Brilliant. 👍

A quite incredible occurance then, J 😎

The exact details are still outstanding, happy to correct , if necessary.

Craigluscar East Reservoir

Craigluscar Compensation Fife

Lochgelly Loch - Fife

Mandarin Duck - Kirkcaldy

A beautiful morning for my monthly WEB's count. New year birds with Common Sandpiper, Grasshopper & Sedge Warbler's. Then a wee detour to Kirkcaldy for the colour ringed drake Mandarin that was ringed in Poland.
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#fifeBirding

Nat & Rianne in Edinburgh

Reanne Downey is going to be a big star

Nat & Reanne in Edinburgh last night

Ameila Coburn in Edinburgh for the 1st time

I was out in Edinburgh last night to see the superb Rianne Downey & her fine support Amelia Coburn in La Belle Angele. A really wonderful night & always good to see Nathaniel Lawrance playing guitar & singing fine harmonies with Rianne. ❤️
#music

One of several singing Willow Warblers - Dunfermline

Stonechat male preening - Dunfermline

Yellowhammer brightening up a dull morning in Dunfermline.

Skylark - Dunfermline

A couple of very local walks from our house in Dunfermline. Plenty of Willow Warblers singing & good to see Skylarks, a pair of Stonechats & a few Yellowhammers, two Snipe was unusual, sadly no images.
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#birdingFife

Female Wheatear

Male Wheatear

Wild Garlic -Port Laing

Dark-edged Bee-fly - Inverkeithing

A fine local walk with George with plenty of sunshine. Highlights, my 1st Wheatears of the year, flowering Wild Garlic & a smart Dark-edged Bee-fly.
#birds
#plants
#insects

Osprey

Osprey

Osprey

A wee pm trip with George before the hail stones worked out ok.
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Distant White-billed Diver - Inverkeithing

Feeding Razorbills

Chiffchaff

Female Blackcap

The last two mornings, George & I have visited Carlingnose Point & Inverkeithing. One White-billed Diver yesterday. Today, Razorbills, a few Guilliemots & Gannets.In the woods singing Blackcaps & Chiffchaffs. Also 6 Sand Martins & Two Sandwich terns seen.
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Adult male Ring-billed Gull, 1st seen at this site on the 13th of June 2009

Breeding plumaged Black Guilliemot at Port Laing, Fife, this morning.

Record shot of one of at least 11 Sandwich Terns seen this morning at Inverkeithing, Fife.

Highland view Perth & Kinross, Scotland

A few more from yesterday afternoon up in Perth & Kinross & this morning at Inverkeithing.
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Adult Ring-billed Gull - P&K 10th April

Adult Common Gull - P&K

Record shot of Ring-billed Gull in flight

Black Guilliemot - Inverkeithing 11/4/26

It has been a decent few days & the two WBD were reported today (c day65). A few local birds with my 1st Sandwich Terns of the year & also up in the hills in Perth & Kinross yesterday.
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Wow, what a beauty. 👏

Superb image. 😃

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Now that's exciting, hope there will be a launch show i can attend. 😎

Lovely bird & image. 👍

Spring has sprung for now. 😎

Superb.

Been noticing declines in the local population of Collared Doves for some time. Just one record at Inchgarth last year and none so far this! #birdingscotland

Yes, same in Dunfermline, used to see big groups , now much more scarse.

Inverkeithing Bay

Inverkeithing Bay

Eider (one of c18 present) - Inverkeithing, Fife

George & I went back to Inverkeithing but only managed one distant White-billed Diver ( present now for 62 days) , met a nice couple from Yorkshire who got me on to a singing Blackcap, also a few Sand Marins in off. Also saw my 1st Willow Warbler & Swallow yesterday.
Local 25k list = 135
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Really sorry i couldn't make this brilliant night. Gutted, hope all who attended had a brilliant night. 👍

Two White-billed Divers - Inverkeithing

Two distant White-billed Divers (& a Herring Gull) - Inverkeithing, Fife

20 Whooper Swans off St. David's Harbour yesterday

One of several fine drake Eiders feeding in Inverkeithing Bay, Fife

George & I have visied Inverkeithing on the last two sunny afternoons. Pleased to report there are two long staying (c52 days) White-billed Divers still feeding in Inverkeithing Bay. 30 Whoopers Swans yesterday & plently of fine Eiders.
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Adult plumaged White-billed Diver - Aberdeenshire May 3rd 2014

Breeding plumaged White-billed Diver - Portsoy 3/5/14

Breeding plumaged adult White-billed Diver

White-billed diver - Portsoy 2014

As i have been stuck in the house for a while now & the two Inverkeithing White-billed Divers were reporded again today. So I was thinking if they stay another month they may look like the attached birds from Portsoy I photographed on the 3rd of May 2014, great memories.
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#divers

She is beauiful. 😃

Sunbow - Dunfermline

Sunbow from my back garden

George enjoyed the sunshine

Small Tortoiseshel butterfly on Dandelion.

Sadly not managed out much, toiling with a virus. Enjoyed the back garden in the sunshine yesterday. Sadly very few birds but a nice Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly & a fine sunbow kept me amused.

Single (paler on neck ) White-billed Diver - Inverkeithing

Two v distant White-billed Divers - Inverkeithing

Two White-billed Divers - from Inverkeithing on coastal path looking toward Hound Point.

One very distant White-billed Diver - inverkeithing.

Not been out this week apart from 30 mins on Wednesday afternoon to Inverkeithing. Still two very long staying White-billed Divers seen out towards Hound Point, together & separately.
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Thanks, i read that piece by Ian Andrews on the possibility of breeding Velvet Scoters in Scotland in 2022, based on sightings from Musselburgh, East Lothian. 👍

A bad hair day. 😉

Lovely, another i need to try & see.