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Woody said:
It's a Woody windfall! Cheers both.

Mike
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It's an assault on the goggles, mate - just unfair to a) post so much fieldwork and for b) it to be of such a consistently high quality, whilst c) dropping in just one or two of the finest pieces of work posted this year . . . anywhere. Marvellous series - quite wonderful.
 
Sounds like a wonderful time with the birds (and others), and so nice to see how much you caught in your sketches. I just love the yellow-vented bulbul (5th set)! They pygmy woodpecker looks good too, and so many nice kingfisher sketches - they have such lovely ones in that area, don't they? The last bee-eaters are also very nice for catching their character I think.
 
Thanks all.

Back to the UK wildlife for a bit. Here's the latest two.

Stonechats are usually pretty obvious at Elmley this time of year and it's always good to see them flitting along in the reeds ahead of you. This one is from a couple of weeks back.

Last weekend we had some sunshine and calm for birding. As Autumn progresses it lives up to the old saying about 'mists and mellow fruitfulness'. The cattle that graze Elmley help to ensure that there's usually a good crop of field mushrooms, big, fat and delicious looking ones! Personally, even though I'm pretty certain of the 'shrooms' identity, I've never been brave enough to risk it, just in case! Lapwing and field mushrooms.

Mike
 

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Bigshent said:
Both are Fandabbydozy but I have a preference for the Lappy amongst mushrooms:t:
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Fandadbbydozy alright. My preference is for the first I think due to the variation in detail with parts of the painting in higher focus than others. That's something I particularly like in paintings and you've done a great job. Now if I could just figure out how to do that!
 
just in for an admire

November seems to inspire you to get out, just when many birders are packing up after the autumn and waiting for winter proper to arrive

especially great kingfisher images I thought as I browsed: really strong beast look
 
There certainly is something in the air with you at the moment Mike - the lapwing is brilliant and I absolutely adore the treatment of the stonechat.
 
Cheers all.

The DIY and general assault on home cleaning, tidying etc as organised by my 'time management team' is slowing down now so it's back to painting for me.

Mike
 
Wow Mike - totally agree with Tim's comments - but oh what a wonderful assault it is...absolutely stunning! Love seeing the progression of the work too.
 
apologies for having loved these without commenting - the stonechat compelled me to go and paint before I had commented.
 
Time is getting used up by various Christmas projects at the moment but I've managed to sneak in this little reminder of Summer.

Mike
 

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