Still a scarce bird in Fife, we don't seem to get the numbers they do along the Lothian coast but this subtle species is perhaps overlooked.

It seemed like colonisation was imminent but perhaps the winters are still a little on the hard side up here.

Double-figure Poms (11) were also feature of a nice seawatch at Kinghorn/Pettycur on 19th which also produced a Juvenile Sabines Gull.
www.trektellen.org/count/view/2...

Leach's a very good bird in the Forth, especially if you don't include the exceptional happenings during storm Babet in October 2023.

Other misc highlights across the week included an obliging Kingfisher at Hersey Nature Reserve (almost taken by a Sprawk), Southern Hawker and Clouded Yellow.

Vis mig highlight was the hirundine passage, on a scale I just don't see up here in Fife. Best day was 23/9 at Whale Chine when we estimated 20,000 hirundines battling into the NE breeze over a 3.5 hr period (Approx. 60/40 Swallow/House Martin). Spectacular, never can do it justice in photos.

Grounded migrants generally in small numbers in the sunny weather but we pulled out some nice birds including Ouzel, Pied Fly, Lesser Whitethroat and close views of 2 Grasshopper Warbler amongst more numerous Chiffchaff and Blackcap.

A Little Tern out E was another new bird for FH on 9th the same day also producing 2 Juv LTS and 5 Little Gull heading inland. Little Tern is a former breeder in Fife but breeding petered out in ther early 2000's. Now a scarce passage bird.