A00679C Tentsmuir Sands Fife in 2009

Location, the far north easterly point of Fife at Tentsmuir Sands on the east coast of Scotland. This area is an important conservation site for wading birds and is a National Nature Reserve. The falling tide reveals many offshore sand banks and mudflats and with that starts a cycle which supports sea birds feeding in the small channels of sea water. Seals also regularly use exposed sand banks to rest and bask in the sun. Tentsmuir beach can be accessed through Tentsmuir forest which originally was a moorland with coastal sand dunes until the Forestry Commission undertook a tree plantation program in the 1920's. This view looks northeast from above the sands towards Tentsmuir Point.
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