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This summer, an adult and two young Swallows kept returning to a tree at the end of my Norfolk garden; it would have been rude not to paint them (oil on paper, 30 cm x 21 cm) @Natures_Voice @_BTO @BTO_GBW @NorfolkWT @NorfolkBirds
An illustration for the opening chapters of 'Birds of Cork', before we get to the Systematic List. Some have birds in; some don't! This is a picture of Glengarriff Woods in west Cork @BirdWatchIE @GlengarriffWood @byhedge @TourismWestCork @CorkEnvForum #birdsofcork
Great Shearwater for 'Birds of Cork', due out next year. When I was living in the county, I always hoped to experience a movement like the 5,118 off Cape Clear on September 15th 1965 - but it never happened! @CCBOIE @TheSeabirdGroup @Scillypelagics @BirdWatchIE #wildlifeart
Two 'heron' illustrations for the 'Birds of Cork' book - Little Egret and Grey Heron. In September 1989 I had to beg for a lift to see my first Little Egret, at Belgooly in Cork. How times have changed! @EricTheBirdman @BirdWatchIE @wetlandsireland @WeBS_UK #heron #birdart
Goldfinch for 'Birds of Cork' (A4, oil on paper). So far I've shared 19 of these illustrations online, and I have another 11 in various stages of completion. That takes me up to the half way point; I'll shortly start work on some habitat paintings. :)
Hooded Crow - another A4 monochrome oil illustration for 'Birds of Cork'. Lots more still to do ...
Due to lockdown I haven't seen (or heard) a Sedge Warbler yet this spring. Nevertheless, here's a painting of one. Another A4 oil sketch for the 'Birds of Cork' book.
Another illustration for the 'Birds of Cork' book, this one a Wheatear. I'm still waiting to find one of these for my lockdown list ... but then again I haven't seen Cuckoo or Swift either. A4 oil sketch on paper, destined to be printed at a much smaller size.
Sketches of Lapwings from Cley today @SupportNWT @NWTCleyCentre. One (stretching) still in breeding plumage!
Turtle Dove, oil on board 24x20". Fast declining in Norfolk but hanging on in my BBS square @SaveTurtleDoves