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Landscape and wildlife artist, illustrator and author

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Reviews - Looking at Birds

Surprising sights and the role of the imagination

January 28, 2022

Looking at Birds is aptly subtitled ‘an antidote to Field Guides‘. John is making the point that identifying birds is only the beginning, and that to be open to other ways of watching birds will greatly enhance our time spent doing it.  He suggests that we should enjoy the “many times when, because of light […]

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A new project

January 21, 2022

Happy New Year to everyone and a big welcome to all our new followers. Just to let you know that my new project will be to add more of the original drawings from ‘Looking at Birds’ to the website. Some are already here in the book illustration gallery   but there are plenty more in my […]

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Book Review – Birdwatch magazine

July 22, 2016

Looking at Birds book cover

  This book is a little gem which will bring joy and amusement to the reader. If an artist has a gift, then it is surely his ability to share a personal vision and to reveal the world in a fresh way to the viewer. John Busby has been doing just that for more than […]

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Book Review – British Birds

July 22, 2016

Looking at Birds book cover

   Thought-provoking? I think so. Busby says: ‘identifying a bird is only the beginning’. For many years John Busby’s work has graced the pages and walls of numerous books and exhibitions. His ethos has always been to observe his subjects in the field and record first-hand what unfolds in front of him, rather than what […]

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Book Review – John Muir Laws

July 22, 2016

Looking at Birds book cover

Looking at Birds is an outstanding guide to observing the world and bringing greater joy and curiosity to the study of birds. The author is John Busby, master bird artist whose fast bird sketches capture the aliveness and energy of a bird like no one I have ever seen. His work has inspired me for years. […]

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Good Reads Website – Looking at Birds

July 21, 2016

Looking at Birds book cover

This link should take you to the Good Reads website

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