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Snowy Owl:
watercolour on card.
I painted this after seeing a real one at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire! A very rare visitor from the Arctic, Snowy Owls have bred in the UK, but are still high on the 'wants list' of many younger birders. |
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Gyr Falcon:
oil pastels on board.
This was based on field-sketches of a very contentious individual on the Isle of Sheppey: some authorities felt the bird was a falconer's hybrid..... We'll never know for sure: but a fabulous bird to see at close range! |
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Great Spotted
Cuckoo: pastel on board.
I've seen four of these amazing birds: this one was at Shoreham, in Sussex. Most obliging, too: it shambled about in its favoured bush eating caterpillars for hours on end! |
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Citrine Wagtail:
pencil on art-board.
Surprisingly easy to separate from confusion species: this delightful 'Everton Mint' posed for the gallery at Kelling Quags. |
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Honey Buzzards:
ink on paper.
I sketched these large raptors as they moved through the trees at Sandringham. Now, HBs are a regular breeding species in Norfolk's Wensum Valley. |
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Waxwing:
inks on card.
These amazingly exotic birds are regular Winter visitors to Broadland: I've had flocks in my garden. (A great reason to plant cotoneasters!) |
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Red-necked
Phalarope: ink on paper
This was used as an illustration in the Norfolk bird report. A delightfully daft name for a super little bird! |
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Slavonian
Grebe: Inks on card
And this was sold as a Christmas card! As with some of the other illustrations, I only have a low resolution picture of this, having sold the original without taking a copy! Doh! |
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