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W/C 26 October 2020 Issue No. 180Free - donations welcome - suggested donation 60p

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Autumn in Crail Colin Morrison

Bow Butts Crowdfunding

A fantastic result!!

By the deadline of 24th October CrailCommunity Partnership (CCP) reachedtheir stretch target of £4,500 for thedevelopment of Bow Butts.

This is really a fantastic result and CCPare very grateful to the Crail communityand others for their generosity and

support.

See page 2 for the next crowdfundingphase of the Community Ownershipinitiative for South Kilminning.

Regular visiting has been suspended forpatients in wards in Ninewells Hospital,Perth Royal Infirmary and surgical wardsin Stracathro.

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South Kilminning, Community OwnershipCrowdfunding

Crail Community Partnership (CCP) has successfully applied for asset transfer of SouthKilminning, from Fife Council.

South Kilminning is a wildlife site onthe coastal path between Crail and FifeNess. It is made up of two sections ofland; Kilminning Coast, which is aScottish Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve,and the upper section, a parking andpicnic area that was previously acamping area. Kilminning Coast willremain as a SWT Nature Reserve whenownership changes to CCP. Althoughcovered in large part by tarmac, leftover from its use as an airfield, treesand shrubs have begun to take over,making Kilminning a magnet formigrant birds and other coastalwildlife. It is also valued by locals andvisitors as a little bit of nature in themidst of the industrial farmland of the

East Neuk. But the area could be much better for both wildlife and people.

Plans are now afoot to restore the full potential of Kilminning as a wildlife site, and to dosomething positive for the biodiversity and climate emergency. We plan to create a muchmore interesting and biodiverse space for nature and for people, and we plan to removemuch of the tarmac (although leaving enough for access and parking) to create space formore trees, for water and so for more wildlife. A great increase in the tree and shrub cover,and connection oft Kilminning to other sites around Crail via a network of wooded pathsare also planned. Over the next thirty years we want to have Kilminning as part of anetwork of wildlife sites so that a person could walk all day around Crail in biodiverse,beautiful habitat.

Why do we need Crowdfunding support?Right now, we need to pay the legal fees for Kilminning. We need to do some infrastructurework to manage access to prevent off road driving and fly tipping. We need to consult (andpay!) professionals who can advise us about the hydrology of the site and the engineeringneeded to remove the tarmac, and to create a loch and flooded meadow instead. Longerterm we will create a full plan for Kilminning and start a second round of fund raising to

make the habitat improvements.

To participate in this crowdfunding use this linkSouth Kilminning.

Or go to www.crowdfunder.co.uk, then Exploreand enter Crail as the Location or South

Kilminning as the Keyword.

Thank you for your support.

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/south-kilminning-community-ownership

WILD CRAILWill Cresswell

Photographs John Anderson

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October 18th was a stilland grey day, with thewind dying downthrough the morningleaving an absolute flatcalm from Crail to theMay Island. I resumedmy normal loop ratherthan fixating onKilminning. There weremore skylarks comingin at Wormiston: there

are hundreds in every stubble field now. On Balcomie beach there were25 turnstones, 6 dunlin and the usual suspects – oystercatchers and redwings. I sat at Fife Ness for30 minutes and enjoyed the peace. One kittiwake, a few common scoter and three far out auks wereonly thing going past apart from the gannets and shags. I did have two flocks of twite. One of fiveand the other of 15. The latter as if they had just come in from the sea. We probably have Britishand Scandinavian breeding twite spending the winter with us. There have been good flocks reportedfrom Boarhills to Fife Ness in the last couple of weeks so we may be in for a good twite winter.

One of the real joys of living in Crail is that birds reallyare on my doorstep. I was cooking the Sunday dinner –very well organised and everything in the oven for anhour before tweaking required – when I got a messageon the Fife Bird News WhatsApp group that there was aMediterranean gull and a little gull in Roome Bay.Perfect timing and I jumped on my bike and was downwith the gulls in three minutes. It was high tide, lateafternoon with little beach left and there was a line ofgulls – mostly black-headed – all along the surf. Thepath at Roome Bay is a few meters higher than thebeach so it is a great place to see birds closely at hightide. If you stay on the path and don’t go down on to thebeach, the birds are happy to ignore you even though you areonly ten to twenty metres away. The Mediterranean gull waseasy to spot – an adult, with pure white wings. After a minute it appeared to teleport down thebeach: there was also a second adult. At various times after a disturbance they paired up, but mostlythey fed apart, picking up the seaweed maggots being washed out of the strand line wrack.Mediterranean gulls are a little bigger than black-headed gulls and the black-headed gulls gave way.I spent a happy twenty minutes trying to get a decent photo despite the fact that it was really toodark. Still it was a white bird against dark water so it could have been worse. The little gull hadmoved on but there was a juvenile kittiwake, a ton of herring gulls and all of the Crail residentredshanks and turnstones also taking part in the high tide feast. And then back to cooking withouteven a single burnt roast potato. Perhaps might have been a different story if they had been Sabine’sgulls.

One of the dangers of writing a weekly digest is that you post only the highlights and give amisleading impression of wall to wall excitement. So to remedy this let me mention the afternoon ofthe 19th (last Monday). I had been waiting all day for the rain to stop. In the end I headed out mid-afternoon to Roome Bay in a light drizzle hoping to reconnect with the Mediterranean gulls again.When I got there it was coming on to rain harder, but there were a lot of gulls again so I keptwalking eastwards. It was all black-headed and herring gulls, and it always seemed that the nextgroup a little further on would have something more interesting with it. The wind was behind me aswell, so I really didn’t want to turn around anyway and face the now proper rain. I just kept goinguntil I was nearly at Fife Ness, when the oncoming dusk made me rethink my strategy and make theturn back for home. I came back through Kilminning and some stubble fields, putting up tens of

Twite

Mediteranean Gull

Gannet

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skylarks but again nothing more interesting. My feeling of virtue being rewarded was misplaced. Iwas out there but to little effect other than getting completely soaked. The dog was well walked,although I noticed she was reluctant to go out the next morning when she saw it was raining again.Not every day is a birding blinder at Fife Ness.

But then you do get another go at it the next day. The 20th hadbetter weather and better birds. The rain cleared up by mid-morning and by lunchtime it was a lovely, sunny late autumnday. I heard the Siberian chiffchaff at the top of Kilminning afew times, but it stayed elusive in the tops of the sycamores. Ithas now been here at least 10 days. Thirty minutes later at thebottom of Kilminning I heard a Siberian chiffchaff againcalling – a second bird, 900 metres away from where I last sawthe first. This was a brighter bird than the top chiffchaff – stillno greens or yellows, but a brighter buff and with a moremarked supercilium, and without the very obvious brown earcoverts of the first bird. The call was another absolute classicSiberian chiffchaff, as good as the top Kilminning bird.

Siberian chiffchaffs are never going to be split as a separate species, theyintergrade all the way along from Siberia to the UK, but they are very distinctive and have come,well, from Siberia – another link from Crail to a far flung and exotic part of the world. Key togetting on to them is the sad, almost piping “sue”, single syllable call – sometimes quite loud andmore strident than you might imagine.

Two Siberian chiffchaffs is a good trip out by any standards. I also had a brambling in the top partof Kilminning, and some blackcaps in the lower part, a couple of common snipe and redpoll flyingover, and best of all three barn swallows moving along the coast as fast as they ever go, althoughheading east. There is still life in the autumn yet.

As I cycled out of Crail towards Fife Ness on the 22nd I noticed the wind was against me. Sadly,just a bit of north-easterly swirling around a weather front rather than a pathway from Europe.There were a few things about at Kilminning and the Patch: redwings, redpolls and a few blackcaps.No long-tailed tits though. There were several flocks reported the day before and I have seen a fewin the last two weeks. They must have all been migrants that have now moved further inland.Another absence that day was the gannets. They will be leaving us over the next month. I scannedthe horizon and only saw two: they will be further out rather than gone just yet, but typically I cancount hundreds in a scan. It always feels wrong when there are no gannets passing Fife Ness, butwinter is coming. They are only really absent for December and January. The highlight of my shorttrip out was the big stubble field at the Balcomie end of Crail. As I passed, hundreds of skylarksflew up and started milling around. They kept at it in a swirling flock, like a loose starlingmurmuration. Then I saw the cause, a female merlin skirting around the edge of the field beforeflying up high and trying its luck stooping at a skylark and then a couple of linnets. I lost it over theairfield, still trying unsuccessfully to catch something. I left the skylarks still swirling, though nowhigh up to stay safely above the merlin, some of them singing, just to let it know theirinvulnerability.

By the way. I wrote the community land asset transfer for lower Kilminning during lockdown aspart of the Crail Community Partnership’s aim to increase the wooded and wildlife habitat aroundCrail. Fife Council agreed with our case: that we would do a better job than them in looking afterand rewilding the area. The land is ours – subject to final legal process – for the £1 I bid. Butalthough the price of the return of land to the community was cheap, lawyers are not. And then weneed to make a proper environmental plan to restore the land – to remove much of the tarmac(although leaving enough for access and parking), create a wetland and a more wooded, morebiodiverse habitat. You know where this is going: if you have ever visited and enjoyed Kilminningthen please donate to help us make a proper nature reserve. If you have only read about it in WildCrail, please donate anyway, ready for when you do come and visit this already special place, thatwill I hope in twenty or thirty years be something really special.https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/south-kilminning-community-ownership

Siberian chiffchaff

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Worship Resources:The Church of Scotland: For online servicedetails click here.

St Andrews St Andrews Episcopal Churchis webcasting at 10am each Sunday click hereor contact (zoom.stasstas@gmail.com).

Most Holy Trinity Church on WestgateNorth Crail , Holy Mass: Sunday 08:45.Please book a seat or pew via the parishwebsite - click here.

Crail Parish Church is now open everySunday for worship.Nov 1Rev John Murray Service 10.30am

8 Act of Remembrance at 10.45am:church service at 11.15am Led by Rev PeterNeilson. Please note that even if you come tothe Kirk Gates you will need to give us yourcontact details to comply with the currentrules.

15 Rev John Murray22 Streamed from St Ayles29 Rev John Murray

Dec 6 Gift Service Streamed from St AylesCellardyke Church 2.30pm: Bereavementservice(Joint)If you wish to come to the services you willneed to book in advance as we are still onlyallowed 50 persons in Church. Please eithercall Helen at 450516 or emailarmitage@talk21.com to reserve a place.

St John’s Episcopal Church, Marygate,Pittenweem is open each Sunday at 11.30amfor Holy Communion. Services are conductedby the new Priest in charge, The Rev. StevenButler. Services are currently being livestreamed. Strict social distancing measuresapply.

Coastline Community Church, PittenweemSunday Services 1000 and 1200. Because ofCovid-19 distancing restrictions, seating islimited and should be pre-booked by 5pm theFriday before. Face coverings must be used,and there will be no communal singing fornow. Please follow the stewards instructions.For details/bookings phone or email us.01333 312041 /pastor_ccc@btinternet.com

Shoe Box AppealShoe Box Appeal leaflets will be in CrailKirk from 4th October. The filled ShoeBoxes should be returned on Sunday 1stNovember. This means that they can be

delivered for Christmas.

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you have, very many thanks!

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East Neuk Book Group meets online in aprivate Facebook Group. All welcome tojoin. Discussion starts at 6pm but pop infrom 5.30pm and have a chat with us overa coffee or hot chocolate (Unfortunatelyyou will have to make these yourself`).

Thursday 5th November we will discuss :Elizabeth StroutOlive Again

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BBC’s Autumnwatch Comes to Fife!

The BBC’s Autumnwatch series this year will include broadcasts fromTentsmuir, and feature live camera footage of the grey seal colony onthe Isle of May, where it is pupping season. The series will be shownon BBC2 starting on Tuesday 27th October at 8pm.Some people may recall that the BBC’s Springwatch series, earlier inthe year, worked with the Open University to carry out a PollinatorWatch exercise, asking people to record their encounters withpollinating insects. The final results of the exercise are now availableat https://nquire.org.uk/files/uploads/44139f9e- 8b85-4cae-b0c4-81cea4501684.pdf

There are loads of benefits to getting out and about around Fife this autumn. Cycling andwalking are healthier alternatives and help improve air quality.If a member of your family is under 18, and whether you prefer to walk, run, cycle or scoot,you can still take part in our photo competition to win book vouchers as well as a bike standfor your school. It runs until 30 October.To enter our photo competition- capture the fun of being outside- come up with caption.We want to see your creativity and original ideas!Find out more www.travelfife.com/photocompetitionTo find local cycle and walking routes visit www.travelfife.com

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The 27th Letter Of The AlphabetCan you name the 27th letter of the alphabet?

Well, of course not, there are only 26 letters in the alphabet.But not always; once there were 27. (Well, 29, but we’ll get to that later.)

The letter we’re talking about here is the ampersand: today it’s mainlyused in company names, like Barnes & Noble, or in abbreviations likeR&R.It’s an unusual little critter. Where did it come from?In the first century, Roman scribes wrote in cursive text, so when they wrote ‘et’ – the Latinword for ‘and’ – they linked the two letters. Over time, this was adopted in the Englishlanguage as well. ‘And’ became both a word and a letter.The name for this symbol – “ampersand” – came centuries later. In the early nineteenthcentury, school children reciting the alphabet still finished with ‘&’.But you can’t finish ‘X,Y, Z, and.’ How could they sing that on Sesame Street? It doesn’trhyme.So instead, they said – because this is oh so much easier – ‘X, Y, Z and, per se, and.’Per se, in Latin, means ‘by itself.’ So the students, or the Muppets, or whoever, wereactually singing: ‘X, Y, Z and, by itself, “and.” ’ (Wouldn’t you have loved to have been inkindy back then?)Over the course of a few decades, ‘and per se and’ became – “ampersand.”Okay, so that’s sorted. But what about letters 28 and 29?Well old English was first written in the futhorc runic alphabet of the Anglo-Saxons.Christian missionaries later introduced the Latin alphabet which replaced it, and, for a time,the alphabet included letters of both languages.But two of them fell into disuse.One was a letter called ‘thorn’ which represented the ‘the’ sound.Because the symbol for ‘thorn’ and the symbol for ‘y’ look nearly identical in medievalEnglish blackletter, the two were mistakenly substituted for each other.This is why you see signs pointing the way to “Ye Olde Curiosity Shop” in mock Tudorvillages in England; we didn’t change the actual sound for ‘the’ over the years, just thesymbol we used to spell it.The other letter that was dropped was “wynn,” which represented the “uu” sound whichbecame, as you probably guessed, a “w”. Yes, a double U.So there you have it. Now you know your ampersand, thorn, wynn – won’t you sing alongwith me?

Colin Falconer

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Colin MorrisonHalloween fantasy?

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New Regulations on Home Safety Alarms DELAYEDGordon Baxter

Many people will have received the flyer with the headline “We Don’t Want to Alarm YouBut” the other day. The inclusion of the Scottish Government’s logo created the impressionthat they had given their seal of approval to the flyer (and the company, AICO). The flyerpointed out how the law is changing so that from February 2021 every home in Scotlandwill need to be equipped with the following devices:• A smoke alarm in every circulation space (e.g., hallways and landings) on each floor inthe dwelling.• A smoke alarm in the room that is most frequently used for daytime living.• A heat alarm in each kitchen.• A carbon monoxide detector wherever there is a fuel-burning appliance (e.g., boiler orfire) or a flue.In addition, it is a requirement that all the smoke and heat alarms have to be interlinked.The law was originally passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2019, with compliancerequired by February 2021. The deadline for compliance has now been changed toFebruary 2022. But there is more to this situation than meets the eye...Willie Rennie, the local MSP, posted the letter from Kevin Stewart (Minister for LocalGovernment, Housing and Planning) proposing the delay, on his Facebook page. There area few points from the letter that are particularly worth highlighting (my comments are initalics):• “It is regrettable that an error in due process led to government officials giving permissionfor the use of the logo – this was not signed off by Ministers.”Given that this flyer has been widely circulated, surely the government should be sendingthis message out to the whole of the Scottish public, rather than just putting it in a letter toMSPs.• “Our intention in bringing forward these changes is that everyone should benefit from thesame level of protection, whether they own their own home or rent from a social or privatelandlord.”If you rent from a social or private landlord, I can understand the reasoning, but tomandate that home owners need the same level of equipment strikes me as somewhatstrange. The government does not mandate that home owners have to follow the hygienestandards that apply to restaurants, for example, even though several people, every year,injure themselves in their own kitchens, or get food poisoning through their own poorhygiene.• “As with other housing standards, it will be the responsibility of the homeowner to meetthe new fire and carbon monoxide alarm standard. However, it should be noted that thelegislation does not create a direct duty on home owners. The legal duty rests with the localauthority to ensure homes in its area are meeting the standard. Homes that don’t have theright alarms will clearly not be meeting the safety standards, but nobody will be breakingthe law if they are not able to comply.”This is just confusing: local authorities, who are already struggling financially, aresupposed to find money to police every home to ensure compliance, but if you don’t complyyou aren’t breaking the law anyway!• The final paragraph notes that money has been made available to social landlords toinstall compliant alarms, and to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to support homesafety visits (which are currently suspended).There is no financial support on offer, however, for those people who can’t afford to spend£220 (on average) to equip their own homes!

There are too many issues to cover them all here. I will note, however, that in discussionswith technology literate friends and colleagues, we’ve come to the conclusion that (a)communication with the public about the legislation and compliance has been both lackingand, where it has happened, confusing, and (b) that the legislation appears as though ithasn’t been properly thought out and, as it currently stands, isn’t really fit for purpose.

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UPDATE

Crail Museum & Heritage Centrecontinues to be unable to open in acoronavirus-safe way. The safety ofour visitors and volunteers is our toppriority. We look forward to beingable to open the Museum and conductGuided Walks again, and will makethe information available on ourwebsite and in other places as soon aswe are able to do so.

Jonathan Armitage

Fife Council Rewilding proposals

Crail Matters has recently published commentary on the rewilding proposals by FifeCouncil. An online consultation was initiated but it appears this has now been suspended.Crail Matters understands this may be related to a re-evaluation of the proposed projectarising from community opposition and comment.

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Colin Morrison Gordon Baxter

Gordon Baxter

Tackling domestic abuse in Fife – 10 years for ground-breaking Initiative

OVER 2650 victims, identified and assessed asbeing at very high risk of significant harm ofdomestic abuse in Fife, have been supported throughMARAC – a multi-agency risk assessmentconferencing process – since it was set up 10 yearsago.MARAC helps to identify high risk domestic abusevictims and, by agencies working together, has reduced the risks of further incidents andharm to others, including children, across Fife.Domestic abuse is a gendered crime primarily affecting women and children many of whomare not safe in their own homes and continue to be harassed long after leaving their abuser.Domestic abuse is characterised by escalation in severity and frequency. It is about misuse ofpower and coercive control. High risk cases are identified across the whole of Fife.It is a fundamental right to feel safe at home, yet last year there were:• 437 individuals (including 421 women) assessed as being very high risk involving 451babies, children and young people

• 19% of victims report stalking• 32% of cases involved a weapon• Every MARAC meeting heard about cases of strangulationFife Council’s Community and Housing Services Convener, Councillor Judy Hamilton,said: “MARAC makes a significant contribution to tackling domestic abuse in Fife.“It’s entirely unacceptable that anyone should be experiencing domestic abuse. Of course, werecognise that any person, male or female can be in this situation; however, we are aware thatmost of the victims helped and supported by MARAC, are women and children ““The Multi-Agency nature of MARAC means that all the partners can work together withfamilies to recognise the best way forward together.“It’s very empowering for families to have the support of many partners – and I thank all ofour partners who work to tackle domestic abuse in all its forms – and make Fife a saferplace.“One person who has been helped by MARAC, shared their story, saying: “Going throughthe MARAC process got me support from Fife Women’s Aid. I would never have asked forhelp had I not been referred by MARAC. I had a home security review and police marked myaddress so it was known there was domestic abuse which helped me feel safer at thetime…Being believed and having the support for me and my children has helped us heal andcome to terms with our experience, and has given me the confidence to go on. I have nowstarted a college course in social care and would like to help others. The whole process hasmade me feel safer and more confident”Scott Cunningham, Detective Chief Inspector with Police Scotland, concluded: “As thecurrent Fife MARAC Oversight Group chair, I would like to acknowledge this 10-yearmilestone and the joined contribution and commitment by agencies to support victims ofdomestic abuse in Fife. Domestic abuse is despicable and debilitating which affects all of ourcommunities and has no respect for ability, age, ethnicity, gender, race, religion or sexualorientation.“We constantly strive to improve referral pathways to provide victims with access tospecialist support and information that can reduce the risk of further abuse, managing the riskto victims and improve their safety. Children living in homes where domestic abuse occursare also victims of abuse.“Domestic abuse is everyone’s business and no one organisation/service can address it ontheir own. Therefore, there is no doubt that the positive collaborative working with MARACpartners is key to reduce the harm caused by domestic abuse and to prevent further abusefrom taking place.”Despite Covid-19 restrictions, help is still available 24/7. For some, covid-19 has actuallymade life even more difficult for many living with abusive partners so, if you, or someoneyou know, is living with domestic abuse there are a number of agencies who can help. Talkto someone who understands. And in an emergency dial 999.

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The Royal Burgh of Crail and DistrictCommunity Council Notes

Next virtual meeting 26 October 7.15pm(Contact crailcommunitycouncil@gmail.com for joining instructions)

AGM 7.00pm - Approval of minutes of AGM held on 28th October 2019, Treasurer’s report, Dateof Future AGMs, AOCB

Meeting Agenda 7.15pm:Appointment of SecretaryMinutes of meeting held on 28th September 2020

Action Summary:Social distance measures press release – DJ andMTVacant building rates – Cllr BPRe-opening Community Hall – Cllr JDRemembrance wreath – JWContact schools re vandalism – HARecycling stickers and fines – Cllr LHRewilding response – Cllr LH & SP

Dangerous Bollards – Cllr LH

Chairman’s ReportTreasurer’s ReportSecretary’s Report

Update Crail PartnershipSolar BinsSocial Distancing BarriersRewilding ConsultationFife Councilors ReportsAOCB

The Crail SeagullCrail was fairly busy with holidaymakers the other day so I made aswift swoop to Anstruther. Well, if I’d thought that Crail was busy,you should have seenAnstruther! Okay, the sun was shining and the

tide was high and there was notone free bench along the front.There were the usual, long queues outside the fish & chipshops. Oh, goody, I thought, there’s bound to be a few tastymorsels for me and sure enough, I was replete before toolong. One thing I did notice however, no one was wearingany masks, I wonder if these have gone out of fashion now?Perhaps the gossipy sparrow will know, I must remember toask.

I’ve gone one better thanthat wee Joy from lastweek, I am now featuredon mugs & coasters! Canyou tell which fine seagullI am?