TAYSIDE
TOADSTOOLS & BIRDS
My voice / Becomes the wind / Mushroom-hunting . . . . . . . . . 19th century haiku by Japanese poet MASAOKA SHIKI [1867-1902]
BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF BRECHIN REGION
CINNABAR MOTH [Tyria jacobaeae]
Mid-morning at Tayock, May 27, 2022
SILVER-Y MOTH [Autographa gamma]
Wigeon Hide, June 1, 2022
LATTICE MOTH [Chiasmia clatharta]
Poor pic but too small an insect. Wigeon, July 1, 2022
COMMON CARPET MOTH or
WHITE BANDED TOOTHED CARPET MOTH
[Epirrhoe alternata]
River Esk,
August 28, 2022
COMMON DARTER
MALE DRAGONFLY
[Sympetrum striolatum]
River Esk
September 16, 2022
ELECTRIC BLUE DAMSELFLY
[Enallagma cyathigerum]
Male
Balgavies Loch
July 8, 2023
RED-TAILED BUMBLEBEE
[Bombus lapidarius]
Wigeon Fields
August 10, 2023]
MEADOW BROWN BUTTERFLY [Maniola jurtina]
Underside. Lurgies, July 11, 2022. Top view Lurgies, July 11, 2021
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY [Pieris napi]
Female at Tayock, August 6, 2023
RINGLET BUTTERFLY [Aphantopus hyperantus]
River Esk, July 9, 2021, underside [left] and July 17, 2021, top view [right]
SMALL COPPER BUTTERFLY [Lycaena phlaeas]
River Esk, August 28, 2022
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY [Aglais io]
Shelduck Hide, September 17, 2020
SPECKLED WOOD BUTTERFLY [Pararge aegeria]
River Esk, August 14, 2022
SMALL TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY [Aglais urticae]
River Esk, March 20, 2021
PAINTED LADY [Vanessa cardui]
Top view at Wigeon, August 16, 2021. Right is underside, Tayock, September 3, 2022
SMALL WHITE BUTTERFLY [Pieris rapae]
Lurgies, August 27, 2021
LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY [Pieris brassica]
River Esk, July 26, 2020
RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY
[Vanessa atalanta] Lurgies, October 10, 2021
ORANGE-TIPPED BUTTERFLY [Anthocharis cardamines]
Tayock, June 10, 2021