Opis
Ideally situated beside Anstruther, a popular location to leave for the Isle of May seabird colonies, Elie Ness is a decent place to see some birds. While seawatching you may come across głuptak, edredon, kormoran czubaty, or any number of gulls, like mewa srebrzysta, mewa siodłata, or mewa żółtonoga. Definitely other species can be seen here as well, eBirders have seen mergansers, terns, and more, and there are certainly auks to be found.
As far as the coast goes, there's cliffs, sandy beaches, rocky beaches, tall grass plains, tidal pools, and more. This leads to birds such as potrzos and świergotek nadmorski, and if you look high up in the right season you may find skowronek. pliszka siwa are abundant, as are kawka and both gołąb miejski and grzywacz. You may also be able to spot pustułka (zwyczajna). Shorebirds like ostrygojad and czapla siwa enjoy the coasts.
Plenty more birds are seen, these are just the ones I saw on the one trip I made there. Keep in mind the eBird hotspot for Elie Ness is new and most of the sightings from the area aren't on the hotspot.
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Dostęp
You can park at the Ruby Bay Car Parks. Press P on the map for directions. From there you can walk a number of trails, some vaguer than others, throughout the headland. You can stop by Lady's Tower and the Elie Ness Lighthouse at two of the corners of the peninsula, both places where you can get some seawatching in. You can alternatively walk the Fife Coastal Path, though you will then be leaving the Elie Ness headland.
Teren i siedlisko
Rzadkie drzewa i krzewy , Wrzosowisko , Plaża , Morze , Kanion/klifWarunki
Pagórkowaty , Płaski , Skalisty , Bagienny , Piaszczysty , Otwarty krajobrazTrasa dookoła
TakCzy luneta będzie przydatna ?
Może być przydatnaUdany sezon obserwacyjny
Przez cały rokTrasa
Droga nieutwardzonaPoziom trudności szlaku pieszego
Średnio wymagający spacerDostępne
PieszoCzatownia/platforma obserwacyjna
NieDodatkowe informacje
Best to not get too close to the edges, no matter how tempting the świergotek nadmorski.
Also, if you have any other birds you saw here, please share and leave a comment! I know there are many more birds to be seen here, I'm just not quite sure which ones.


