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!
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)
Monday 29th Dec
This will probably be the last Moth species i'll see this year ;
Light Brown Apple Moth : tenanted larval spinning, on Broom (Hamiltonhill Claypits)
#teammoth
This will probably be the last Moth species i'll see this year ;
Light Brown Apple Moth : tenanted larval spinning, on Broom (Hamiltonhill Claypits)
#teammoth
December 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Monday 29th Dec
This will probably be the last Moth species i'll see this year ;
Light Brown Apple Moth : tenanted larval spinning, on Broom (Hamiltonhill Claypits)
#teammoth
This will probably be the last Moth species i'll see this year ;
Light Brown Apple Moth : tenanted larval spinning, on Broom (Hamiltonhill Claypits)
#teammoth
A couple of non-photographed highlights from the last few days ;
Ring-necked Duck : drake (Bingham's Pond) 27/12
Great Spotted Woodpecker : drumming bird. (Ruchill, F&C Canal) 27/12
Water Rail : 1 calling from the reedbed by the boardwalk (Panmure Gate, Hamiltonhill Claypits) 29/12
#clydebirding
Ring-necked Duck : drake (Bingham's Pond) 27/12
Great Spotted Woodpecker : drumming bird. (Ruchill, F&C Canal) 27/12
Water Rail : 1 calling from the reedbed by the boardwalk (Panmure Gate, Hamiltonhill Claypits) 29/12
#clydebirding
December 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A couple of non-photographed highlights from the last few days ;
Ring-necked Duck : drake (Bingham's Pond) 27/12
Great Spotted Woodpecker : drumming bird. (Ruchill, F&C Canal) 27/12
Water Rail : 1 calling from the reedbed by the boardwalk (Panmure Gate, Hamiltonhill Claypits) 29/12
#clydebirding
Ring-necked Duck : drake (Bingham's Pond) 27/12
Great Spotted Woodpecker : drumming bird. (Ruchill, F&C Canal) 27/12
Water Rail : 1 calling from the reedbed by the boardwalk (Panmure Gate, Hamiltonhill Claypits) 29/12
#clydebirding
Friday 26th Dec
I've neglected Diptera 'Fly' mining species this year, so here's a couple of stem miners i found on my morning's walk. The red marks are the larval feeding signs ;
Phytobia carbonaria, inside Hawthorn (Kelvin Walkway)
Phytobia cerasiferae , inside Blackthorn (F&C Canal)
I've neglected Diptera 'Fly' mining species this year, so here's a couple of stem miners i found on my morning's walk. The red marks are the larval feeding signs ;
Phytobia carbonaria, inside Hawthorn (Kelvin Walkway)
Phytobia cerasiferae , inside Blackthorn (F&C Canal)
December 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Friday 26th Dec
I've neglected Diptera 'Fly' mining species this year, so here's a couple of stem miners i found on my morning's walk. The red marks are the larval feeding signs ;
Phytobia carbonaria, inside Hawthorn (Kelvin Walkway)
Phytobia cerasiferae , inside Blackthorn (F&C Canal)
I've neglected Diptera 'Fly' mining species this year, so here's a couple of stem miners i found on my morning's walk. The red marks are the larval feeding signs ;
Phytobia carbonaria, inside Hawthorn (Kelvin Walkway)
Phytobia cerasiferae , inside Blackthorn (F&C Canal)
Friday 26th Dec
A walk north along the Kelvin Walkway produced my first Oyster Mushrooms of the winter. Had to use the flash for the underside shot due to the poor light.
#fungifriends
A walk north along the Kelvin Walkway produced my first Oyster Mushrooms of the winter. Had to use the flash for the underside shot due to the poor light.
#fungifriends
December 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Friday 26th Dec
A walk north along the Kelvin Walkway produced my first Oyster Mushrooms of the winter. Had to use the flash for the underside shot due to the poor light.
#fungifriends
A walk north along the Kelvin Walkway produced my first Oyster Mushrooms of the winter. Had to use the flash for the underside shot due to the poor light.
#fungifriends
Wednesday 24th Dec
A nice sunny day (for a change) made for a very pleasant walk back from Clydebank. Here's what made it onto the camera ;
1 of 3 #foxes seen.
Cormorant.
Velvet Shank : in my opinion, the best angle to view them.
#birds #fungifriends
A nice sunny day (for a change) made for a very pleasant walk back from Clydebank. Here's what made it onto the camera ;
1 of 3 #foxes seen.
Cormorant.
Velvet Shank : in my opinion, the best angle to view them.
#birds #fungifriends
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Wednesday 24th Dec
A nice sunny day (for a change) made for a very pleasant walk back from Clydebank. Here's what made it onto the camera ;
1 of 3 #foxes seen.
Cormorant.
Velvet Shank : in my opinion, the best angle to view them.
#birds #fungifriends
A nice sunny day (for a change) made for a very pleasant walk back from Clydebank. Here's what made it onto the camera ;
1 of 3 #foxes seen.
Cormorant.
Velvet Shank : in my opinion, the best angle to view them.
#birds #fungifriends
Tuesday 23rd Dec
A nice male Larinioides sp. Found on the window of a moored abandoned boat on the Forth & Clyde Canal (Applecross)
#spiders
A nice male Larinioides sp. Found on the window of a moored abandoned boat on the Forth & Clyde Canal (Applecross)
#spiders
December 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Tuesday 23rd Dec
A nice male Larinioides sp. Found on the window of a moored abandoned boat on the Forth & Clyde Canal (Applecross)
#spiders
A nice male Larinioides sp. Found on the window of a moored abandoned boat on the Forth & Clyde Canal (Applecross)
#spiders
Tuesday 23rd Dec
Good to get out this morning after not feeling well (mentally) for the previous 2 days and i managed a couple of #fungifriends both from Hamiltonhill Claypits ;
Common Inkcap & what is most likely Glistening Inkcap.
Good to get out this morning after not feeling well (mentally) for the previous 2 days and i managed a couple of #fungifriends both from Hamiltonhill Claypits ;
Common Inkcap & what is most likely Glistening Inkcap.
December 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Tuesday 23rd Dec
Good to get out this morning after not feeling well (mentally) for the previous 2 days and i managed a couple of #fungifriends both from Hamiltonhill Claypits ;
Common Inkcap & what is most likely Glistening Inkcap.
Good to get out this morning after not feeling well (mentally) for the previous 2 days and i managed a couple of #fungifriends both from Hamiltonhill Claypits ;
Common Inkcap & what is most likely Glistening Inkcap.
Saturday 20th Dec
A few #fungifriends from along the Kelvin Walkway ;
Turkeytail, immature Ganoderma sp ? & Wood Blewit.
Still no sign of Orange Peel Fungus & Parrot Waxcap at the regular sites 😔
A few #fungifriends from along the Kelvin Walkway ;
Turkeytail, immature Ganoderma sp ? & Wood Blewit.
Still no sign of Orange Peel Fungus & Parrot Waxcap at the regular sites 😔
December 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Saturday 20th Dec
A few #fungifriends from along the Kelvin Walkway ;
Turkeytail, immature Ganoderma sp ? & Wood Blewit.
Still no sign of Orange Peel Fungus & Parrot Waxcap at the regular sites 😔
A few #fungifriends from along the Kelvin Walkway ;
Turkeytail, immature Ganoderma sp ? & Wood Blewit.
Still no sign of Orange Peel Fungus & Parrot Waxcap at the regular sites 😔
Thursday 18th Dec
Segestria senoculata 'Snake-back Spider' Found behind a broken brick in a wall, along the F&C Canal (Temple, VC99)
Added to iRecord and if accepted it will the first modern day record for Dunbartonshire VC99. The only other record from the VC was back in 1965!
#spiders
Segestria senoculata 'Snake-back Spider' Found behind a broken brick in a wall, along the F&C Canal (Temple, VC99)
Added to iRecord and if accepted it will the first modern day record for Dunbartonshire VC99. The only other record from the VC was back in 1965!
#spiders
December 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Thursday 18th Dec
Segestria senoculata 'Snake-back Spider' Found behind a broken brick in a wall, along the F&C Canal (Temple, VC99)
Added to iRecord and if accepted it will the first modern day record for Dunbartonshire VC99. The only other record from the VC was back in 1965!
#spiders
Segestria senoculata 'Snake-back Spider' Found behind a broken brick in a wall, along the F&C Canal (Temple, VC99)
Added to iRecord and if accepted it will the first modern day record for Dunbartonshire VC99. The only other record from the VC was back in 1965!
#spiders
Tuesday 16th Dec
These shots of a Grey Heron weren't affected by the foggy conditions due to it being on the same side of the canal as i was #birds
These shots of a Grey Heron weren't affected by the foggy conditions due to it being on the same side of the canal as i was #birds
December 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Tuesday 16th Dec
These shots of a Grey Heron weren't affected by the foggy conditions due to it being on the same side of the canal as i was #birds
These shots of a Grey Heron weren't affected by the foggy conditions due to it being on the same side of the canal as i was #birds
Tuesday 16th Dec
A few Cormorants in the fog. The 2nd pic is of a traditional drying out/resting up site on an old bridge support on the River Kelvin.
#birds
A few Cormorants in the fog. The 2nd pic is of a traditional drying out/resting up site on an old bridge support on the River Kelvin.
#birds
December 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Tuesday 16th Dec
A few Cormorants in the fog. The 2nd pic is of a traditional drying out/resting up site on an old bridge support on the River Kelvin.
#birds
A few Cormorants in the fog. The 2nd pic is of a traditional drying out/resting up site on an old bridge support on the River Kelvin.
#birds
Monday 15th Dec
A couple of #fungifriends from my walk to Summerston ;
Dead Man's Fingers (Cadder)
Crystal Brain Fungus : showing the clear inclusions which helps to identify this species from the similar White Brain Fungus (Summerston)
A couple of #fungifriends from my walk to Summerston ;
Dead Man's Fingers (Cadder)
Crystal Brain Fungus : showing the clear inclusions which helps to identify this species from the similar White Brain Fungus (Summerston)
December 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Monday 15th Dec
A couple of #fungifriends from my walk to Summerston ;
Dead Man's Fingers (Cadder)
Crystal Brain Fungus : showing the clear inclusions which helps to identify this species from the similar White Brain Fungus (Summerston)
A couple of #fungifriends from my walk to Summerston ;
Dead Man's Fingers (Cadder)
Crystal Brain Fungus : showing the clear inclusions which helps to identify this species from the similar White Brain Fungus (Summerston)
Friday 12th Dec
A few #birds from along the F&C Canal. Quite a rare thing for me these days, getting pics of birds ;
Fieldfare, Grey Heron & a drake Goosander.
A few #birds from along the F&C Canal. Quite a rare thing for me these days, getting pics of birds ;
Fieldfare, Grey Heron & a drake Goosander.
December 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Friday 12th Dec
A few #birds from along the F&C Canal. Quite a rare thing for me these days, getting pics of birds ;
Fieldfare, Grey Heron & a drake Goosander.
A few #birds from along the F&C Canal. Quite a rare thing for me these days, getting pics of birds ;
Fieldfare, Grey Heron & a drake Goosander.
December 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Thursday 11th Dec
A fine male Textrix denticulata. Found behind a board leant against a wall at Lambhill Stables. Note the visible spinnerets.
#spiders
A fine male Textrix denticulata. Found behind a board leant against a wall at Lambhill Stables. Note the visible spinnerets.
#spiders
December 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Thursday 11th Dec
A fine male Textrix denticulata. Found behind a board leant against a wall at Lambhill Stables. Note the visible spinnerets.
#spiders
A fine male Textrix denticulata. Found behind a board leant against a wall at Lambhill Stables. Note the visible spinnerets.
#spiders
Thursday 11th Dec
A couple of #fungifriends from Cadder Wood.
Stump Puffballs : the smallest ones i've ever seen with the largest being 1cm.
Velvet Shank : nice fresh ones.
A couple of #fungifriends from Cadder Wood.
Stump Puffballs : the smallest ones i've ever seen with the largest being 1cm.
Velvet Shank : nice fresh ones.
December 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Thursday 11th Dec
A couple of #fungifriends from Cadder Wood.
Stump Puffballs : the smallest ones i've ever seen with the largest being 1cm.
Velvet Shank : nice fresh ones.
A couple of #fungifriends from Cadder Wood.
Stump Puffballs : the smallest ones i've ever seen with the largest being 1cm.
Velvet Shank : nice fresh ones.