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]
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 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 and right] on September 8, 2025, and October 18, 2025. Right taken at Lurgies
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
BULLFINCH [Pyrrhula pyrrhula]
Female , April 23, 2025
COOT [Fulica atra]
Showing leg colouring on June 20, 2025
BLACK-HEADED GULL [Chroicocephalus ridibundus]
July 3, 2025. Flower is Nuphar lutea, the yellow water-lily