A day out with Susan and her cousin Gordon was arranged for the 3rd October. An early start suited me so I arranged to meet Susan and Gordon at Kilminning around 1100. I headed out at around 0645 and finally made it to Crail roughly 90 minutes later. Once again I took the track across the fields on my way out to Kilminning. Things were relatively quiet at the top end so I headed instead to the bottom end where the Barred Warbler showed briefly on and off. Susan and Gordon arrived and managed to see the bird. As it wasn't particularly warm we headed to the Fife Ness hide for some seawatching. A Long Tailed Duck and a few Sandwich Terns were as good as the seawatching got. We headed for St Andrews next but called an early halt to proceedings after a quick look at St Andrews Bay from near the castle. Not a classic day out but Barred Warbler is always worth seeing.
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| Barred Warbler |
Species seen on walk to bus station - Herring Gull, Pink Footed Goose, Carrion Crow,
From bus to St Andrews - Woodpigeon, Rook, Starling, Jackdaw.
St Andrews to Crail - Mallard, Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Common Gull, Black Headed Gull, Pheasant.
Crail to Kilminning - Grey Wagtail, Blackbird, Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Golden Plover, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Sparrowhawk, Wren, Pied Wagtail, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Gannet, Kestrel, Chaffinch, Buzzard, Magpie.
Kilminning - Yellowhammer, Song Thrush, Redwing, Linnet, Barred Warbler, Goldcrest, Great Black Backed Gull, Cormorant, Reed Bunting, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, Greenfinch.
Fife Ness - Curlew, Sandwich Tern, Common Tern, Razorbill, Red Throated Diver, Kittiwake, Red Breasted Merganser, Grey Heron, Teal, Shag, Guillemot, Eider, Long tailed Duck, Velvet Scoter, Rock Pipit, Ringed Plover, Oysteractcher, Dunlin.
St Andrews - Turnstone.
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| Golden Plover |
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| Golden Plover |
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| Skylark |
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| Sparrowhawk |
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| Wren |
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| Dunnock |
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| Goldfinch |
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| Stock Dove |
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| Redwing |
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| Blue Tit |
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| Magpie |
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| Starling |
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| Robin |
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| Starling |
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| Song Thrush |
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| Barred Warbler |
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| Barred Warbler |
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| Buzzard |
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| Barred Warbler |
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| Stock Dove |
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| Red Throated Diver |
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| Gannet |
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| Common Scoter & Teal |
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| Red Throated Diver |
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| Red Throated Diver |
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| Gannet & Red Throated Diver |
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| Red Throated Diver |
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| Red Throated Diver |
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| Long Tailed Duck & Common Scoter |
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| Grey Heron |
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| Sandwich Tern |
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| Gannet |
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| Herring Gull |
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| Wigeon |
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| Dunlin & Ringed Plover |
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| Red Throated Diver |
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| Stonechat |
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| Stonechat |
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| Stonechat |
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| Red Throated Diver |
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| Eider & Red Throated Diver |
63 Species seen - Barred Warbler, Blackbird, Black Headed Gull, Blue Tit, Buzzard, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Common Gull, Common Scoter, Cormorant, Curlew, Dunlin, Dunnock, Eider, Gannet, Goldcrest, Golden Plover, Goldfinch, Great Black Backed Gull, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, Grey Wagtail, Guillemot, Herring Gull, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Kestrel, Kittiwake, Linnet, Long Tailed Duck, Magpie, Mallard, Meadow Pipit, Oystercatcher, Pheasant, Pied Wagtail, Pink Footed Goose, Razorbill, Red Breasted Merganser, Red Throated Diver, Redwing, Reed Bunting, Ringed Plover, Robin, Feral Pigeon, Rock Pipit, Rook, Sandwich Tern, Shag, Skylark, Song Thrush, Sparrowhawk, Starling, Stock Dove, Stonechat, Teal, Turnstone, Velvet Scoter, Woodpigeon, Wren, Yellowhammer.
