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Description
Waders passing Fife Ness in autumn can include Common Redshank, Common Greenshank, Purple Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Eurasian Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, European Golden Plover, Grey Plover and Northern Lapwing. Possibility of Iceland Gull, Glaucous Gull, Ross's Gull, King Eider, Lapland Bunting or similar in winter. There is a hide below the lighthouse. From September to April one can seawatch in comfort for skuas, shearwaters, gannets, divers, auks and gulls.
In 2022 there are plans to create a shallow loch, wader scrapes, marsh etc on a brownfield site, formerly Crail Airfield. See link for details.
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Crail is east of Anstruther and south of St Andrews. Parking is tolerated at Crail Golf Club, seek permission at the clubhouse.