Original intention was to do Loch Leven & then head over to Kirkcaldy for the Raith game. However, a 10:30 pitch inspection & subsequent postponement meant I spent the whole day birding.
Loch Leven in the morning provided a female Smew and a Brambling and not much else. By late afternoon 2 Short Eared Owls quartering St Serfs Island was my first for several years.
In between, a high tide,light winds and no sun made looking west from Ruddens Point ideal. The Drake Surf Scoter showed fairly close in. There was also 1 Red Necked Grebe, both Velvet & Common Scoter, Long Tailed Duck and Slav Grebe. A wader roost on the small island in Shell Bay included Grey Plover, Bar Tailed Godwit, Knot & Sanderling.
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