Kerrie Ann Gardnerさんのイラストまとめ

Any day now...#firstswift

Respite, river-light.

Still besotted with Sulphur Tufts under UV light.

I’m glad I ran up the hill this evening.

‘Lone Swift’. Pastel experiment number...ten? It’s only a few months now, only a few months until they’re screaming through our skies again.

Today’s pastel, a kind of conjuring. After much promise last year, a pair of Ravens that looked like they might nest in the old pine tree on the hill went elsewhere. This year, I’m hoping they come back.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN WINTER: 1.) Hedgelaying, not flailing. 2.) Grey Partridges, red listed, rarely seen now. Ivy berries left for birds. 3.) Flocks of finches: Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Brambling. A working horse. Hay, not silage. 4.) Uncut Bramble, Dock seeds.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN SUMMER: 1.) A huge flock of Sparrows eating corn edged with abundant wildflowers - particularly Ragwort and Cinnabar caterpillars. 2.) Not Buddleia, but wild Privet covered in butterflies. 3.) A Spotted-Flycatcher, little seen now. 4.) So many Swifts.