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Looking at Birds

published Langford Press 2013

Original illustrations from the book Looking at Birds now available for sale.

See also the book review  and  books

Pictures with a <buy now> link are available from our online shop. The others are also for sale but may take longer to send to you. Please contact us about them

A Bare-fronted Hoodwink?
unsigned drawing with colour 13 x 15 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.93
Arctic Skua and tern
unsigned drawing with colour 10 x 10 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p 61
Black-winged Stilt and Fiddler crab
unsigned watercolour 11 x 11 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.90
Blackbird colour contrasts
unsigned pen and wash drawing 10 x 19 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.77
Cranes pair bonding
unsigned drawing with colour 16 x 24 cm £200 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.10
Hiding strategies - diver
unsigned watercolour 8 x 11 cm paired with 'Grebe diving' £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.35
Dodecahedron
signed drawing 10 x 16 cm in A4 mount £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.13
Dunlin with...
unsigned pen drawing with colour 17 x 14 cm £130 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.3 Dunlin in size comparison with a Greater Black-backed Gull, a Little Stint, and a starling
Fan-tailled Warbler 1
unsigned pen and wash drawing 10 x 10 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.31 (we also have a very similar drawing)
Frigate up-ending Tropic bird
signed pen and wash drawing 15 x 12 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.60
Gannet and young
unsigned pen and wash drawing 11 x 11 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.25
Gannet, 2nd year plumage
unsigned drawing 10 x 15 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.ix
Gannets fighting
signed pencil drawing with colour wash 10 x 21 cm £150 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.46
Hiding strategies - Grebe
unsigned watercolour 8 x 11 cm paired with 'Diver flattening' £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.19
Hen Harrier loop the loop
unsigned pen and wash drawing 13 x 16 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.53
house sparrow dust bathing 2
unsigned watercolour 10 x 11cm £100 illustration from Looking at Birds p.28
Knot, hiding 'en masse'
unsigned drawing 10 x 11.5 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.36
Lapwing song flight
unsigned watercolour 21 x 14 cm £130 buy now very similar to illustration in Looking at Birds p.50
Marsh Harrier and Moorhen
unsigned watercolour 13 x 11 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.64
Merlins hunting
unsigned watercolour 14 x 12.5 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.59
Migrating Geese
unsigned watercolour 13 x 13.5 cm £150 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.96
Mute Swan swimming under water
unsigned watercolour 11 x 23 cm £130 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.69
Oblivious golfer with stork and gallinule
unsigned watercolour 11 x 11 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.90
Old Chimney vane and Wagtail
signed watercolour 16 x 16 cm in mount 29x29cm £150 buy now illustration from Looking at Birds, p.89
Raven riding a swaying branch
unsigned pen drawing with colour 11 x 11.5 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.57
Raven flying upside down
unsigned pen and wash drawing 8 x 11 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.53
Ringed Plover distraction display
unsigned watercolour 12 x 15 cm in A4 mount £130 buy now illustration from 'Looking at Birds' p44
Rival drakes
unsigned drawing with colour 11 x 15 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.63
Sheltering Sanderlings 2
unsigned pen drawing with colour 9 x 19 cm £130 very similar (marked as 'spare') to illustration in Looking at Birds p.57
Sea eagle attack dive
unsigned drawing 8 x 21 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.64
Shapes of Blackbird
unsigned pen and wash drawing 10 x 14 cm (in mount 20x25cm) £100 buy now illustration from Looking at Birds p.17
Snipe drumming dive
unsigned pen and wash drawing 12 x 12 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.51
Snowy Owl ruffling feathers
watercolour, unsigned 11 x 11 cm in mount 20 x 20cm £100 buy now illustration from Looking at Birds p45
Sparrowhawk chased by House Martins
unsigned pen and wash drawing 8 x 11 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.44
Sunset estuary with heron
unsigned watercolour 16 x 22 E130 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.79
Swallows gathering
unsigned watercolour 15 x 20 cm £130 buy now very similar to illustration in Looking at Birds p97
Tern Reflection
unsigned watercolour 14.5 x 12 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.69
Wood pigeon light and shade
unsigned watercolour 20 x 14 cm £130 buy now the lower picture is an illustration from Looking at Birds p.15

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