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Native to North and South America, the Harris Hawk is a bird associated with arid desert and mountainous areas. It is unusual amongst raptors for its social habits of hunting. Individual birds will club together and hunt as a pack. Some birds will drive and flush prey towards others who are watching and waiting in ambush. This hunting co-operation ensures greater success and the kill is shared.
Having a social and forgiving nature, along with the ease with which they are handled, have made them a firm favourite for falconers, and a beginner will often have one as their first bird.
This is a Giclée reproduction of an original graphite pencil drawing, printed on archival grade, professional Hahnemule Photorag 300gsm paper. It is supplied without mount or frame. Framed prints can be arranged at extra cost, please contact the studio to discuss any requirements.
Totemic bird of gardeners and beloved adornment of Christmas cards, the ubiquitous Robin is known to all. So much so that it is regarded as the favourite bird of the British Isles.
Often looked upon as a bird of sweet innocence, it is in fact fiercely territorial and Robins will fight to the death if necessary. When locked in combat, they will be so intent upon their violence one can often approach them very closely, so oblivious they are to danger. Using song to establish their territory, they sing all year round and their light, sun filled, liquid notes trickling forth in winter are especially welcome, draping a crisp morning with a life affirming warmth.
This is a Giclée reproduction of an original graphite pencil drawing, printed on archival grade, professional Hahnemule Photorag 300gsm paper. It is supplied without mount or frame. Framed prints can be arranged at extra cost, please contact the studio to discuss any requirements.
A dumpy, daring diver of a bird. Usually found bobbing up and down on a rock before taking a penguin like sojourn under fast flowing water, looking for invertebrates and aquatic insects to eat. They resemble a Kingfisher in flight – fast, straight and true like an arrow, with rapid, buzzing wing beats usually just above the surface of the water. A head of rufous and burnt sienna blends with a back of chocolate brown and silver charcoal tints. The breast is magnificent bright white.
This is a Giclée reproduction of an original graphite pencil drawing, printed on archival grade, professional Hahnemule Photorag 300gsm paper. It is supplied without mount or frame. Framed prints can be arranged at extra cost, please contact the studio to discuss any requirements.
Lyme Regis, where I spent a number of years living and working, is home to a tidy band of pigeons. Congregating around the mouth of the River Lym and the nearby sea walls they can be seen and heard cooing, preening and resting in the sun. The clatter clapping of wings signal a flock that has burst into flight, normally circuitous before resettling. Keep an eye out for any racing pigeons that have gone feral.
Progeny of the wild Rock Dove, they sport many shades of colour – thunder cloud, coal, slate sky and wood smoke, as well as magnesium white, reddening brown and coffee in the lighter birds. Many carry a scarf of purpling green iridescence on the neck, a unique identifier that other birds see.
This is a Giclée reproduction of an original graphite pencil drawing, printed on archival grade, professional Hahnemule Photorag 300gsm paper. It is supplied without mount or frame. Framed prints can be arranged at extra cost, please contact the studio to discuss any requirements.
The original is also available for sale.
Like paper lanterns strung along a line, the pendulous, hop-like heads of quaking grass quiver and tremble in the wind. Usually seen in meadows and grasslands, it can also be found growing in unlikely urban wayside spots as it can grow in hard conditions and times of stress that would wither other grasses.
‘Toddling Grass’ and ‘Dithery Dock’ are two of the country names for this grass due to its trembling habit. The seeds from the woven heart shaped spikelets serve as food for a range of birds such as the Sparrow, Greenfinch, Linnet and Yellowhammer.
This is a Giclée reproduction of an original graphite pencil drawing, printed on archival grade, professional Hahnemule Photorag 300gsm paper. It is supplied without mount or frame. Framed prints can be arranged at extra cost, please contact the studio to discuss any requirements.
Photography
Vespula vulgaris, the common wasp, is a supreme paper architect. This small abandoned nest was found in a chicken coop nest box – a papery egg.
The Queen wasp emerges from winter hibernation and commences building the start of the nest. Chewing on wood with her powerful mandibles, she mixes it with saliva to create a mushy pulp with which to sculpt. Nests will display different hues and colours depending on where the wood was sourced – treated fence panels, sheds, hardwoods, dead wood and soft woods all add to a muted palette of greens, greys, creamy yellows and white.
Wasps for many are vandals of late summer picnics, but they are also essential pollinators and a voracious predator of other insects so help keep those populations in balance.
Their layered papier-mâché lantern homes are a masterful construction.
This is a Giclée reproduction, printed on archival grade, professional Hahnemule Photorag 300gsm paper. It is supplied without mount or frame. Framed prints can be arranged at extra cost, please contact the studio to discuss any requirements
The Pied Wagtail is often spied flicking its long tail and chirping out a distinctive ‘tchissick’ call. When feeding, the birds spring like traps, scribing and carving the air in pursuit of insects.
The nesting sites are varied – holes in a bank or wall, crevices and hollows among rocks, the folds and gnarled fingers of tree roots or in this case, a ledge tucked away in a barn.
Leaves, grasses, fine roots and twigs are matted and felted together and then the cup is finely lined with hair and wool. Four to six eggs are laid, usually in April. Colours vary, but generally they are a dirty white, liberally sprinkled with flecks of grey-brown.
This is a Giclée reproduction, printed on archival grade, professional Hahnemule Photorag 300gsm paper. It is supplied without mount or frame. Framed prints can be arranged at extra cost, please contact the studio to discuss any requirements.
A globe of grasses, roots and bark shreds make up this mouse nest. The size of a tennis ball, the main material is honeysuckle, the outer bark stripped off the stems and tightly woven into this tidy round form.
This is a Giclée reproduction, printed on archival grade, professional Hahnemule Photorag 300gsm paper. It is supplied without mount or frame. Framed prints can be arranged at extra cost, please contact the studio to discuss any requirements.
The Goldfinch’s call is often heard in winter as flocks feed on thistles, burdock and teasel seed heads. Bright and metallic, it sounds like a handful of tiny bells strewn across glass.
Like all finches, their neat little nests are woven masterpieces. The compact cup is made by interweaving threadlike twigs and roots with grasses, lichens and moss. Wool, hair and thistledown provide a gentle, warming lining.
Between four to six eggs are laid, usually in May. The ground colour is normally cream or very washed pale blue, decorated with spots and blotches of reddish-brown.
This is a Giclée reproduction, printed on archival grade, professional Hahnemule Photorag 300gsm paper. It is supplied without mount or frame. Framed prints can be arranged at extra cost, please contact the studio to discuss any requirements.
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