Tentsmuir Forest in Fife, Scotland, stands next to Kinshaldy Beach with a view across the Firth of Tay. Covering some 50 square miles, the area was originally moorland before acquisition by the Forestry Commission in the 1920s. Fife is a pure unitary council region of Scotland situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, ken. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country or nation and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ... The Firth of Tay is a firth in Scotland between the regions of Fife and City of Dundee into to which Scotlands largest river in terms of flow, the River Tay empties. ... The Forestry Commission is a government body in the United Kingdom. ...

The forest consists mainly of Scots Pine and Corsican Pine, a large part of which is a Nature Reserve (Tentsmuir Point National Nature reserve). Since the forest is adjacent to Kinshaldy Beach, there is a large variety of wildlife. Here can be seen deer, bats, Red Squirrel and in particular Grey Seal. Unusually, however, there are also cattle present as part of conservation management. Binomial name Pinus sylvestris L. The Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.; family Pinaceae) is a common tree ranging from Great Britain and Spain east to eastern Siberia and the Caucasus Mountains, and as far north as Lapland. ... Binomial name Pinus nigra The European Black Pine Pinus nigra (generally called Black Pine in Europe), is a variable species of pine, occurring across southern Europe from Spain to the Crimea, and also in Asia Minor, Cyprus, and locally in the Atlas Mountains of northwest Africa. ... A nature reserve is an area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research. ... Binomial name Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 The Red Squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris, is a common European tree squirrel. ... Binomial name Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791) The Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) is found on both shores of the North Atlantic Ocean. ...

Tentsmuir Forest is noteable for the many concrete blocks distributed along the shoreline, which acted as coastal defence against landing craft during World War II. The nearby RAF Leuchars base means that military aircraft are often seen (and heard), but aviation links go back to 1911 with the setting up of a Royal Engineers training camp. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Categories: Military stubs | Fife | Royal Air Force stations ... The Corps of Royal Engineers (RE), commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army. ...

Also of interest is a 19th Century Icehouse, historically used to store Salmon. A mobile structure used in ice fishing may also be known as an icehouse Categories: Buildings and structures stubs ...