Recent bird paintings

I’ve mainly been painting birds and woodland over the winter, I love both. Mainly I head to the coast to watch the birds and these paintings are from the Lune Estuary near where I live, and the barnacle geese from the Solway Firth in Galloway. The entire Svalbard population of barnacle geese overwinters on the Solway Firth and it is really worth a visit to see them.

The Scottish word for curlew is whaup. I was in my twenties before I knew that they were the same bird 🙂 Morecambe Bay is a wonderful place to see them and other wading birds.

Whaups, Morecambe Bay. Oil on canvas, 61 x 46 cm
Whaups, Morecambe Bay. Oil on canvas, 61 x 46 cm
Barnacle Geese, Solway Firth. Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm.
Barnacle Geese, Solway Firth. Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm.
Little Egret, Lune Estuary. Oil on canvas, 50 x 50 cm
Little Egret, Lune Estuary. Oil on canvas, 50 x 50 cm