On Wednesday after running a few errands in and around Kircaldy we went for a walk along the coast at Seafield. Bit different to running errands in Blackheath!
Birding wise though it was quite quiet, with a distinct lack of waders. Normally we see tons of Redshank, but not one this time, even the Oystercatcher numbers were low, we only saw four or five.
At our first coffee spot just passed the old sea wall, we scanned the rocks and sea, but the only things to see were the usual Gulls, Cormorant, a few Shag and Eider. Having said that a Wren popped up in exactly the same bush as our last visit:
Behind us there were plenty of House Sparrow, Pigeons, Crow and Starling. A couple of Starlings popped down to the beach for a bath:
The Gannet numbers fishing off shore have increased, it was great to watch, and as we got higher along the path past the tower the views were even better. We could also see Auks out on the water at some distance, but without the scope we couldn't identify for certain, but I'm sure there were a mix of Guillemot, Razorbill and even Puffins.
A few Sandwich Terns flew by, close enough to get good views through the bins. So far we had been very lucky with the weather, the rain was sweeping along the Forth and dumping on the Lothian Coast, but it was missing us out, so not wanting to push our luck we headed back and were lucky enough to spot a Whimbrel just by the tower:
This was our first for the year and takes us to 106 species so far. We are heading to the North Coast of Scotland this weekend for a week, for a three times postponed, due to Covid, holiday, so hopefully we will add to our tally. With Puffin, Skuas, Terns and many more besides.
So that will do for now. I will post something again when we get back.
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