TAYSIDE
TOADSTOOLS & BIRDS
My voice / Becomes the wind / Mushroom-hunting . . . . . . . . . 19th century haiku by Japanese poet MASAOKA SHIKI [1867-1902]
MUTE SWAN [Cygnus olor]
Young cygnets with parents [male in foreground]. May 22, 2024
WHOOPER SWAN [Cygnus cygnus]
Yellow-billed adult with young on November 21, 2021
BLACK SWAN [Cygnus atratus]
Native swan of Australia introduced into England at Devon around 1940 as an ornamental bird.
Rare to see in the wild and information site said only four seen in Scotland which makes this
super-rare, if correct, and an even better find than the Ruddy Shelduck. This swan was seen among a group of mute swans. He did stick out so was easily spotted. June 8, 2025
RUDDY SHELDUCK [Tadorna ferruginea]
August 11, 2024, amid hundreds of canada geese.
A rare find in Scotland. Records state that most of these may be escapees from private waterfowl collections.
This one was limping