I went down to Fife Ness this afternoon and thought I'd do a bit of seawatching. There was a bit of northwesterly so I thought I might get a few Manxies and maybe there was the chance of a skua. When I got to the seawatching hide there was a guy who'd been looking for a bit and he said he'd seen 3 Bonxies, which is pretty impressive for Fife in spring. I settled down and within a few minutes had a couple of rather distant Bonxies. Eventually I managed 4, with the other two much closer in, 2 Arctics and (wait for it) Long-tailed Skua :bounce:
The latter was a bit of a way out but was against the sky and so the tail streamers were still very obvious. So small too, like a dark tern. LT Skua in spring in Fife is a real rarity but I noticed on Birdguides that there have been quite a few others in the North Sea today - anyone else connect?
The latter was a bit of a way out but was against the sky and so the tail streamers were still very obvious. So small too, like a dark tern. LT Skua in spring in Fife is a real rarity but I noticed on Birdguides that there have been quite a few others in the North Sea today - anyone else connect?