my absolute ABSOLUTE favourite is the last one, the quickly scribbled yellow wag on a fencepost, there's so little pencil, and so much of the bird's character.
I've got so many ideas at the moment that my head's spinning as it is!
Woody
First page, bottom bird is the one for me, that is truly excellent. Wish it would stop raining here so I could get out scribbling, not much fun getting soggy sketchbooks.
Well there you go that was my holiday, apart from the bit where I was dragged around the shops in the rain.
These are a couple of sketches I did with the help of a still image although I did do some 'jottings'. Never seen a grasshopper warbler before. It was amazing - it sat on a rock trembling and emitting that strange insect like noise. It was so small and looked so fragile. Its so hard to believe they travel so far and that any survive.
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Hope to find time to work up some sketches.
Dryslwyn
Some lovely sketches coming in , this one is for Woody.I know he likes his Barn Owls. This one was so busy hunting it did't bother about me coming up to about twenty feet away twice head on .It was magic.
I see you got a mention in Birds Illustrated Woody. It is Birds Birds Birds in Faversham. for May. ent. Water Birds.