goldfinch briefly perches on some thistles, with white flowers in the background. An arctic skua / parasitic jaeger flies rather acrobatically above the sea
August 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Arctic skua, terns (which, much like gulls, I struggle to identify juveniles aside from some sandwich terns 😅), gannets, razorbills, sand martins, and all sorts of birds at West Sands a few days ago. And the lovely highland sheep posing! #BirdingFife
A highland sheep, with rounded horns and a yellow tag on the ear, in front of green grass and white flowers Arctic Skua / Parasitic Jaeger fly against the grey sky A gannet (left) soars whilst a tern (sandwich?) dives down to the sea A sand martin flies around grassy dunes and wire fences
August 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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I spent a day at Fife Zoo for a photography course, and while the aviary was unfortunately closed due to bird flu restrictions, I still managed to get a quick look at some beautiful African birds through the fence. This lilac-breasted roller is a bird I’ve wanted to see for a while 🪶
July 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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I guess this is still a bird post lol, got my nails done with a pigeon (/ rock dove 🤓) pattern today 💜💚
July 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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some of the usual suspects at West Sands #BirdingFife
a meadow pipit, perched on a wire fence a skylark, with a slightly ruffled head, sits perched on a wire fence, showing its very long claws a pied wagtail sits on a wooden post of a fence, with an insect in its beak, and a flowered plant infront a pair of starlings sit on a wire fence
July 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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some lovely wee birds at West Sands St Andrews in the haar yesterday evening #BirdingScotland 🪶
a stonechat, with orange breast, sits on the top of a fence post a male linnet, with stunning reddish breast and crown looking almost fluorescent in the light, perched on a wire fence a gull flies out to sea, fading into the haar (fog) a grey partridge stood in grass with yellowish flowers
July 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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pretty chuffed to have seen ravens above the fields near my house today, never seen or heard of any nearby. I heard one calling and knew my day was made! #BirdingScotland 🪶
a barn swallow with its tail streamers in full view, doing some aerial acrobatics against a blue sky a tortoiseshell butterfly on a thistle, with sunlight shining through its wings a raven in flight against a blue sky, the light reflecting on its large beak a raven with its beak open and calling whilst in flight
July 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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where I normally see (and hear) one or two buzzards soaring high, today I have seen what I assume is a family of four! #BirdingFife
a buzzard in flight against a cloudy backdrop, mouth open and cawing as it goes a buzzard in flight in a more side-on view this time, still mouth open and cawing two buzzards in flight, in the sun against a blue sky, one with both legs out after some aerial acrobatics four buzzards soaring high in the distance against a blue sky with a touch of soft white clouds.
June 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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a pair of swallows and some goldfinches feeding juveniles in the garden today. the juvenile crow I was worried about a few weeks ago seems to be doing well :) #BirdingScotland 🪶
a barn swallow against a grey sky, flashing its fanned tail feathers a barn swallow against a blue sky with clouds, its forked tail is visible and its eye is sparkling in the sun an adult goldfinch feeds its young on an open and quite bare branch, light shines through the juvenile’s open wings the juvenile crow stares through leafy branches, its eye is still blueish grey, but it has grown well in the last few weeks!
June 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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more of the variety of birds at Loch Leven #BirdingScotland 🪶
a tufted duck in the water, shining purple in the sun, showing off his nice haircut a sedge warbler perches neatly a slightly scruffy looking shoveler duck floating smoothly on the water a cormorant stretches its wings after jumping through the still water
June 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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a lovely day around Loch Leven yesterday #BirdingScotland 🪶
a black headed gull in flight, about to dive into the water greylag geese splashing across the water a pair of grey herons fly across the loch a mute swan and her cygnets
June 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Not a great showing at Kinnoull Hill today, but the sound of a redstart and nuthatches were nice to hear. No eyes on ravens or green woodpeckers but a red squirrel and juv GS woodpecker being fed were lovely nonetheless #BirdingScotland
a male (above) and a juvenile (below) great spotted woodpecker sit on bare branches after feeding a red squirrel perched on a tree, on alert a male bullfinch perches on a colour coded trail marker A tiny wren perches on a fallen branch, singing out into to the woodland
June 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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the juvenile crow that was looking a bit vulnerable a week or so ago has reappeared, I heard and saw a glimpse of a juv GS woodpecker in the garden, finally got eyes on the goldfinch singing outside my window for the last few mornings, and saw a wagtail with an impressive haul of bugs #birdingFife
A pied wagtail on a mossy roof with a collection of bugs in its beak A goldfinch sits amongst green leaves, looking up A juvenile crow, with pale eyes and big baby mouth, peaks through branches, looking fluffy.
June 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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haven’t seen much of the local LTTs since winter, but spotted these wee ones getting fed by a parent in my trees today #BirdingFife
May 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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a lovely bright evening at the harbour in St Andrews. Lovely to see some eider chicks and fulmar flying around the cliffs #birdingfife #birdingscotland
common eider mothers with around 18-20 chicks between them, calling out and putting off a heron A fulmar in flight Fulmar nesting on cliffs Female eiders with chicks surrounded by males
May 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Lots of activity in the garden today. Fledgling robins flying about, the woodpecker showing itself again, and keeping a close eye on this quiet young crow, who’s nearby parents don’t seem to have come to the ground to feed it for some time. #birdingfife #birdingscotland
May 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Nice to see a woodpecker in the garden for the first time in a while #BirdingFife
May 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Distant crow-on-buzzard aggression, not an uncommon sight lol
May 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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not a lot of activity on the water in the afternoon heat, yet still managed 23 species when adding those heard and not seen.
A rather rugged looking pheasant sees me, interrupting his snack on birdseed left on a log a mother mallard with 8 chicks stand out against the sunny water A red squirrel has a snack on a log A barn swallow quickly flies over the water catching insects
May 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM