
TAYSIDE
TOADSTOOLS & BIRDS

My voice / Becomes the wind / Mushroom-hunting . . . . . . . . . 19th century haiku by Japanese poet MASAOKA SHIKI [1867-1902]

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE [Anser brachyrynchus]
Hundreds feeding in the fields on November 20, 2020

PHEASANT
[Phasianus colchicus]
Came across three or four of those group sizes. These were about five metres in front of me and we followed the same path for about five minutes.
Totally ignored my presence. Very relaxing in their company.
August 31, 2024



WHINCHAT [Saxicola rubetra]
Left on September 29, 2021. Right on August 23, 2020
SKYLARK [Alauda arvensis]
Showing raised crest on April 8, 2024


SEDGE WARBLER [Acrocephalus schoenobaenus]
Left side on July 1, 2022, and right on June 16, 2022

GOLDFINCH [Carduela carduela]
September 29, 2021



STONECHAT [Saxicola torquata]
Left is a female and centre a male on October 26, 2020 in autumn plumage, and right is another male in spring plumage on March 13, 2024


BUZZARD [Buteo buteo]
Left on August 8, 2020, and right on April 22, 2021, at Tayock

TWITE [Carduela flavirostris]
November 20, 2022

MEADOW PIPIT [Anthus pratensis]
Above is a youngster on June 1, 2022;
right is an adult on April 8, 2024, same day as high spring tides and rare total eclipse;
centre looks like a juvenile




WHITETHROAT [Sylvia communis]
Left on July 1, 2022; right on August 4, 2024