Bramblings are gorgeous little finches, and are often called an orange chaffinch, for obvious reasons. They are indeed very similar…
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Bird of the Day: Linnet
My house in Hellingly is a short drive from Ashdown Forest, which is a forest in a historical sense rather…
Bird of the Day: Eider Duck
I have to thank my childhood visits to Arundel Wetland Centre again for my love of this duck: I think…
Bird of the Day: Starling
Growing up in the 70’s, Starlings were often regarded as a nuisance, and I remember crowds of them on the…
Bird of the Day: Oystercatcher
I painted an Oystercatcher very early on in my gouache journey when using the white paper as the white part…
Bird of the Day: Black-headed Gull
My favourite book as I was growing up was Usborne’s The Naturetrail Omnibus, and I pored over the different chapters…
Bird of the Day: Peregrine Falcon
I am fortunate to live in an area where a number of Peregrines are resident. I’m not sure how far…
Bird of the Day: Teal
When my children were younger, we used to visit the RSPB Reserve at Pulborough Brooks, and the WWT Centre at…
Bird of the day: Waxwing
Waxwings are on my Ultimate Ticklist…I may weep if I actually saw one, and that goes double if I have…
Bird of the Day: Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gulls are quite difficult to paint in my style as they have a lot of white, so I bought some…
