Nightjars in the Forest of Dean
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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…
Pel’s Fishing Owl
The Pel’s Fishing Owl is a bird I didn’t expect to be seeing during my time in South Africa. They live in dense forest, like most owls they’re nocturnal, and…
Capercaillies and Sparrowhawks
Today the wildlife gallery has been added to with this photograph of a Western Capercaillie found in the Caledonian pine forest of the Cairngorms in Scotland, and this Little Sparrowhawk…
Shrikes, Pigeons and Hummingbirds
Four new additions to the wildlife gallery today… I found the Great Grey Shrike hunting over farmland in the Brandenburg area of Germany on the way back from looking for…