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Studies of young Golden Eagle — Studies of young Golden Eagle
Charcoal and wash 24 x 24 SOLD original illustration from Lines from Nature p.108

Houses and boats, Shetland — Houses and boats, Shetland
pen and wash drawing 14 x 23 cm SOLD Illustration from A Naturalist's Shetland p1

Collared Dove studies — Collared Dove studies
unsigned pen and wash drawings 17 x 17 cm in mount 30cm sq SOLD

Caspian Plover and Lapwing, Aberlady — Caspian Plover and Lapwing, Aberlady
signed watercolour 1988 9.5 x 17 cm (in mount 25x30cm) SOLD illustration from Lines from Nature p.35

Tawny Owl 2002 — Tawny Owl 2002
signed drawing with pastel 19 x 18 cm (in mount 30cm sq) SOLD original illustration from Lines from Nature p.136

Common Buzzards hovering — Common Buzzards hovering
signed drawing 22 x 16 cm SOLD original from Lines from Nature p.113

House Martins collecting mud — House Martins collecting mud
unsigned pen and wash drawing 14 x 20 cm SOLD

House Martin nest — House Martin nest
12 x 16 cm initialled Pen and wash in mount 25 x 30cm SOLD

Cormorants, Gull and Puffin 2003 — Cormorants, Gull and Puffin 2003
signed watercolour 2003 18 x 18 cm (in mount 30cm sq) SOLD

Long-tailled Tits on the Feeder — Long-tailled Tits on the Feeder
watercolour unsigned 17 x 22 cm (in mount 25x30 cm) SOLD illustration from Lines from Nature p.13

Kittiwake cliff — Kittiwake cliff
unsigned watercolour 20 x 25cm SOLD

Leaping Salmon — Leaping Salmon
unsigned pen and wash drawing (blue ink) 10 x 10 cm SOLD

Magpie — Magpie
12 x 14 cm initalled Pen and wash in mount 20 x 25 cm SOLD

Two Bluetits — Two Bluetits
unsigned pen and colour drawing 6 x 16 cm in an A4 mount SOLD

Osprey with fish — Osprey with fish
unsigned pen and wash drawing 16 x 17 cm in mount 30cm sq. SOLD

Great Grey Shrike — Great Grey Shrike
16 x 12 cm initialled Pen and wash in mount 30 x 25cm SOLD

Gannets fishing 1995 — Gannets fishing 1995
signed drawing with wash 15 x 20 cm in mount 30 x 40cm SOLD original for The Herald newspaper 1995 creased down centre

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Buzzard Sky — Buzzard Sky
signed oil 152 x 61 cm SOLD

Juvenile Golden Eagle head — Juvenile Golden Eagle head
unsigned watercolour 11 x 15 cm in mount 20 x 25cm SOLD

Pilot Whales and Shearwaters — Pilot Whales and Shearwaters
pen and wash drawing 14 x 20 cm SOLD Illustration from A Naturalist's Shetland p183

Curlew and Redshank, Aberlady — Curlew and Redshank, Aberlady
signed drawing 24 x 25 cm in mount 40x40cm SOLD

Sparrowhawk and prey — Sparrowhawk and prey
unsigned drawing 13 x 17 cm in mount 25x30cm SOLD

Shags Cragleith 1979 — Shags Cragleith 1979
Signed watercolour 35 x 38cm SOLD (note fold mark bottom left)

Grey Heron flying — Grey Heron flying
pen and wash, initialled 18 x 21 cm SOLD

Barn Owl Study 2 — Barn Owl Study 2
unsigned drawing with some colour 10 x 16cm SOLD original from Lines from Nature p.145

baby green turtle swimming — baby green turtle swimming
unsigned drawing 10 x 14 cm (in mount 20 x 25cm) SOLD

Cranes Through the Trees 1998 — Cranes Through the Trees 1998
signed watercolour 18 x 20 cm SOLD

Kittiwake 'Dread'. St Abbs 2009 — Kittiwake 'Dread'. St Abbs 2009
signed watercolour 26 x 36 cm SOLD

Corncrake — Corncrake
9 x 13 cm initialled watercolour in mount 20 x 25 cm SOLD

Fan-tailed Warbler — Fan-tailed Warbler
12 x 10 cm Watercolour in mount 25 x 20 cm SOLD

Jay display — Jay display
15 x 18 cm signed Watercolour in mount 25 x 30 cm SOLD Illustration from 'Birds in your Garden' p74

Osprey — Osprey
16 x 12cm Watercolour in mount 25 x 30 cm SOLD

Barn Owl in flight 1 — Barn Owl in flight 1
watercolour, unsigned 8 x 16 in mount 20 x 25 SOLD

Barn Owl in flight 2 — Barn Owl in flight 2
watercolour unsigned 11 x 16 cm in mount 20 x 25cm SOLD

Ringed Plover — Ringed Plover
11 x 16 cm Watercolour in mount 25 x 30 cm SOLD

Rooks over fields — Rooks over fields
12 x 16 cm Watercolour in mount 25 x 30 cm SOLD

Spotted Flycatcher — Spotted Flycatcher
13 x 11 cm initialled Drawing in mount 25 x 20 cm SOLD

Desert Horned Lark — Desert Horned Lark
signed watercolour 12 x 17cm (in A4 mount) SOLD original illustration from On the Rocks p.159

Starlings in a wind, Orkney — Starlings in a wind, Orkney
signed watercolour 20 x 27 cm (in mount 33 x 40 cm) SOLD Text under mount reads, "These are the Zetland subspecies - darker and less spotted than on the mainland. Starlings are the commonest land birds on Orkney"

Gannet greeting display — Gannet greeting display
watercolour 12 x 17 cm unsigned, in mount A4 size SOLD

Corn Bunting singing — Corn Bunting singing
unsigned watercolour 9 x 7 cm in mount 20cm sq SOLD original illustration from On the Rocks by Bryan Nelson p.171

Fan-tailed Warbler — Fan-tailed Warbler
unsigned watercolour 10 x 11 cm SOLD

Arctic Terns — Arctic Terns
15 x 20 cm initialled watercolour in mount 25 x 30cm SOLD

Great-crested Grebe — Great-crested Grebe
signed watercolour 11 x 17 cm in A4 mount SOLD original illustration from Looking at Birds p.29

Blue tits threatening behaviour — Blue tits threatening behaviour
signed watercolour 1996 10 x 16cm (in mount 25 x 30) SOLD

Merlin, found in Orkney 1978 — Merlin, found in Orkney 1978
signed watercolour 1978 27 x 33 cm SOLD some spotting on the paper illustration from Lines from Nature p.30

Slender-billed Gull — Slender-billed Gull
unsigned watercolour 13 x 13 cm SOLD illustration from Lines from Nature p.43

Red Kite flying — Red Kite flying
unsigned watercolour with some spotting on paper 9 x 9 cm SOLD original illustration from Lines from Nature p.116

Sleeping Pine Marten — Sleeping Pine Marten
signed watercolour 2004 16 x 16 cm SOLD original illustration from Lines from Nature p.157

Little Terns on the shore — Little Terns on the shore
watercolour, initialled 14 x 28 cm SOLD

Snow buntings — Snow buntings
watercolour 10 x 21 cm (in A4 mount) SOLD original illustration from Land Marks & Sea Wings p71

Lark Sparrow — Lark Sparrow
9 x 13 cm signed Watercolour in mount 20 x 25 cm SOLD

Nightingale — Nightingale
12 x 11 cm watercolour in mount 25 x 20 cm SOLD

Ringed Plover and Swallow — Ringed Plover and Swallow
11 x 16 cm Watercolour in mount 25 x 20 cm SOLD

Swan and Pochard and Swallow — Swan and Pochard and Swallow
signed watercolour 12 x 18 cm SOLD

Golden Oriole — Golden Oriole
watercolour 13 x 11 cm signed, in mount 20 x 25 cm SOLD

Gannets on the Bass 1987 — Gannets on the Bass 1987
signed watercolour 28 x 35 cm SOLD A slightly smaller watercolour version of the iconic oil painting of the same name

Black Guillemots - 'Tysties' — Black Guillemots - 'Tysties'
signed watercolour 15 x 20 cm SOLD

Widgeon Amongst the Rocks 2006 — Widgeon Amongst the Rocks 2006
signed watercolour 18 x 18 cm SOLD

Sandwich Terns and Black-headed Gull 2007 — Sandwich Terns and Black-headed Gull 2007
signed watercolour 25 x 34 cm SOLD

Gannets Bowing 2002 — Gannets Bowing 2002
signed watercolour 30 x 25cm SOLD

Red-footed Boobies roosting — Red-footed Boobies roosting
watercolour, unsigned 23 x 14 cm in A4 mount SOLD

Aldabra lagoon — Aldabra lagoon
watercolour 22 x 32cm unsigned in mount SOLD

Alpine Accentor — Alpine Accentor
14 x 15 cm signed Watercolour in 30cm sq mount SOLD

Blue tit on the feeder — Blue tit on the feeder
13 x 9 cm Watercolour in mount 25 x 20 cm SOLD

Jackdaws in a Stiff Wind 2000 — Jackdaws in a Stiff Wind 2000
signed watercolour 25 x 43 cm Framed SOLD

Heron and Gulls, Baron's Haugh Reserve — Heron and Gulls, Baron's Haugh Reserve
signed watercolour 1990 28 x 23 cm SOLD

Blue-footed Boobies diving for fish 1 1999 — Blue-footed Boobies diving for fish 1 1999
signed watercolour 39 x 30 cm SOLD Published in Land Marks & Sea Wings p 139

Quiet Estuary, 1991 — Quiet Estuary, 1991
signed watercolour 12 x 15 cm SOLD

Red-footed Booby and Chick — Red-footed Booby and Chick
unsigned watercolour 11 x 20 cm SOLD

Tawny Owl — Tawny Owl
watercolour, unsigned 9 x 11 cm in mount 20 x 25cm SOLD

Pygmy Owl, Bern Tierpark — Pygmy Owl, Bern Tierpark
Watercolour, signed, 1992 11 x 10 cm in mount 20 x 25cm SOLD

Long-eared Owl, watercolour — Long-eared Owl, watercolour
watercolour unsigned 16 x 16 cm SOLD

Blue tits threat display — Blue tits threat display
watercolour 13 x 15 cm unsigned in mount 20 x 25 cm SOLD

Corn Buntings, three — Corn Buntings, three
16 x 12 cm Pen and wash in mount 25 x 20 cm SOLD

Lapwing — Lapwing
18 x 18 cm initialled Pen and wash in mount 30cm sq SOLD

drawing of a flightless rail chick by John Busby — Flightless Rail chick
unsigned drawing 11 x 11cm illustration from On the Rocks by Bryan Nelson, p88 SOLD

Inner Hebrides in Summer. Canna, with Rùm in background — Inner Hebrides in Summer. Canna, with Rùm in background
unsigned drawing 23 x 23 cm SOLD illustration from 'Scotland's Nature in Trust' p53

Cranes — Cranes
18.5 x 12 cm Pen and wash in mount 30 x 25 cm SOLD

Dotterel — Dotterel
14 x 18 cm signed Pen and wash in mount 25 x 30cm SOLD Illustration from ' Scotland's Nature in Trust' p143

Long-tailed Skua — Long-tailed Skua
14 x 20 cm signed Pen and wash in mount 24 x 30cm SOLD

Sooty Shearwaters — Sooty Shearwaters
14 x 20 signed Drawing in mount 25 x 30 cm SOLD

Stork on the nest — Stork on the nest
13 x 11 cm drawing in mount 25 x 20 cm SOLD

drawing of Giant Tortoises sheltering from the sun, Aldabra by John Busby — Giant Tortoises sheltering from the sun, Aldabra
unsigned drawing 11.5 x 22 cm illustration from On the Rocks by Bryan Nelson p.187 SOLD

Tropic bird & Seychelles Fody — Tropic bird & Seychelles Fody
two drawings in brown ink unsigned 11x8 and 8x11 cm in A4 mount SOLD

Barn Owls, young in the nest — Barn Owls, young in the nest
16 x 16 cm Drawing in mount 30cm sq SOLD

Pintails — Pintails
12 x 19cm initialled Pen and wash in mount 30 x 25cm SOLD

Raven — Raven
13 x 11 cm Drawing in mount 25 x 20cm SOLD

Smew reflections — Smew reflections
15 x 12.5 cm initialled Drawing in mount 25 x 20cm SOLD

Bog cotton and Divers — Bog cotton and Divers
14 x 20 cm Pen and wash in mount 20 x 25cm SOLD

Dunlins — Dunlins
12 x 19 cm Pen and wash in mount 25 x 30 cm SOLD

Hoot (or Little) Owl, USA — Hoot (or Little) Owl, USA
drawing, signed 1997 19 x 14 cm SOLD

Blackbird and Berries 1988 — Blackbird and Berries 1988
signed drawing 12 x 16 cm SOLD

Twite — Twite
13 x 11 cm Pen and wash in mount 20 x 25 cm £100 buy now

Red-footed Booby on the nest, Aldabra — Red-footed Booby on the nest, Aldabra
signed drawing 16 x 16cm pen and wash in mount 30cm sq SOLD

Highland Cattle, Canna by John Busby — Highland Cattle, Canna
Drawing 8 x 20 cm SOLD illustration from Scotland's Nature in Trust p60

Gannet and chick 1993 — Gannet and chick 1993
signed drawing 18 x 25 cm SOLD

Inky Crane (Black Stork) 1994 — Inky Crane (Black Stork) 1994
signed ink drawing 10 x 20 cm in A4 mount SOLD

Hermit crab & Giant tortoise — Hermit crab & Giant tortoise
unsigned drawings both 8 x 11 cm in A4 mount SOLD

Collared Dove — Collared Dove
14 x 20 cm initialled Pen and wash in mount 25 x 30 cm SOLD

Dormouse — Dormouse
12 x 16 cm pen and wash in mount 20 x 25 cm SOLD

Little Awk — Little Awk
14 x 20 cm initialled Pen and wash in mount 25 x 30cm SOLD

Mistle Thrush 1981 — Mistle Thrush 1981
9 x 13 cm signed pen and wash in mount 20 x 25 cm SOLD

Otter with fish — Otter with fish
13 x 11cm signed Drawing in mount 25 x 20 SOLD

Otter, female — Otter, female
Signed Drawing 9 x 13cm in mount 20 x 25 cm SOLD

Siskin — Siskin
11 x 13 cm initialled Pen and wash in mount 20 x 25cm SOLD

Red-footed Boobies, Aldabra — Red-footed Boobies, Aldabra
signed ink drawing 12 x 17 cm SOLD

Leach's Petrel — Leach's Petrel
14 x 20 cm Pen and wash in mount 25 x 30cm SOLD

Ravens and dead mouse — Ravens and dead mouse
unsigned pen and wash drawing 13x19cm in mount 30 x 25cm SOLD Brown-necked Ravens, illustration from "The birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan" p150

Humbolt penguin preening 1996 — Humbolt penguin preening 1996
signed ink drawing 9 x 11 cm SOLD

Humbolt penguin calling 1996 — Humbolt penguin calling 1996
signed ink drawing 8 x 14cm SOLD

Unst, ruined croft & sheep — Unst, ruined croft & sheep
unsigned drawing 20 x 23 cm SOLD Illustration from ' Scotland's Nature in Trust' p244

Unst, Shetland — Unst, Shetland
pen and wash drawing 24 x 20 cm SOLD illustration from Scotland's Nature in Trust p240

King penguin brooding young — King penguin brooding young
pen and wash 17 x 17 cm SOLD Illustration from The Penguins

Crab plovers — Crab plovers
14 x 20 cm pen and wash in mount 25 x 30 cm SOLD

Tufted Ducks — Tufted Ducks
20 x 15 cm pen and wash in mount 25 x 30 cm SOLD

Sandwich Terns by John Busby — Sandwich Terns
18 x 14 cm initialled pen and wash in mount 25 x 30cm SOLD

Young Gannet — Young Gannet
unsigned drawing 20 x 14 cm (in mount 30x25) SOLD illustration from Lines from Nature p.54

Manx Shearwaters — Manx Shearwaters
14 x 22cm initialled pen and wash in mount 25 x 30cm SOLD

Kittiwake Preening Studies — Kittiwake Preening Studies
signed pen and wash drawing 23 x 14 cm SOLD

Meadow Pipit and Cuckoo chick — Meadow Pipit and Cuckoo chick
13 x 11 cm pen and wash in mount 25 x 20 cm SOLD

Whimbrel — Whimbrel
11 x 13 cm Pen and wash in mount 20 x 25cm SOLD illustration from A Naturalist's Shetland p81

Hollyhock and Bee — Hollyhock and Bee
unsigned drawing 21 x 10 cm in A4 mount SOLD original illustration from On the Rocks by Bryan Nelson p.5

Goldcrest — Goldcrest
13 x 11 cm initialled pen and wash in mount 20 x 25 cm SOLD

Hedgehog and milk bottles — Hedgehog and milk bottles
12 x 16 cm pen and wash in mount 20 x 25 cm SOLD

Red-necked Phalarope, female — Red-necked Phalarope, female
11 x 13 cm Pen and wash in mount 20 x 25cm SOLD illustration from "Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan" p 90

Drawing of Giant Tortoise on Aldabra by John Busby — Giant Tortoise, Aldabra
signed drawing 15 x 16cm SOLD

The 'Argo' — The 'Argo'
drawing 15 x 19 cm in mount 25 x 30cm SOLD the small vessel by which the artist 'escaped' from Aldabra

Loch Lomond — Loch Lomond
pen and wash drawing 30 x 23 cm SOLD illustration from Scotland's Nature in Trust p170

Starlings — Starlings
12 x 18cm initialled pen and wash in mount 20 x 25cm SOLD

Common Sandpiper — Common Sandpiper
12 x20 cm initialled Pen and wash in mount 25 x 30 cm SOLD

Song Thrush chick — Song Thrush chick
9.5 x 11 cm signed Drawing in mount 20 x 25 cm SOLD

Lapwing and Ringed Plovers in a strong wind — Lapwing and Ringed Plovers in a strong wind
unsigned drawing 10 x 14 cm (in mount 20 x 25 cm) SOLD

Merlin pair — Merlin pair
unsigned drawing 9 x 15 cm SOLD original illustration from Lines from Nature p.113

Two Red Kite chicks — Two Red Kite chicks
unsigned drawing 11 x 17 cm SOLD original illustration from Lines from Nature p.117

Brown Noddy Terns, Aldabra Lagoon — Brown Noddy Terns, Aldabra Lagoon
signed* pen and wash 14 x 23 cm SOLD *signed on back illustration from Lines from Nature p.25

Guillemot by John Busby — Guillemot
14 x 18 cm initialled Pen and wash in mount 25 x 30cm SOLD

Glen Quoich, Mar estate — Glen Quoich, Mar estate
pen and wash drawing 31 x 24.5 cm SOLD illustration from Scotland's Nature in Trust p2, signed, 1998

Pink-footed Geese by John Busby — Pink-footed Geese
14 x 20cm initialled Pen and wash in mount 25 x 30cm SOLD

Barn Owl Study 1 — Barn Owl Study 1
unsigned drawing with some colour 14 x 10 cm SOLD original from Lines from Nature p.144

Mallard rising — Mallard rising
18 x 14 cm Pen and wash in mount 30 x 25 cm SOLD

Spotted Crake — Spotted Crake
14 x 15 cm pen and wash in mount 30 cm sq SOLD

Blackbuck and bee-eaters — Blackbuck and bee-eaters
unsigned pen and wash drawing 10 x 11.5 cm in mount 20cm sq SOLD

Coots — Coots
unsigned pen and wash drawing 9 x 15 cm (in mount 20 x 25cm) SOLD

Sparrowhawk and prey — Sparrowhawk and prey
signed pen and ink drawing 1988 10 x 18 cm SOLD illustration from Birds in your Garden p.140

Ring Ouzel, Torridon — Ring Ouzel, Torridon
16 x 16 initialled Pen and wash in mount 30cm sq SOLD Illustration from ' Scotland's Nature in Trust' p81

Curlews on the ground by John Busby — Curlews on the ground
initialled 14 x 20 cm pen and wash in mount 25 x 30cm SOLD

Landscape Remembered, Rackwick Bay Orkney 2007 — Landscape Remembered, Rackwick Bay Orkney 2007
signed oil on canvas 70 x 91 cm SOLD

Fulmar chasing a Peregrine, Harris — Fulmar chasing a Peregrine, Harris
watercolour 15 x 20 in mount 25 x 30 SOLD

Lapwings in a Spring Field — Lapwings in a Spring Field
SOLD

Birds over Pinkish Estuary c2001 — Birds over Pinkish Estuary c2001
oil on canvas 50 x 39 cm SOLD

Dancing Cranes — Dancing Cranes
signed 32 x 20 cm SOLD

Crichton Evening 1993 — Crichton Evening 1993
signed oil on canvas 36 x 46 cm SOLD

Landscape within a Granite Rock II 1988 — Landscape within a Granite Rock II 1988
signed oil on canvas 86 x 110 cm SOLD The inspiration for a tapestry by the Dovecot Tapestry Company in Edinburgh

Landscape for a hunting kestrel — Landscape for a hunting kestrel
SOLD

Rainbow Landscape 1972 — Rainbow Landscape
signed oil on canvas 120 x 173 cm SOLD

Blue-footed Boobies displaying
Sold — Blue-footed Boobies displaying Sold

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