Clydeside Wild (Dean)
@clydesidewild.bsky.social
A photographic diary of my wanderings around Glasgow and sometimes further afield. Lifelong love of Natural History & Punk.
Sometimes Antisocial Always Antifascist!
Sometimes Antisocial Always Antifascist!
Saturday 17th Jan
Took a walk thru Hamiltonhill Claypits early morning and it was nice to bump into @kazfaethehill.bsky.social & Craig.
Highlights : Raven over calling and Kaz had brief views of a Water Rail.
I managed my first ever pic of a Lesser Redpoll (Baird Brae) Shame about the branch!
Took a walk thru Hamiltonhill Claypits early morning and it was nice to bump into @kazfaethehill.bsky.social & Craig.
Highlights : Raven over calling and Kaz had brief views of a Water Rail.
I managed my first ever pic of a Lesser Redpoll (Baird Brae) Shame about the branch!
January 18, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Saturday 17th Jan
Took a walk thru Hamiltonhill Claypits early morning and it was nice to bump into @kazfaethehill.bsky.social & Craig.
Highlights : Raven over calling and Kaz had brief views of a Water Rail.
I managed my first ever pic of a Lesser Redpoll (Baird Brae) Shame about the branch!
Took a walk thru Hamiltonhill Claypits early morning and it was nice to bump into @kazfaethehill.bsky.social & Craig.
Highlights : Raven over calling and Kaz had brief views of a Water Rail.
I managed my first ever pic of a Lesser Redpoll (Baird Brae) Shame about the branch!
Friday 16th Jan
My first Parasitoid Wasp of the year...and i can guarantee it won't be the last.
Very much par for the course when you rear caterpillars/larvae collected in the wild.
#teammoth
My first Parasitoid Wasp of the year...and i can guarantee it won't be the last.
Very much par for the course when you rear caterpillars/larvae collected in the wild.
#teammoth
January 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Friday 16th Jan
My first Parasitoid Wasp of the year...and i can guarantee it won't be the last.
Very much par for the course when you rear caterpillars/larvae collected in the wild.
#teammoth
My first Parasitoid Wasp of the year...and i can guarantee it won't be the last.
Very much par for the course when you rear caterpillars/larvae collected in the wild.
#teammoth
Thursday 15th Jan
This Kingfisher (1 of 3 seen) along the F&C Canal at Knightswood stayed still long enough for me to get this shot...and thankfully it was in a sunny spot.
#birds #clydebirding
This Kingfisher (1 of 3 seen) along the F&C Canal at Knightswood stayed still long enough for me to get this shot...and thankfully it was in a sunny spot.
#birds #clydebirding
January 16, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Thursday 15th Jan
This Kingfisher (1 of 3 seen) along the F&C Canal at Knightswood stayed still long enough for me to get this shot...and thankfully it was in a sunny spot.
#birds #clydebirding
This Kingfisher (1 of 3 seen) along the F&C Canal at Knightswood stayed still long enough for me to get this shot...and thankfully it was in a sunny spot.
#birds #clydebirding
Thursday 15th Jan
#fox numbers are still well down on previous winters. These are the only ones i saw in the 6 miles walked from Clydebank > Maryhill.
#fox numbers are still well down on previous winters. These are the only ones i saw in the 6 miles walked from Clydebank > Maryhill.
January 16, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Thursday 15th Jan
#fox numbers are still well down on previous winters. These are the only ones i saw in the 6 miles walked from Clydebank > Maryhill.
#fox numbers are still well down on previous winters. These are the only ones i saw in the 6 miles walked from Clydebank > Maryhill.
Thursday 15th Jan
Had a pleasant walk from Clydebank > Maryhill. Here's what was on offer first ;
Black-headed Gull : coming into breeding plumage (Clydebank Shopping Centre)
Cormorant : the white specks on the head & nape show this bird is coming into breeding plumage too (Whitecrook)
#birds
Had a pleasant walk from Clydebank > Maryhill. Here's what was on offer first ;
Black-headed Gull : coming into breeding plumage (Clydebank Shopping Centre)
Cormorant : the white specks on the head & nape show this bird is coming into breeding plumage too (Whitecrook)
#birds
January 15, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Thursday 15th Jan
Had a pleasant walk from Clydebank > Maryhill. Here's what was on offer first ;
Black-headed Gull : coming into breeding plumage (Clydebank Shopping Centre)
Cormorant : the white specks on the head & nape show this bird is coming into breeding plumage too (Whitecrook)
#birds
Had a pleasant walk from Clydebank > Maryhill. Here's what was on offer first ;
Black-headed Gull : coming into breeding plumage (Clydebank Shopping Centre)
Cormorant : the white specks on the head & nape show this bird is coming into breeding plumage too (Whitecrook)
#birds
Tuesday 13th Jan
My first Hawthorn Shieldbug of the year. Found under an outside light on the side of McDonalds, Maryhill. That'll be another exterior light source to check in future.
My first Hawthorn Shieldbug of the year. Found under an outside light on the side of McDonalds, Maryhill. That'll be another exterior light source to check in future.
January 13, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Tuesday 13th Jan
My first Hawthorn Shieldbug of the year. Found under an outside light on the side of McDonalds, Maryhill. That'll be another exterior light source to check in future.
My first Hawthorn Shieldbug of the year. Found under an outside light on the side of McDonalds, Maryhill. That'll be another exterior light source to check in future.
Tuesday 13th Jan
Zygiella sp (probably x-notata) quite a large female found on one of the supports of Stockingfield Bridge, F&C Canal.
#spiders
Zygiella sp (probably x-notata) quite a large female found on one of the supports of Stockingfield Bridge, F&C Canal.
#spiders
January 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Tuesday 13th Jan
Zygiella sp (probably x-notata) quite a large female found on one of the supports of Stockingfield Bridge, F&C Canal.
#spiders
Zygiella sp (probably x-notata) quite a large female found on one of the supports of Stockingfield Bridge, F&C Canal.
#spiders
Monday 12th Jan
Only one notable species from this morning's walk ;
Chromatomyia aprilina : vacated mines, on Honeysuckle (F&C Canal, Temple, Dunbartonshire)
#diptera
Only one notable species from this morning's walk ;
Chromatomyia aprilina : vacated mines, on Honeysuckle (F&C Canal, Temple, Dunbartonshire)
#diptera
January 12, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Monday 12th Jan
Only one notable species from this morning's walk ;
Chromatomyia aprilina : vacated mines, on Honeysuckle (F&C Canal, Temple, Dunbartonshire)
#diptera
Only one notable species from this morning's walk ;
Chromatomyia aprilina : vacated mines, on Honeysuckle (F&C Canal, Temple, Dunbartonshire)
#diptera
Saturday 10th Jan
It was brutal this morning with black ice covering every hard surface and the only highlight was a Water Rail calling from the reedbed by the boardwalk, Panmure Gate.
#clydebirding
It was brutal this morning with black ice covering every hard surface and the only highlight was a Water Rail calling from the reedbed by the boardwalk, Panmure Gate.
#clydebirding
January 10, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Saturday 10th Jan
It was brutal this morning with black ice covering every hard surface and the only highlight was a Water Rail calling from the reedbed by the boardwalk, Panmure Gate.
#clydebirding
It was brutal this morning with black ice covering every hard surface and the only highlight was a Water Rail calling from the reedbed by the boardwalk, Panmure Gate.
#clydebirding
3 days - 3 walks - 3 blanks 😩
Roll on spring!
Roll on spring!
January 9, 2026 at 6:49 PM
3 days - 3 walks - 3 blanks 😩
Roll on spring!
Roll on spring!
Tuesday 6th Jan
Found this small (body c4.5 mm in length) Harvestman under some discarded timber on Lochburn Rd. I thought it was one of the Oligolophus sp but i'm not sure.
#arachnidae
Found this small (body c4.5 mm in length) Harvestman under some discarded timber on Lochburn Rd. I thought it was one of the Oligolophus sp but i'm not sure.
#arachnidae
January 7, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Tuesday 6th Jan
Found this small (body c4.5 mm in length) Harvestman under some discarded timber on Lochburn Rd. I thought it was one of the Oligolophus sp but i'm not sure.
#arachnidae
Found this small (body c4.5 mm in length) Harvestman under some discarded timber on Lochburn Rd. I thought it was one of the Oligolophus sp but i'm not sure.
#arachnidae
Sunday 4th Jan
The Kelvin Walkway produced several tenanted (with puparia) leafmines of Dizygomyza luzulae/silvatica, on Great Wood-rush. Both these species are grade 5 and require rearing with male gen detting to ascertain the id.
#diptera
The Kelvin Walkway produced several tenanted (with puparia) leafmines of Dizygomyza luzulae/silvatica, on Great Wood-rush. Both these species are grade 5 and require rearing with male gen detting to ascertain the id.
#diptera
January 5, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Sunday 4th Jan
The Kelvin Walkway produced several tenanted (with puparia) leafmines of Dizygomyza luzulae/silvatica, on Great Wood-rush. Both these species are grade 5 and require rearing with male gen detting to ascertain the id.
#diptera
The Kelvin Walkway produced several tenanted (with puparia) leafmines of Dizygomyza luzulae/silvatica, on Great Wood-rush. Both these species are grade 5 and require rearing with male gen detting to ascertain the id.
#diptera
January 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Woodcock low across the F&C Canal, Knightswood at 10:45. Cold weather movement/flushed by a Fox.
#clydebirding
#clydebirding
January 5, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Woodcock low across the F&C Canal, Knightswood at 10:45. Cold weather movement/flushed by a Fox.
#clydebirding
#clydebirding
Saturday 3rd Jan
A couple of 1st winter Gulls on a frozen Cowcaddens Basin : Black-headed & Herring.
A couple of 1st winter Gulls on a frozen Cowcaddens Basin : Black-headed & Herring.
January 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Saturday 3rd Jan
A couple of 1st winter Gulls on a frozen Cowcaddens Basin : Black-headed & Herring.
A couple of 1st winter Gulls on a frozen Cowcaddens Basin : Black-headed & Herring.
Saturday 3rd Jan
I'm going to try and include more landscape pics this year, so i'll start with these from early morning ;
Firhill Basin : completely frozen over as was the rest of the canal.
Looking SE over the canal/Firhill Basin from Panmure Gate.
SUDS pond : Hamiltonhill Claypits.
I'm going to try and include more landscape pics this year, so i'll start with these from early morning ;
Firhill Basin : completely frozen over as was the rest of the canal.
Looking SE over the canal/Firhill Basin from Panmure Gate.
SUDS pond : Hamiltonhill Claypits.
January 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Saturday 3rd Jan
I'm going to try and include more landscape pics this year, so i'll start with these from early morning ;
Firhill Basin : completely frozen over as was the rest of the canal.
Looking SE over the canal/Firhill Basin from Panmure Gate.
SUDS pond : Hamiltonhill Claypits.
I'm going to try and include more landscape pics this year, so i'll start with these from early morning ;
Firhill Basin : completely frozen over as was the rest of the canal.
Looking SE over the canal/Firhill Basin from Panmure Gate.
SUDS pond : Hamiltonhill Claypits.
Friday 2nd Jan
1 of a pair of Ring-necked Parakeets seen in Summerston, on my walk to Asda.
1 of a pair of Ring-necked Parakeets seen in Summerston, on my walk to Asda.
January 3, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Friday 2nd Jan
1 of a pair of Ring-necked Parakeets seen in Summerston, on my walk to Asda.
1 of a pair of Ring-necked Parakeets seen in Summerston, on my walk to Asda.
Friday 2nd Jan
Surprised to see the flower buds starting to appear on a Goat Willow, on Lochburn Rd. Quite a few things seem to be a bit topsy turvy lately!
#trees
Surprised to see the flower buds starting to appear on a Goat Willow, on Lochburn Rd. Quite a few things seem to be a bit topsy turvy lately!
#trees
January 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Friday 2nd Jan
Surprised to see the flower buds starting to appear on a Goat Willow, on Lochburn Rd. Quite a few things seem to be a bit topsy turvy lately!
#trees
Surprised to see the flower buds starting to appear on a Goat Willow, on Lochburn Rd. Quite a few things seem to be a bit topsy turvy lately!
#trees
Thursday 1st Jan
The last few steps of my walk produced my first Moth species of the year : Light Brown Apple Moth.
The feeding signs on the lower of 2 stuck together Bramble leaves caught my eye and peeling them apart revealed the caterpillar.
#teammoth
The last few steps of my walk produced my first Moth species of the year : Light Brown Apple Moth.
The feeding signs on the lower of 2 stuck together Bramble leaves caught my eye and peeling them apart revealed the caterpillar.
#teammoth
January 2, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Thursday 1st Jan
The last few steps of my walk produced my first Moth species of the year : Light Brown Apple Moth.
The feeding signs on the lower of 2 stuck together Bramble leaves caught my eye and peeling them apart revealed the caterpillar.
#teammoth
The last few steps of my walk produced my first Moth species of the year : Light Brown Apple Moth.
The feeding signs on the lower of 2 stuck together Bramble leaves caught my eye and peeling them apart revealed the caterpillar.
#teammoth
Thursday 1st Jan
It's always a joy to happen upon your first Scarlet/Ruby Elf Cups of the winter (F&C Canal, Maryhill)
#fungifriends
It's always a joy to happen upon your first Scarlet/Ruby Elf Cups of the winter (F&C Canal, Maryhill)
#fungifriends
January 2, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Thursday 1st Jan
It's always a joy to happen upon your first Scarlet/Ruby Elf Cups of the winter (F&C Canal, Maryhill)
#fungifriends
It's always a joy to happen upon your first Scarlet/Ruby Elf Cups of the winter (F&C Canal, Maryhill)
#fungifriends
Thursday 1st Jan
I think it was pretty much nailed on what my first flowering things of the year would be ;
Gorse & Hazel (F&C Canal)
I think it was pretty much nailed on what my first flowering things of the year would be ;
Gorse & Hazel (F&C Canal)
January 1, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Thursday 1st Jan
I think it was pretty much nailed on what my first flowering things of the year would be ;
Gorse & Hazel (F&C Canal)
I think it was pretty much nailed on what my first flowering things of the year would be ;
Gorse & Hazel (F&C Canal)
Thursday 1st Jan
Found my first #diptera mines of the year on this morning's bitterly cold walk ;
Phytomyza ilicis : on Holly (Great Western Rd, Kelvinside)
Phytomyza chaerophylli : vacated mines on Cow Parsley (F&C Canal, Temple)
Found my first #diptera mines of the year on this morning's bitterly cold walk ;
Phytomyza ilicis : on Holly (Great Western Rd, Kelvinside)
Phytomyza chaerophylli : vacated mines on Cow Parsley (F&C Canal, Temple)
January 1, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Thursday 1st Jan
Found my first #diptera mines of the year on this morning's bitterly cold walk ;
Phytomyza ilicis : on Holly (Great Western Rd, Kelvinside)
Phytomyza chaerophylli : vacated mines on Cow Parsley (F&C Canal, Temple)
Found my first #diptera mines of the year on this morning's bitterly cold walk ;
Phytomyza ilicis : on Holly (Great Western Rd, Kelvinside)
Phytomyza chaerophylli : vacated mines on Cow Parsley (F&C Canal, Temple)
Wishing all you beautiful people (you know who are) a wonderful 2026 when it arrives and many many thanks for all the follows, likes, reposts & comments 😃 each and everyone is greatly appreciated 👍
Last night's Waxing Gibbous #moon to close my year
Last night's Waxing Gibbous #moon to close my year
December 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Wishing all you beautiful people (you know who are) a wonderful 2026 when it arrives and many many thanks for all the follows, likes, reposts & comments 😃 each and everyone is greatly appreciated 👍
Last night's Waxing Gibbous #moon to close my year
Last night's Waxing Gibbous #moon to close my year
Tuesday 30th Dec
A few #birds from a change of walking destination ;
Chaffinch : female (Old Kilpatrick)
Goldeneye : female (F&C Canal, Old Kilpatrick)
Wigeon : 1 of around 20 (River Clyde, Bowling Harbour)
A few #birds from a change of walking destination ;
Chaffinch : female (Old Kilpatrick)
Goldeneye : female (F&C Canal, Old Kilpatrick)
Wigeon : 1 of around 20 (River Clyde, Bowling Harbour)
December 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Tuesday 30th Dec
A few #birds from a change of walking destination ;
Chaffinch : female (Old Kilpatrick)
Goldeneye : female (F&C Canal, Old Kilpatrick)
Wigeon : 1 of around 20 (River Clyde, Bowling Harbour)
A few #birds from a change of walking destination ;
Chaffinch : female (Old Kilpatrick)
Goldeneye : female (F&C Canal, Old Kilpatrick)
Wigeon : 1 of around 20 (River Clyde, Bowling Harbour)