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Andrew Ellis
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bugger!! I want some Teal to draw! excellent as a always. I suppose the night
shift will kick in soon nick?!!
shift will kick in soon nick?!!
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
I'd like some teal to draw! those ones are over 3 years old. Never ever move from the coast to inland France if you want a constant supply of good birds! (For proof, check my blog on Surfbirds - I reckon it's the only one that says things like Moorhen - 3, Coot - 9, quite depressing really. Need something good to come along soon.)
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
Had a day up in the mountains today, preparing for some friends coming over birding next week, trying to locate some of the mouthwatering possibilities that I'd tempted them with at this time of year: wallcreeper, dotterel, hazel grouse, capercaillie, nutcracker, black woodpecker, haha, I heard the last two but saw none of the others. The best birds I saw were some crested tits (not a particularly difficult bird to find here mind). I'm so hellbent on seeing a hazel grouse now, I bought a hunter's whistle for them off eBay as soon as I got back in - apparently they're banned for hunting purposes in France as they're so effective in getting the birds to respond. Fingers crossed for next week's sketchbook then! Here's what I got today, goldcrest, crested tits, coot and a red kite.
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Andrew Ellis
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Great stuff nick as usual! the Crested Tits are just superb!!
Bags of caracter and movement excelent Never seen any
in the u.k but visited my Brother in Germany where he was posted and the
lucky git had them visiting his bird table right outside the window on the
third story of his quarter's.
My brother was stationed near the Black Forrest. Wonderful
little bird worth going to the Highlands for when I get the chance.
Bags of caracter and movement excelent Never seen any
in the u.k but visited my Brother in Germany where he was posted and the
lucky git had them visiting his bird table right outside the window on the
third story of his quarter's.
My brother was stationed near the Black Forrest. Wonderful
little bird worth going to the Highlands for when I get the chance.
Andrew Ellis
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:t:Oh forgot to say , Goldcrest's brill, Love the one preening!
timwootton
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Yes - superb. And it's getting ever more noticable in your drawing that, even though they are supremely observed and accurately rendered, they're still unmistakably done by the same hand as your paintings. Hallmark stuff, Nick - personal favs are, of course, the kite drawings.
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
I'll be perfectly honest, the goldcrest's head is not how I saw it, I can't even remember what it looked like! But if it creates the illusion of looking right, then that's good enough for me. I can't believe it sat there and preened for more than 2 seconds! Got a few painting to be working on this week now, and then big big big sketchathon next Monday Tuesday and Wednesday!
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nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
I think the kite saved the day, it came soaring right overhead as I was sulkily about to put the birding stuff away, not often I've been able to look straight into the whites of their eyes! There are a couple of extremely tatty ones about at the moment, they look ridiculous, half majestic, half dishcloth!
ARTHUR BISHOP
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Lovely energetic sketches Nick. The Goldcrest facing I like the best of them all.
Strandman
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lovely middle kite
you don't happen to have a link to that whistle on eBay? I'm in hazel grouse country end Oct and it sounds a rather nifty tool to have in the box
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
I got it looking under "appeau gélinotte", which took me to some eBay shop that sells old guitars and bird whistles, and they speak English. All in all paid less than a tenner for it and there should be one left as he had two last night. Just hope it works! After some research last night on the net, the forest I was searching in has quite a reasonable population of 3.3 pairs per 100ha! So a bit of whistling should hopefully reap its reward (now, just got to think of a way of getting capercaillie while I'm there!)
Here's the link to the shop, the one you want is the "Gélinotte"
http://stores.ebay.fr/LUTHERIE-Autour-dune-Guitare_APPEAUX_W0QQcolZ2QQdirZ1QQfsubZ7174955QQftidZ2QQtZkm
Strandman
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Zac Hinchcliffe
Time spent wishing is time wasted!
Wow, you made the step of sketch to painting extremely quick Nick
The Goldie is reeally good! Well done
The Goldie is reeally good! Well done
Andrew Ellis
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Nick I'm so envious of your productivity! And such quality all the time!
love the Goldcrest. Remember the first one I saw was in the lanes behind my
parents house and was just two feet away from me in a hedge joining
a wood . That hedge and wood are no longer there , Now a lovely housing
estate! Its a long time since I saw my last Gold crest , would be nice
to see another.
Lovely painting!
love the Goldcrest. Remember the first one I saw was in the lanes behind my
parents house and was just two feet away from me in a hedge joining
a wood . That hedge and wood are no longer there , Now a lovely housing
estate! Its a long time since I saw my last Gold crest , would be nice
to see another.
Lovely painting!
ARTHUR BISHOP
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Love the Goldy Nick
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