Kleine Möwe...

Just along the coast from Anstruther and Pittenweem is the small town of Elie.  Rather than images of the town itself today I have two picture of seabirds which were taken at high tide.  The Forth Estuary is an internationally important breeding and wintering location for many species, but the first picture is on one of the more familiar species.

Herring gulls are among the most common of the birds that can be seen off the coast.  The picture was taken from the harbour wall looking into the small bay formed by a small promontory, which is in the background.  The tide is not usually high enough to cover the all the rocky outcrops on the foreshore, and birds use them as refuges.
The second picture, though is of a much rarer species.  The sandwich tern breeds on some of the islands in the estuary, and the one below is just moulting into adult plumage before embarking on the migration to the South Atlantic.

It's found a very small perch.