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I love Ringed plovers they are one of my favourite birds to see and paint. Beautiful little wee shorebirds, they are on all the coast land around Scotland and up into Orkney

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Emmett the emu ❤️

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New painting, great hornbill my friend's favourite bird! Not one I'm familiar with but gave it a go

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Second time trying oil paints! Honestly good fun, I think I'm getting to grips with it being the opposite process to watercolour. And I don't think it's half bad!

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Puffin sketches from my trip to Westray, Orkney this summer. I'll be missing them until they come back next year

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The Isle of Arran from Bute, 2024

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Slavonian grebe

Can't believe I managed to see this beautiful bird this year, I could have spent hours watching the pair of them. These were one of only a few pairs that breed in Scotland, very special

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Owls have such great faces, disgruntled

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Snowy owl doodle

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On a last minute crafting spree to finish before Christmas! Tree ornaments for the family stockings

Pig in blanket pattern by a.good.right.hook

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More late night painting of the birds from sanday - this time a Bar tailed godwit!

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Sanderlings from sanday

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Changeable weather on Orkney , water sketch and the rain came in

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Weekend travels

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Trying out some new watercolour styles and a pheasant seemed fun, really happy with how this turned out.

I feel very divided about pheasants in the UK. Releasing thousands of non native birds into the countryside for sport does not seem like a good idea for native wildlife. However I have also met the gamekeepers using the release pens to build diverse habits and creating large areas of land that don't have heavy agriculture or buildings on them. They are beautiful birds

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More puffin!