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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"

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

Fan-tailed Warbler — Fan-tailed Warbler
unsigned watercolour 10 x 11 cm 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 by John Busby — Fan-tailed Warbler
12 x 10 cm Watercolour in mount 25 x 20 cm SOLD

House Martins collecting mud by John Busby — House Martins collecting mud
14 x 20 cm Pen and wash in mount 25 x 30cm SOLD

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

Roosting red footed Boobies with relaxed drooping wings against blue sky by John Busby — Red-footed Boobies roosting
watercolour, unsigned 23 x 14 cm in A4 mount 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

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

view of coast from hill on Unst, Shetland by John Busby — Unst, Shetland
pen and wash drawing 24 x 20 cm SOLD illustration from Scotland's Nature in Trust p240

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

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

Ravens standing over dead mouse by John Busby — 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

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

Red-necked Phalarope, female swimming in still water by John Busby — 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

one twite sitting on barbed wire and three flying in background by John Busby — Twite
13 x 11 cm Pen and wash in mount 20 x 25 cm £100 buy now

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

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

standing Ringed Plover on shoreline with flying swallow by John Busby — Ringed Plover and Swallow
11 x 16 cm Watercolour in mount 25 x 20 cm SOLD

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

Gannets Bowing 2002 by John Busby — Gannets Bowing 2002
signed watercolour 30 x 25cm SOLD

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

Inky Crane 1994 — Inky Crane 1994
signed ink drawing 10 x 20 cm in A4 mount SOLD

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

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

Osprey flying off with fish in talon by John Busby — Osprey
16 x 12cm Watercolour in mount 25 x 30 cm SOLD

Pintails on water, one dabbling with upturned tail by John Busby — Pintails
12 x 19cm initialled Pen and wash in mount 30 x 25cm SOLD

Pygmy Owl sitting in pine tree by John Busby — Pygmy Owl, Bern Tierpark
Watercolour, signed, 1992 11 x 10 cm in mount 20 x 25cm SOLD

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

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

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

Little Terns on the shore by John Busby — Little Terns on the shore
watercolour, initialled 14 x 28 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nightingale by John Busby — Nightingale
12 x 11 cm watercolour in mount 25 x 20 cm 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

Collared Dove by John Busby — Collared Dove
14 x 20 cm initialled Pen and wash in mount 25 x 30 cm 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ringed Plover by John Busby — Ringed Plover
11 x 16 cm Watercolour in mount 25 x 30 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

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

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

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

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

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

Cook Straits, New Zealand 1991 — Cook Straits, New Zealand 1991
signed watercolour 26 x 35 cm SOLD Giant Petrels, Royal Albatross, Shy Mollymawk, Sooty Shearwater

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

Lark Sparrow by John Busby — Lark Sparrow
9 x 13 cm signed Watercolour in mount 20 x 25 cm 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

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

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

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

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

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

Artic Terns by John Busby — Arctic Terns
15 x 20 cm initialled watercolour in mount 25 x 30cm SOLD

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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