TAYSIDE
TOADSTOOLS & BIRDS
My voice / Becomes the wind / Mushroom-hunting . . . . . . . . . 19th century haiku by Japanese poet MASAOKA SHIKI [1867-1902]
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
BANDED SNAIL or BROWN LIPPED SNAIL [Cepaea nemoralis]
River Esk, July 20, 2024
BANDEDSNAIL
[Cepaea nemoralis]
Wigeon Hide, August 11, 2024
BANDEDSNAIL
[Cepaea nemoralis]
Wigeon Hide, July 24, 2024
BANDEDSNAIL
[Cepaea nemoralis]
Wigeon Hide, August 4, 2024
RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY
[Vanessa atalanta]
Lurgies, September 16, 2024
ORANGE-TIPPED BUTTERFLY [Anthocharis cardamines]
Right - Tayock, June 10, 2021
SMALL WHITE BUTTERFLY [Pieris rapae]
Far right - Lurgies, August 27, 2021
PAINTED LADY
[Vanessa cardui]
Left at Wigeon, August 16, 2021. Right is underside, Tayock, September 3, 2022
CARPET MOTH
[Epirrhoe alternata]
Wigeon, May 27, 2024
RED-TAILED BUMBLEBEE
[Bombus lapidarius]
Wigeon Fields, August 10, 2023]
SILVER-GROUND CARPET MOTH
[Xanthorhoe montanata]
Balgavies Loch, July 3, 2025
COMMON DARTER DRAGONFLY
[Sympetrum striolatum]
Male at River Esk, September 16, 2022
ELECTRIC BLUE DAMSELFLY
[Enallagma cyathigerum]
Balgavies Loch July 8, 2023
LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY
[Pieris brassica]
Balgavies Loch, July 12, 2024
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY
[Aglais io]
Shelduck Hide, September 17, 2020
MEADOW BROWN BUTTERFLY [Maniola jurtina]
Underside. Lurgies, July 11, 2022. Top view Lurgies, July 11, 2021
SPECKLED WOOD BUTTERFLY
[Pararge aegeria]
River Esk, August 14, 2022
SMALL COPPER BUTTERFLY [Lycaena phlaeas]
River Esk, August 28, 2022
RINGLET BUTTERFLY [Aphantopus hyperantus]
River Esk, July 9, 2021, underside [left] and July 17, 2021, top view [right]
GREEN VEINED BUTTERFLY
[Pieris napi]
Tayock, 2024
SMALL TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY [Aglais urticae]
River Esk, March 20, 2021
GRAYLING [Hipparchia semele]
Well camouflaged.
July 5, 2025, Auchmithie