TAYSIDE
TOADSTOOLS & BIRDS
My voice / Becomes the wind / Mushroom-hunting . . . . . . . . . 19th century haiku by Japanese poet MASAOKA SHIKI [1867-1902]
Left is WIGEON HIDE which overlooks Montrose Basin. Right are pink-footed geese passing overhead - November 12, 2020.
Area also has SHELDUCK HIDE overlooking Lurgies inlet which is opposite the proper Lurgies walk which closed 203 due to storms
SHOVELLER [Spatula clypeata]
Above is a colourful male on April 15, 2023, at Murton Farm Reserve.
Photo here to see male and female together and it's much better than the left
picture of the male
Left is a male [swimming] and orange-billed female [standing]
on June 8, 2023
The bills look so clunky and out of proportion
WHIMBREL [Numenius phaeopus]
October 3, 2021
I've probably seen them before but this time there were some curlew in the same group and difference in size was obvious.
Couldn't get a pic of curlew and whimbrel together that was usable
WIGEON / WIDGEON DUCK [Anas penelope]
Left is a female on October 30, 2020, while right is a male on October 27, 2020
KNOT [Calidris canutus]
October 14, 2020
PINTAIL [Anas acuta]
Male on October 16, 2021
GREY PLOVER [Pluvialis squatarola]
Left in its summer plumage [not good pic] on May 22, 2021, while on the right is the winter plumage on October 26, 2020
GREY PLOVER [Pluvialis squatarola]
October 13, 2022
BAR-TAILED GODWIT [Limosa lapponica]
September 27, 2020
Above is a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE [Anser brachyrhynchus] and on right the orange-billed GREYLAG GOOSE [Anser anser], October 19, 2022
Left is what might be a hybrid PINK-FOOT / GREYLAG. March 8, 2023. Right is part of 20+ flock of WHOOPER SWAN on April 2, 2023