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| Yellow Browed Warbler |
Despite the excitement of Monday's Little Bunting find the weather forecast for Tuesday meant I stayed in bed for a few hours longer after the alarm went off. The rain was forecast to go off across in Crail sometime between 1000 and 1100 so I decided to head back there to see if there was anything else around. Instead of taking Monday's route up towards Wormiston I decided to head straight out to Kilminning. The Yellow Browed Warbler was seen near the airfield entrance and at the top end of Kilminning there were some Song Thrushes and some newly arriving Mistle Thrushes with Swallow, Skylark and Meadow Pipits passing overhead.
Continuing down to the bottom end I found a few birders around but all looking in the wrong place for the Little Bunting, which unsurprisingly hadn't been seen that morning. I spent the rest of the day chatting mostly to Fiona McLean but also Sam Taylor, Willie Irvine and a few others but there was little to be seen other than fly-overs though Willie did see a possible Barred Warbler and a Garden Warbler was heard. A Yellow Wagtail was a nice surprise. The day eventually turned rather misty and then drizzly around mid-afternoon so I headed for home on the 1625 bus.
Birds seen on way to bus station - Herring Gull, Feral Pigeon, Pink Footed Goose, Carrion Crow, Starling.
Bus journey to St Andrews then to Crail - Cormorant, Rook, Jackdaw, Mallard, Black Headed Gull.
Crail to Kilminning - Robin, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Wren, Dunnock, Collared Dove, Great Black Backed Gull, House Sparrow, Magpie, Swallow, Skylark, Yellow Browed Warbler, Linnet.
Kilminning - Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Kestrel, Reed Bunting, Pied Wagtail, Golden Plover, Red Throated Diver, Gannet, Red Throated Diver, Yellowhammer, Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Blackbird, Blackcap.
Butterflies seen - Green Veined White
Mammals seen - Rabbit.
Dragonflies seen - Common Darter.
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| Yellow Browed Warbler |
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| Green Veined White |
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| Mistle Thrush |
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| Kestrel & Magpie |
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| Skylark |
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| Golden Plover |
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| Greenfinch |
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| Grey Wagtail |
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| Yellowhammer |
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| Golden Plover |
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| Greenfinch |
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| Kestrel |
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| Kestrel |
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| Yellow Wagtail |
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| Greenfinch |
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| Goldfinch |
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| Starling |
40 Species seen - Blackbird, Blackcap, Black Headed Gull, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Collared Dove, Cormorant, Dunnock, Gannet, Golden Plover, Goldfinch, Great Black Backed Gull, Great Tit, Grey Wagtail, Herring Gull, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Kestrel, Linnet, Magpie, Mallard, Meadow Pipit, Mistle Thrush, Pied Wagtail, Pink Footed Goose, Red Throated Diver, Reed Bunting, Robin, Feral Pigeon, Rook, Skylark, Song Thrush, Starling, Swallow, Woodpigeon, Wren, Yellow Browed Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, Yellowhammer.
Butterflies seen - Green Veined White.
Dragonfly seen - Common Darter.
Mammals seen - Rabbit.
