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
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]
January 16, 2025
REED WARBLER [Acrocephalus scirpaceus]
June 9, 2026
TUFTED DUCK [Aythya fuligula]
Female [left], male [right], April 11, 2021
GREYLAG GOOSE [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 [centre] on May 6, 2026, in Wigeon oilseed fields, and male [right] on October 18, 2025, at Lurgies, with scruffy autumn head plumage
GOLDENEYE [Bucephala clangula]
Female [left], November 10, 2021, and male [right] May 28, 2021
BULLFINCH [Pyrrhula pyrrhula]
Male, June 2, 2023
COOT [Fulica atra]
Left : with cooties on July 29, 2020. Right are juveniles before adult white head and beak markings appear. Look so different. June 24, 2026
COOT [Fulica atra]
Showing leg colouring on June 20, 2025
BLACK-HEADED GULL [Chroicocephalus ridibundus]
July 3, 2025. Flower is a yellow water-lily [Nuphar lutea]
BULLFINCH [Pyrrhula pyrrhula]
Female , April 23, 2025