Please forgive the less than catchy blog title, it's hard to capture todays great sightings in one snappy caption. Read on to find out what's about....
We'll start with the waders - the south shore of St Serfs Island is proving to be a great spot for waders, with the top billing today going to a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, potentially a first for the NNR. The petite bird was seen by SNH feeding amongst a group for dunlin. Keep an eye out for on on the reserve just in case it pops over to check out the new wetland. Look out for its long body, and white rump in flight, it's smaller than a dunlin so keep your eyes peeled. Also on the island are 3 grey plover - a rare sighting for Loch Leven.
Grey plover (with dunlin). Andy Hay (rspb-images.com)
Now to geese - this mornings goose count proved to be a bumper crop, with over 14,000 pinkies found on the loch. This is a 400% increase on the count from only 10 days ago. It looks like the NNR has returned to its previous form after 2010s 'blip', where the maximum pink-footed goose count reached only 6500.
Hidden amongst the pinkies this morning was a Greenland white-fronted goose. It was wandering through, and later chasing, the thousand or so pinkies in Vane Bay, seen via the shore camera in the cafe.
Greenland white-fronted goose - look amongst the pink-footed geese. Andy Hay (rspb-images.com)