TAYSIDE
TOADSTOOLS & BIRDS
My voice / Becomes the wind / Mushroom-hunting . . . . . . . . . 19th century haiku by Japanese poet MASAOKA SHIKI [1867-1902]
TAYOCK HAS COASTAL MUDBANKS OF THE MONTROSE BASIN BORDERED WITH INLAND SCRUBLAND OF TREES AND BUSHES
A Tayock mix of MALLARD DUCK [Anas platyrhynchus], PINTAIL [Anas acuta ] and REDSHANK [Tringa totanus] glowing in the low sun on November 22, 2020
Male [green head] and female Mallards, Redshank in flight and in foreground, lone Pintail at the top
MALLARD DUCK [Anas platyrhynchus]
Female, left, with typical blue speculum feathers, April 2, 2021. Female, right, with different brown speculum colour on November 22, 2020
MALLARD DUCK [Anas platyrhynchos]
Above is mallard female and ducklings, River Esk, July 15, 2020
Left side not sure of, but keep coming across similar photos which say it is a yellow-billed mallard hybrid.
August 13, 2020, at The Lurgies
Right side is male [green head] and female on May 29, 2021, at Tayock
Mix of areas but kept together for comparison
Very common duck in this area
REDSHANK
[Tringa totanus]
Left : part of 50+ flock at Wigeon Hide among field pools near the beach on October 8, 2022
LITTLE EGRET
[Egretta garzetta]
Normally see them looking so immaculate in plumage but this one looks a bit dishevelled. Cannot even see the bright yellow feet.
February 25, 2024
GREEN WARBLER
[Phylloscopus
viridianus]
July 12, 2020
WREN
[Troglodytes
troglodytes]
April 2, 2021
CARRION CROW [Corvus corone]
Wading in shallow water on August 6, 2020
FERAL / STREET PIGEON [Columba livia domestica]
August 22, 2020. No white neck marking as Wood Pigeon
PINTAIL [Anas acuta]. Male [grey and yellow] and female on December 20, 2023. Drizzle and light mist so not a clear photo but rarely see them in a group
CURLEW [Numenius arquata]
September 3, 2022
LONG-TAILED TIT [Aegithalos caudatus]
February 25, 2024