Martin Dunstan

Thanks! They usually scarper as soon as they see me but not this one!

A wood pigeon seen from below perched high, facing left, in a tree with green leaves and blue sky behind.

A drone fly seen from behind on a large green leaf. It has a dark brown and orange body with see through wings beside it.

One arch of an old railway viaduct peeking out from trees - very autumnal coloured on the right side - with blue sky behind.

A grey squirrel facing right, head slightly turned this way, perched among green leaves. It holds a bunch of red berries.

Some photos from my husband's Saturday walk in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern Dundee, Scotland 📷📸🎞️🪶

A close-up image of a furry reddish-grey squirrel perched deep in a hawthorn bush with ivy background. They have a twig with several red berries and leaves on in their paws and are eating one of the berries.

A gorgeous reddish-coloured grey squirrel feeding on a twig of hawthorn berries and leaves. They ignored me as I moved about to get a clearer view through the foliage! 📸🎞️ #squirrel #ukwildlife

An image of a yellow-brown bird with black legs perched on a branch lit by a sunbeam.

A chiffchaff quietly flitting about in dappled sunlight in the woods beside the Dighty Burn at Panmurefield in Broughty Ferry. 📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife

A close-up image of a small brown bird with dark eyes and a straight dark moustache perched on a thin branch. Their is a tinge of yellow-green around their wings which have black and white patches on.

A goldcrest. Heard them in lots of places throughout my walk and finally managed to get this brief view after a lot of waiting patiently. 📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife

A white-throated dipper bird perched on the wet water-weed and autumn-left covered face of a weir with autumn leaves. They have a chestnut brown head with brown eye and small black pupil. Their chin and breast are bright white with a chestnut brown waistcoat below. Their back is slightly mottled dark brown with dark brown wings.

One of 7 dippers (likely 5 individuals) seen on my walk around the Seven Arches (Balmossie) Viaduct area of the Dighty Burn in Monifieth/Broughty Ferry on a hot bright Saturday afternoon. 📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife

A large grey bird with a black and white head and an long orange pointed beak perched on a dead tree against a pale blue sky.

A grey heron perched on a dead tree above the Dighty Burn in Monifieth. 📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife

A close-up image of a large black and red butterfly settled with wings spread wide on ivy flowers. Their wings are mainly black with white spots near the tips of their fore wings. They have a a curved red/orange band across the middle of their fore wings which is echoed by orange on the trailing edge of their hind wings giving the appearance of a broken orange loop. Their antennae are black and white striped.

A red admiral feeding on ivy flowers. One of about ten seen on my walk along with a white seen in flight in the distance. 📸🎞️ #insects #butterflies #ukwildlife

An image of a multi-petalled bright yellow flower filling the frame set against an out-of-focus leafy green and brown background. There is an outer flat ring of 14 petals with an inner ring of petals curved upwards.

Cat's ear or flatweed, a false dandelion. 📸🎞️ #flowers #ukwildlife

A view of a low cut grassy green hill with pale blue sky and fluffy white clouds above. Reminiscent of the Windows 95 desktop image.

A very small hill near the West Grange circle in Monifieth. Perhaps 10m high. Reminds me of the Windows 95 desktop image. 📸🎞️

Heard a pink-footed goose over Panmurefield woods this afternoon. Then heard a buzzing sound and realised a local magpie that has extended their repertoire to include geese! Spotted them in the tree from the other side of the burn a little later buzzing again. #ukwildlife

A close-up image of a furry reddish-grey squirrel perched deep in a hawthorn bush with ivy background. They have a twig with several red berries and leaves on in their paws and are eating one of the berries.

A gorgeous reddish-coloured grey squirrel feeding on a twig of hawthorn berries and leaves. They ignored me as I moved about to get a clearer view through the foliage! 📸🎞️ #squirrel #ukwildlife

An image of a yellow-brown bird with black legs perched on a branch lit by a sunbeam.

A chiffchaff quietly flitting about in dappled sunlight in the woods beside the Dighty Burn at Panmurefield in Broughty Ferry. 📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife

A close-up image of a small brown bird with dark eyes and a straight dark moustache perched on a thin branch. Their is a tinge of yellow-green around their wings which have black and white patches on.

A goldcrest. Heard them in lots of places throughout my walk and finally managed to get this brief view after a lot of waiting patiently. 📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife

A white-throated dipper bird perched on the wet water-weed and autumn-left covered face of a weir with autumn leaves. They have a chestnut brown head with brown eye and small black pupil. Their chin and breast are bright white with a chestnut brown waistcoat below. Their back is slightly mottled dark brown with dark brown wings.

One of 7 dippers (likely 5 individuals) seen on my walk around the Seven Arches (Balmossie) Viaduct area of the Dighty Burn in Monifieth/Broughty Ferry on a hot bright Saturday afternoon. 📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife

A large grey bird with a black and white head and an long orange pointed beak perched on a dead tree against a pale blue sky.

A grey heron perched on a dead tree above the Dighty Burn in Monifieth. 📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife

A close-up image of a large black and red butterfly settled with wings spread wide on ivy flowers. Their wings are mainly black with white spots near the tips of their fore wings. They have a a curved red/orange band across the middle of their fore wings which is echoed by orange on the trailing edge of their hind wings giving the appearance of a broken orange loop. Their antennae are black and white striped.

A red admiral feeding on ivy flowers. One of about ten seen on my walk along with a white seen in flight in the distance. 📸🎞️ #insects #butterflies #ukwildlife

A close-up image of a bee-like insect resting on a green ivy leaf.

A drone fly (a hoverfly of genus eristalis?). 📸🎞️ #insects #ukwildlife

An image of a multi-petalled bright yellow flower filling the frame set against an out-of-focus leafy green and brown background. There is an outer flat ring of 14 petals with an inner ring of petals curved upwards.

Cat's ear or flatweed, a false dandelion. 📸🎞️ #flowers #ukwildlife

A view of a low cut grassy green hill with pale blue sky and fluffy white clouds above. Reminiscent of the Windows 95 desktop image.

A very small hill near the West Grange circle in Monifieth. Perhaps 10m high. Reminds me of the Windows 95 desktop image. 📸🎞️

Heard a pink-footed goose over Panmurefield woods this afternoon. Then heard a buzzing sound and realised a local magpie that has extended their repertoire to include geese! Spotted them in the tree from the other side of the burn a little later buzzing again. #ukwildlife

27 species of bird seen, 3 more heard, 2 butterfly species (a white, several red admirals) on a 5 hour/7.7km walk (3.5 hours still) around north Monifieth and the Seven Arches (Balmossie) Viaduct area of the Dighty Burn in Monifieth/Broughty Ferry on a hot bright Saturday afternoon. #ukwildlife

A zoom shot of three geese with wings spread wide flying overhead towards the left against a deep blue sky. They are pale brown with darker brown heads, all tinged by a golden sunset.

A close-up of some of the lower-flying pink-footed geese in a smaller flock heading north over north Monifieth in late afternoon. The biggest flock had 900+ birds. ~100% crop of 300mm equiv. 📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife

A zoom shot of seven geese flying overhead towards the left against a deep blue sky. They are pale brown with darker brown heads, all tinged by a golden sunset.

A close-up of some of the lower-flying pink-footed geese in a smaller flock heading north over north Monifieth in late afternoon. The biggest flock had 900+ birds. 200% crop of 300mm equiv. 📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife

An image of blue sky with a wavy line of small black shapes. Around 100 pink-footed geese.

Another of several large, noisy, flocks of pink-footed geese that overflew north Monifieth late this afternoon, heading north. There's only about a hundred birds in this flock. The light flashed and rippled along the line as they flapped in the sunset. 📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife

An image of blue sky with lots of tiny dark marks across the field of view forming a random wavy lines. Around 830 pink-footed geese.

One of several large, noisy, flocks of pink-footed geese that overflew north Monifieth late this afternoon, heading north. I count around 830 birds in this image and I couldn't fit them all in the frame. The smaller flocks of 20-50 birds were often silent which caught me out. 📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife

An abstract image of the head of an aztec-like figure with angular shapes and large eyes pointing towards a grid of rectilinear red symbols.

Fresh grafitti at the Seabraes Grafitti Gallery in Dundee. Taken at an angle as I couldn't stand far enough back to get it all in frame. 📸🎞️ #grafitti

A close-up image of a red, yellow and brown twisted cylindrical flower spike set against an out-of-focus green background. The top of the flower has several long red flowers with pale yellow long flowers below with long thin hair-like stamens. Below the yellow flowers is a twisted mass of brown desiccated flowers.

A red hot poker/torch lily in the Seabraes gardens in Dundee. 📸🎞️ #flowers #ukwildlife

A close-up image of a small mottled brown and grey bird seen facing away with their head turned back towards the camera. They are standing among some weeds. Their eye is brown with a black pupil.

One of several dunnocks catching bugs and feeding in the grass beside the railway line by eabraes Grafitti Gallery in Dundee. 📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife

A close-up image of a medium-sized silver-grey helicopter with landing skids seen from below flying past the camera set against a grey-blue sky. The main rotor has four blades with yellow tips; the tail rotor is enclosed. The words "Gama Aviation" and "Air Ambulance" are visible on the fuselage below the winds with the registration G-GMAH below the tail rotor and underneath the body.

A Gama Aviation, Airbus Helicopters H145, Air Ambulance (registration G-GMAH) crossing the Tay Rail Bridge at Riverside Drive in Dundee. They spent the morning doing touch-and-go type loops between the airport and road bridge. 📸🎞️ #helicopters #aircraft