TAYSIDE
TOADSTOOLS & BIRDS
My voice / Becomes the wind / Mushroom-hunting . . . . . . . . . 19th century haiku by Japanese poet MASAOKA SHIKI [1867-1902]
Left is a ROE DEER [Capreolus capreolus] and youngster
July 2, 2021
RED SQUIRREL [Sciurus vulgaris] June 19, 2021 [right], and
January 16, 2025, in the centre
OSPREY [Pandion haliaetus]
Above left on September 1, 2022. Centre, flying above loch on August 17, 2024 [note it's ringed]. Right, with lighting making plumage appear metallic. June 23, 2024
OSPREY
[Pandion haliaetus]
Above is male with flatfish lunch and female on the right side,
July 28, 2021
Left is osprey female with chick in nest. June 23, 2024.
Right is osprey landing at the nest and showing underwing markings in 2023
HOOPOE [Upupa epops]
Moved just as pic taken. December 10, 2021
TREE CREEPER [Certhia familiaris]
November 2, 2020
SWALLOW [Hirundo rustica]
May 13, 2021. 50+ zipping around loch
GREAT-SPOTTED WOODPECKER
[Dendrocopus major]
Same bird at seed station on January 16, 2025
Only ever seen this bird three times
TUFTED DUCK [Aythya fuligula]
Female [left], male [right], April 11, 2021
GREYLAG DUCK [Anser anser]
June 21, 2020
BLUETIT [Cyanistes caeruleus]
November 11, 2021
GREAT TIT [Parus major]
Good to get front and rear. May 2, 2021
COALTIT [Periparus ater]
June 19, 2021
REED BUNTING
[Emberiza schoeniclus]
Female [left] May 25, 2024
Male with scruffy autumn head plumage
September 10, 2023
GOLDENEYE [Bucephala clangula]
Female [left], November 10, 2021, and male [right] May 28, 2021
BULLFINCH [Pyrrhula pyrrhula]
Male, June 2, 2023
COOT [Fulica atra]
With cooties on July 29, 2020
BULLFINCH [Pyrrhula pyrrhula]
Female , April 23, 2025
