squirrel stories
this is a longish one because the dynamics of UK squirrels reveals the important and often hidden role of predation in just too fascinating a way not to share! last week Mandy and I had a wonderful day on Caldey Island. We took the…
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Baby Red Kite in a Welsh Woodland
This baby Red Kite fledged recently in a woodland near us. Mandy works with a client close to the wood and she found the nest although for a while it went very quiet and we thought they had deserted. Then in late July she…
summer show
Hi there It’s been a busy Spring and early summer and a hot one too! The new catalogue of prints from all my artist friends has taken some time to produce but it is out now and available for £8 here and I have…
wild Gannet
In these stressful days when everybody is worried about paying their bills and getting by in a crazy world it is good to know that kindness to wild creatures exists.. When you travel on your own you tend to meet more people, interesting people….
“Orla” the Barn Owl
it’s funny how injured raptors seem to know to find their way to Ffion Rees, and then to the ‘hawk hotel’! We are now caring for “Orla” a beautiful Barn Owl that was found on the Croes Goch road (where there have been a…
autumn colours
it’s amazing how the colours change quickly after rains the yellows of summer are green again some of the orange remains, and the bracken has turned deep russet rooks and jackdaws working out in the greening stubble beech and maples are igniting the woodlands…
vultures vultures vultures
WHY I PAINT VULTURES AND WHY I AM SUPPORTING THREE VULTURE CONSERVATION PROJECTS WHERE HAS CONSERVATION MONEY GONE TO? TO RHINOS, ELEPHANTS, PRIMATES, BIG CATS, THE BIG AND HAIRY CONSERVATION, GLAMSERVATION!! DO VULTURES HAVE A PRETTY FACE I BELIEVE VULTURES ARE BEAUTIFUL AND MAGNIFICENT…
late summer colours
a view from the harvested barley fields at Trecenny to Penberi. So nice not to have to do greens at this time of year! so dry the tawny grasses feel a bit like they should have guinea fowl in them
Fresh West
this was a watercolour of the spectators at the juniors surf championship, Freshwater West
Eagle and the Salmon
I wanted the eagle to be life size. The White-tailed Sea Eagle is a huge eagle, often referred to as flying barn doors. This worries some people, why would we want an eagle that big back in our landscape, wont it carry off lambs,…