TAYSIDE
TOADSTOOLS & BIRDS
My voice / Becomes the wind / Mushroom-hunting . . . . . . . . . 19th century haiku by Japanese poet MASAOKA SHIKI [1867-1902]
BALGAVIES LOCH IS BORDERED BY A PATH AMONG TREES AND A SECTION OF PASTURELAND AND REED BEDS AT THE LOCH EDGE
Left is a ROE DEER
[Capreolus capreolus] and youngster
July 2, 2021
Right two photos
of a
RED SQUIRREL
[Sciurus vulgaris]
that was feeding upon the nuts at the
bird hide on
June 19, 2021
OSPREY [Pandion haliaetus]
Above left on September 1, 2022. Above right landing on nest on July 28, 2021, and below is male with flatfish lunch and female on July 28, 2021
OSPREY
[Pandion haliaetus]
Left - osprey surveying scenery at Balgavies Loch, April 15, 2023, near the new nest built by Park Rangers after original destroyed in 2022 storms
BLACKCAP
[Sylvia atricapilla]
First time I've spotted them at Balgavies.
A male on April 15, 2023. Only other time was at Forfar Loch
GREAT TIT [Parus major]
Good to get frontal and rear in same photo. May 2, 2021
BLUETIT [Cyanistes caeruleus]
November 11, 2021
HOOPOE
[Upupa epops]
My bad photo - it moved just as pic taken
Inset is stock photo
December 10, 2021
BULLFINCH [Pyrrhula pyrrhula]
Male was ground feeding on June 2, 2023
REED BUNTING
[Emberiza schoeniclus]
Male in early June 2020
TREE CREEPER
[Certhia familiaris]
November 2, 2020
TUFTED DUCK [Aythya fuligula]
Female and male with tuft on head on April 11, 2021
COAL TIT [Periparus ater]
June 19, 2021
COOT [Fulica atra]
Adult with young cooties at Balgavies Loch, July 29, 2020
SWALLOW
[Hirundo rustica]
Left - May 13, 2021
Up to 50 birds zipping around the loch
Right - On a power line on
August 26, 2020,
at Forfar Loch.
Shows colour under the beak
DUNNOCK
[Prunella modularis]
Left - December 6, 2020,
at Balgavies Loch
Right - March 18, 2021,
at Forfar Loch
GOLDENEYE [Bucephala clangula]
Male [left] with white cheek and green head sheen on May 28, 2021. Female [right] has an orange-tipped bill and was seen on November 10, 2021
GREYLAG GOOSE
[Anser anser]
December 21, 2020