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    Tayforth Birding

    Immature Sea Eagle over Kinghorn harbour at 5pm today. Bird came in off the Forth (from the direction of Inchkeith), flew over the harbour and north inland over the village. Plumage was entirely dark with no hint of a white tail, and though it was hard to see in the sun's glare, was wearing very...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Just got back from a really nice week in Kinloch Rannoch. Luck was with me as it coincided with cracking hot weather. Most obvious birds in and around the village itself were very good numbers of swifts, swallows and house martins out hawking in the sun at all times. Cuckoos also heard regularly...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Cheers, Delia, I'll be sure to check out the south side of the loch.Can't wait to get there really. Mark
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    Tayforth Birding

    Thanks Caoercaillie, looks like there will be plenty of areas to explore and a good range of habitats too. Cheers, Mark
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    Tayforth Birding

    Hi to all. I will be staying near Kinloch Rannoch for the last week in May. Never visited that area before and was wondering if any members had suggestions for birding in the vicinity. I will be on foot so any ideas within about five miles of the village would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mark
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    Tayforth Birding

    Had a pleasant hour birding in Kinghorn Harbour today. Highlight was good views of 9 Longtailed duck calling and displaying. All were in pristine condition and looking great in their breeding plumage.Also saw my first gannets of 2012, plus a couple of razorbill, some kittiwake, and the usual...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Was watching some turnstones and oystercatchers in Pettycur harbour today when I noticed an arctic tern resting on a rock. Have never seen a tern so late in the year. Normally the last ones to go are sandwich terns about mid october.
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    Tayforth Birding

    Calm water and perfect light made for ideal viewing conditions today on the forth near Kinghorn. From 2pm to 5 I had at least fifteen arctic skuas harrasing the sandwich terns, a record for me by some distance. Also present were a lot of newly fledged gannets close inshore, practicing their...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Just had an hour or so in Kinghorn Harbour. Had about a dozen house martins hawking around the cliffs above the harbour, which was nice, and then was pleased to see quite a few eider offshore including a couple of females with some quite small chicks. There were plenty of common terns and...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Huge numbers of feeding seabirds about half a mile off Kinghorn about 3pm today. Masses of herring gull, kittiwake, fulmar, gannet, cormorant, shag, sandwich tern, common tern plus a few auks. There must have been about five thousand birds in total, I've never seen so many all concentrated over...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Lots of signs of spring on walk around Burntisland today. Migrants included my first swallows of the year, had singing chiffchaff, wheatear, but still no terns around on the forth. Gannets are back though, and the cliffs behind the town had raven, kestrel plus loads of displaying buzzards and an...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Had a mid afternoon trip to Loch Leven yesterday, walking from Findatie carpark to Grahamstone. Birds seen included about a dozen grey heron, several great spotted woodpecker, treecreeper, goldfinch, chaffinch, wren, blue tit, great tit, singing chiffchaff (first of the year for me)...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Visited Linlithgow Loch on Friday evening. In amongst all the usual suspects at the car park (coot, tufted duck, mallard, mute swan, black head gulls and jackdaw) was a lone shelduck. It was doing battle with the gulls to scavenge for chips that some lads were throwing from their car. It then...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Thanks for the reply ebeneezer, I'll get myself back out that way some day. Cheers, Mark
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    Tayforth Birding

    Hi. I grew up in Bo'ness and Kinneil was part of my local patch for most of my youth, but haven't been in about fifteen years and wondering what the site is like these days. There used to be huge numbers of shelduck in autumn and winter, plus loads of waders, and great in the winter for short...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Wow, talk about a thorough reply! Much obliged Delia. I'll be sure to take a gander up that area sometime this year. Cheers, Mark
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    Tayforth Birding

    Thanks to all for the advice and recommendations. It looks as though it might be a bit of an adventure to get there by public transport. I do have a good friend who has a car and loves birding but he is in a wheelchair. He is very resourceful but very rough or boggy ground is a bit too much. Do...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Cheers Delia. I'll do my own research too and by hook or by crook I'll grt up that way sometime. Mark
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    Tayforth Birding

    Hiya Delia, thanks for the welcome. The opposite case where I am. Had quite a few swift sightings but whereas I normally see swallows in good numbers everywhere this year seems to be much more localised with just the odd bird here and there. A real shame cos I love em. For one reason or another...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Hi. Week off work so for the first time in ages was able to get out and about in my local patch in Kinghorn. Was mid afternoon (2-5pm), not the best time but still a nice walk. The fields between Kinghorn Golf course and the loch held plenty of skylark and whitethroat, plus small groups of...
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