Seafield & Loch Leven (Findatie)

 So still catching up with photos and all that. Another couple of outings earlier this month were another walk at Seafield towards Kinghorn and a walk from the Findatie Car park at Loch Leven.

So starting with Seafield, offshore birding was much quieter with only Eider and a pair of Red-breasted Mergansers being seen, apart from Cormorant and Gulls of course, here's an obliging male Eider that ame in close:

Also we had a good display from a Wren while we were sitting having a coffee:

As usual nice views of Redshank, Curlew and Ringed Plover, we did see Turnstone, but sorry no photographs and for the first time we didn't see any Purple Sandpipers.

Ringed Plover

Redshank

Curlew

Curlew

Along the way we the only bird to pose was a male Reed Bunting, but even then he turned his back to us!

After our walk we just popped along to Kinghorn and found the nesting Fulmars;

So onto Loch Leven, this was only the second time that we walked from the Findatie Car Park up along the river and across the footbridge. It was certainly a Grey Heron day, we lost count of how many we saw during the day. Here's just a few!

We had a fabulous birding walk plus a bit of aviation too!

Pink-footed Geese

Black-headed and Common Gulls

Pied Wagtail

Son Thrush

Chaffinch

Gadwall

Buzzard

More Pink-footed Geese

Black-headed Gull

Male Merganser

Female Merganser

Robin

and our first Blackcap (distant!) of the year.

and not forgetting:

Treecreeper

A great afternoon!