Kilminning Coast Nature Reserve in Fife

Kilminning Coast is a nature reserve in Fife that is managed by Scottish Wildlife Trust.

Birds found in Kilminning Coast

There have been 171 species of birds recorded in the Kilminning Coast area.

Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Chiffchaff (tristis) (Phylloscopus collybita subsp. tristis)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Ring-Necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenland Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe subsp. leucorhoa)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Olivaceous Warbler (Iduna pallida)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Radde's Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
Red-Flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Scandinavian Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus subsp. littoralis)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
Yellow-Browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)

Mammals found in Kilminning Coast

There have been 7 species of mammals recorded in the Kilminning Coast area.

Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus)
Stoat (Mustela erminea)
Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Otter (Lutra lutra)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)