Sandemar Reserve; 16th October 2007

Grey Plover

Yellowhammer

Yellowhammer

A day out at the reserve saw a Grey Plover as the surprise, not a commonly seen species in the area, took the oppurtunity to take a few sketches. The stubble fields were full of Yellowhamers feeding on seed and I spent an hour on them in the afternoon, hundreds of them rolling over the fields was a lovely sight, one now all to rare in Ireland, where the species is declining alarmingly for some years now...

Black Throated Diver; Watercolour

Black Throated Diver; Watercolour
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Worked up from an earlier field sketch done in late summer at Tyresta National Park...

Wheatear; Watercolour

Spring wheatear; Watercolour
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Completed after looking back through the sketchbook. This came from a field sketch posted here earlier, which was about Landsort in May 2007. I will often go back months, retrieve a sketch and work from it.,,

Pied Flycatcher; Watercolour

Pied Flycatcher; Watercolour
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Pied Flycatcher

Another Watercolur completed. A typical autumn scene on the baltic islands...

10th October 2007

Goosander

Rough legged Buzzard

Rough legged Buzzard

Rough legged Buzzard

Goldcrest

Goldcrest

Goldcrest



October on Landsort, which always means lot's of Goldcrest. Spent a lot of time sketching these in the late afternoon as they fed all around me. Rough legged buzzard passage is heavy at this time and plenty of birds passing made great subjects, an impressive raptor, the contrasting plumage making it particularily striking. goosander on the rocks at Sodra Udden was hard to pass, took time out to sketch...

Great Grey Shrike

Great Grey Shrike, a feature of late autumn and a favourite species of mine. Great to sketch as they perch openly watching for prey, which at this time of the year often includes tired migrant Goldcrests...

Pheasants; Sandemar; October 2007

Pheasant (juv. female)

Pheasant (juv male)

Pheasant field sketches from Sandemar Reserve...

Wheatear; Watercolour

Wheatear; Watercolour
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Wheatear (juv.)

Another field sketch directly copied and painted, this time in watercolour. I like to do this solely to keep the authenticity of my observation intact and think it adds an intamacy to the finished painting that cannot be achieved without getting out and looking at the subject in the wild through a telescope.