Methil is a town in South East Fife, Scotland, situated near the mouth of the River Leven on the Firth of Forth between Buckhaven and Leven. Fife (Fìobh in Gaelic) is a unitary council region of Scotland situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Scottish Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... The Firth of Forth from Calton Hill The Forth Bridges cross the Firth The Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of Scotlands River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea between Fife to the north, and West Lothian, the City of Edinburgh, and East Lothian to...

The town forms the core of the industrial communities of Leven, Innerleven, Kirkland, Aberhill, Methilhill, Denbeath, Muiredge and Buckhaven and owes its modern development to the docks which were established in the 1870s for the export of Fife coal.

Lower Methil Heritage Centre (1995) features a changing programme of exhibitions focusing on the town's local industrial history.

In addition to its three docks, Methil is the site of a power station and an industrial estate with industries producing, machinery, clothing, bricks, plastic piping, animal feed and fertilisers.

The local football team is East Fife F.C., nicknamed the Methil Milan who play their home games at the recently built New Bayview. East Fife F.C. is a Scottish football team currently playing in the Scottish Football League. ...

The bay by the power station is a major site for wintering sea-ducks, notably Common Eider, Common Scoter and Long-tailed Ducks. A few rare American Surf Scoters are also in the area. Genera Polysticta Somateria Histrionicus Camptorhynchus Melanitta Clangula Bucephala Mergellus Lophodytes Mergus † For other ducks, see also: Anatidae The seaducks, Merginae, form a subfamily of the duck, goose and swan family of birds, Anatidae. ... Binomial name Somateria mollissima Linnaeus, 1758 Green: breeding Blue: winter/feeding The Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) is a large sea duck, which is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia. ... Binomial name Melanitta nigra Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies (Black Scoter) The Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) is a large sea duck, 44-54 cm in length, which breeds over the far north of Europe, Asia and North America. ... Long-tailed Duck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Binomial name Melanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758) The Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) is a large sea duck, which breeds in Canada and Alaska. ...