The Meadies.......

 A walk around the Nature Reserve area of Lochore was very quiet, not much seen from the hide, plenty of amorous Teal though,

with the male Teal starting to look their finest for the upcoming 'festivities' 😀

Apart from that just the usual suspects until we returned to the car park, when we spotted two Yellowhammer in the tree by the car! The light was fading and very dull so this photo is brightened up a bit and grainy:

We also paid a visit to the RSPB Loch Leven, it was a very windy day and all the birds were keeping a low profile tucked up in the reeds or hiding in the undergrowth. So no photos for this one. We did add Greenfinch and Shelduck to our year list though.

This is February! Starting at Kinghorn Loch.

 We have threatened for ages to spend more time at Kinghorn Loch and get the code for the bird hide that's there so last week we finally did it. As usual the past few times we've been out it was a bit overcast and with the great Kingfisher views we had I could really have done with a bit more light, but you can't have everything!

So here's a few Kingfisher photos, plus a few other bits and bobs from the hide:

The others; Little Grebe,

Great Tit,

Coal Tit,

Robin,

Dunnock,

Long-tailed Tit

That was January!

 So one month down already. I've just a few things to wrap up for the month.

We went for another look at the Waxwings at Sighthill in Edinburgh before they move on (in fact they are still there as of yesterday) The day was very dull and they weren't about. Of course someone else had seen them earlier, but thanks to Facebook we learnt that they had relocated a few hundred yards down the road, where there were still some berries, so off we went. As I said it was dull day so not the the best photos:

This Mistle Thrush tried to drive them off from the berries and succeeded at first but gave up after a while.

Elsewhere:

Lochore Meadows ("The Meadies")

Another dull day and quite quiet, Goldeneye and Teal being the highlights;

A walk at Seafield (Kirkcaldy),

Pied Wagtail,

Long-tailed Tit

A Ukranian Patrol Boat, presumably training in the Firth of Forth,

The Tower in the sun,

Gulls and Oystercatcher,

our first Red-breasted Merganser of the year,

Redshank having a stroll,

and Redshank having a get together!

Finally a very very quiet walk at Burleigh Sands with just a Goldcrest jigging about in the pines.