Owls and Lizards
Owls, Deer, Starlings & Nile Monitors
Murmuration
European Lynx completed
Otters, Nightjars and a new year
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Owls and Lizards
A couple more additions to the wildlife gallery today. The Short-eared Owl was photographed in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, hunting the fields in its winter territory. The Common Green Forest Lizard…
Owls, Deer, Starlings & Nile Monitors
Some further additions to the wildlife gallery today… I spent this afternoon watching Short-eared Owls in the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire. The Roe Deer was moving at full speed across a…
Murmuration
I took this image of a Starling murmuration yesterday. It shows many thousands of birds as they came in to roost in the reedbed around dusk. Whilst it certainly represents…
European Lynx completed
The European Lynx is finally complete. I’ve spent longer on this drawing than any other so far. As with all my other colour work so far, it was drawn with…
Otters, Nightjars and a new year
Happy new year (and decade)! My first additions to the wildlife gallery for 2020 are this Nightjar and Otter. The Nightjar was photographed close to home in the Forest of…
Elephants and Palm Squirrels
A day after Boxing Day, there are two additions to the wildlife gallery. Firstly is an Indian Palm Squirrel photographed in southern Sri Lanka, where it is very common. I…
Hoopoes and Puffins
Two new images have been added to the wildlife gallery today. The Puffin was photographed on the island on Skomer in Pembrokeshire, Wales, and the African Hoopoe was captured in…
European Lynx in progress, part 2
I’m still working on this European Lynx. Both of the photos I’ve posted so far have been taken with my phone under artificial light. Detail is being lost and the…
Leopards and Puffbacks
Two new additions to the gallery today. I found this male Black-backed Puffback outside one of the rest camps of the Kruger National Park. If memory serves correctly it was…
Eurasian Lynx in progress
I’m currently working on this drawing of a Eurasian Lynx. I’m using Stabilo Carbothello pastel pencils on pastelmat paper again. There’s still work to do on what I’ve already drawn…
Goshawks and Crested Tits
A couple of new photos have been added to the wildlife gallery. First up is a Crested Tit photographed in the Abernethy Forest in the Cairngorms, Scotland. Secondly, a young…
Adders, Firecrests and Pigeons
Another few additions to the wildlife gallery this evening… The colourful Orange-breasted Green Pigeon was found in Bundala on the southern coast of Sri Lanka. The male Adder was found…