TAYSIDE
TOADSTOOLS & BIRDS
My voice / Becomes the wind / Mushroom-hunting . . . . . . . . . 19th century haiku by Japanese poet MASAOKA SHIKI [1867-1902]
THE LURGIES IS AN INLET FED BY A RIVER AND HAS MUDBANKS BORDERED BY TREE/SHRUB PATH AND A STREAM EDGED BY REEDS THROUGH PASTURE
A GOOD VARIETY OF BIRDS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED HERE CONSIDERING IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL AREA AND IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE WITH CAR PARK BESIDE IT
IF ONLY ONE PLACE CAN BE VISITED WHILE PASSING THIS AREA THEN LURGIES IS THE SITE TO HEAD FOR.
BIRDS ARE ON THIS PAGE AND [LURGIES MUDBANK] PAGE
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER [Dendrocopos major]
Left on October 3, 2021, and right on December 2, 2020
ROOK [Corvus frugilegus]
September 28, 2020
FIELDFARE [Turdus pilarus]
Left, caught in lowering sun behind a dark sky. November 20, 2022. In a field saw 100+ birds. Never seen in such numbers before. Right on December 7, 2020
YELLOWHAMMER [Emberiza citrinella]
Male on October 13, 2022
CHIFFCHAFF [Phylloscopus collybita]
May 24, 2023
JACKDAW [Corvus monedula]
Among seaweed on March 4, 2021
STARLING [Sturnus vulgaris]
Left, looking dazzling in winter plumage on November 8, 2021. Centre : May 24, 2023. Right on May 15, 2021 - Stunning plumage
ROBIN [Erithacus rubecula]
Juvenile [centre] on June 12, 2022. Adult [right] September 28, 2021. Left, another adult on December 6, 2020. Quite a difference in plumage
MOORHEN [Gallinula chloropus]
Male [right] and female in field on October 2021
GREENFINCH [Carduelis chloris]
November 8, 2021
LINNET [Linaria cannabina / moved from Carduelis genus in 2012]
Left is a female on August 23, 2023. Centre is a male on June 8, 2023, and right is a male on August 11, 2021
CHAFFINCH
[Fringilla coelebs]
Left in 2022
and right on
June 12, 2024
CHAFFINCH
[Fringilla coelebs]
Left and right is the same female at different angles on May 11, 2023
Big difference in colour compared to the male above and also shows the crossed bill in better detail
