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Andouin's Gull — Andouin's Gull
signed pen and wash drawing 11 x 14 cm £130 buy now original illustration in Birds of Eastern Spain Arlequin Press p.50

Arctic Skua and tern — Arctic Skua and tern
unsigned drawing with colour 10 x 10 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p 61

Armenian Gull — Armenian Gull
unsigned pen and wash drawing 13 x 15 cm illustration from Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan p.32 £130 buy now

Avocets in flight 1999 — Avocets in flight 1999
signed watercolour 29 x 38 cm £500 buy now

Balearic Shearwaters — Balearic Shearwaters
unsigned watercolour 10 x 19.5 cm £100 buy now

Bass Rock — Bass Rock
unsigned drawing 20 x 14 cm £130 buy now original from Lines from Nature p.53

Bass Rock Shags, July 2000 — Bass Rock Shags, July 2000
signed watercolour sketch 40 x 25 cm £450 buy now

Black and Whiskered Terns — Black and Whiskered Terns
unsigned pen and wash drawing 12 x 17 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Arlequin Press' Birdwatching Guides

Black-browed Albatross nesting — Black-browed Albatross nesting
signed watercolour 1992 26 x 36 cm £750 Framed

Lithograph, Black-naped Terns by John Busby — Lithograph, Black-naped Terns
limited edition signed lithograph in green ink hand coloured by the artist 23 x 35 cm

Black-throated Diver and Common Gull — Black-throated Diver and Common Gull
signed watercolour, 2004 18 x 18 cm (in mount 30cm sq) £180 buy now

Black-winged Stilt and Fiddler crab — Black-winged Stilt and Fiddler crab
unsigned watercolour 11 x 11 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.90

Bolinas Creek, California — Bolinas Creek, California
signed watercolour 26 x 36 cm £600 Framed

Brent Geese — Brent Geese
unsigned drawing 19 x 28 cm £250 buy now original illustration in Lines from Nature p. 33

Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Starling sketch — Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Starling sketch
signed drawing and watercolour with notes by the artist 9.5 x 24 cm (in mount 22x35cm) £200 buy now illustration from Lines from Nature p.35

Buff-breasted Sandpiper with Starling and Lapwing — Buff-breasted Sandpiper with Starling and Lapwing
signed drawing 1996 18 x 22 cm £250 buy now

Cliff edge with seals PRINT — Cliff edge with seals PRINT
Print 17 x 21cm in mount £40 illustration from The Gannet by J Bryan Nelson

Common Seal, Gulls and Shag 1996 — Common Seal, Gulls and Shag 1996
signed oil on canvas 1996 32 x 30 cm framed £850

Cook Straits, New Zealand 1991 — Cook Straits, New Zealand 1991
signed watercolour 26 x 35 cm £500 buy now Giant Petrels, Royal Albatross, Shy Mollymawk, Sooty Shearwater

Cormorant and Shags, Craigleith 1999 — Cormorant and Shags, Craigleith 1999
signed watercolour 25 x 38 cm £500 buy now

Cormorant PRINT — Cormorant PRINT
Print OUT of STOCK illustration from The Gannet by J Bryan Nelson

Cormorants, Craigleith 1989 — Cormorants, Craigleith 1989
Framed, signed watercolour 27 x 31 cm £550 available from Birdscapes Gallery

Craigleith. Kittiwakes and Bass Rock 1999 — Craigleith. Kittiwakes and Bass Rock 1999
signed watercolour sketch 38 x 27cm £350 buy now slight marks on paper

Crowned Cormorants and Black Oystercatcher — Crowned Cormorants and Black Oystercatcher
watercolour, signed 1995 15 x 26 cm £450 buy now Hermanus, South Africa

Curlews on the shore — Curlews on the shore
signed watercolour 28 x 26 cm £450 available from Birdscapes Gallery

Dead Puffin — Dead Puffin
watercolour unsigned 19 x 19cm £150 buy now illustration from Lines from Nature p.29

Diving Gannets — Diving Gannets
unsigned drawing 12 x 14 cm £120 buy now

Eiders and Purple Sandpipers — Eiders and Purple Sandpipers
signed oil painting 2007 25 x 38 cm framed £1250 How many birds? two, three or more?

Estuary Birds 1998 — Estuary Birds 1998
signed watercolour 15 x 33 cm £300 buy now

Estuary Scene 1 — Estuary Scene 1
watercolour unsigned 17 x 21 cm £130 buy now illustration from Lines from Nature p.32

Lithograph, Fairy Tern by John Busby — Lithograph, Fairy Tern
limited edition signed lithograph hand coloured by the artist 18 x 22 cm

Female King Eider and Goldeneye, Kirkwall — Female King Eider and Goldeneye, Kirkwall
signed watercolour 1982 16 x 18 cm (in mount 30 cm sq) £180 buy now date and location under mount

Fidra 2011 — Fidra 2011
signed watercolour 2011 16 x 21 cm £200 buy from SOC online art shop

Fidra, July 2000 — Fidra, July 2000
unsigned watercolour sketch 40 x 28 cm £400 buy now

Fighting Kittiwakes, Bass Rock — Fighting Kittiwakes, Bass Rock
signed oil on canvas 60 x 45 cm framed £2950

Frigate bird — Frigate bird
unsigned drawing 10 x 15 cm (in mount 20x25cm) £100 buy now

Frigate Birds and Islets — Frigate Birds and Islets
pen and wash 14 x 20 cm (in mount 25 x 30cm) £130 buy now

Frigatebird in Sky — Frigatebird in Sky
unsigned drawing 12 x 9 cm (in mount 25 x 20) £100 buy now

Lithograph, Frigates overhead by John Busby — Lithograph, Frigates overhead
limited edition signed lithograph on pale blue paper 35 x 30cm

Fulmar chasing a Peregrine — Fulmar chasing a Peregrine
unsigned watercolour 11 x 20 cm in mount 25 x 30 cm £130 buy now

Galapagos Penguins and Flightless Cormorant — Galapagos Penguins and Flightless Cormorant
signed drawing 22 x 19 cm Framed £300

Gannet Colony — Gannet Colony
signed watercolour 28 x 30 cm £500 available from Birdscapes Gallery

Gannet sketches Bass Rock by John Busby — Gannet greeting behaviour sketches
Drawing, unsigned, Bass Rock July 2009 23 x 30 cm £250 buy now

Gannets at Hermaness, Shetland 1989 — Gannets at Hermaness, Shetland 1989
signed oil painting 50 x 70 cm £2750 This was painted after a visit to Hermaness, Scotland's most northerly gannet colony, while filming for STV's Portrait of the Wild series.

Gannets hanging on the wind PRINT — Gannets hanging on the wind PRINT
Print 27 x 23 cm in mount 40cm sq £50 buy now illustration from The Gannet by J Bryan Nelson p.60

Gannets on the Bass Rock (with pipe) — Gannets on the Bass Rock (with pipe)
signed watercolour 2000 27 x 18cm £350 buy from SOC online art shop illustration from Lines from Nature p.54

Great Northern Diver — Great Northern Diver
initialled drawing 13 x 19 cm £130 buy now first published in The Herald 8th Feb 1997 see post

Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs 1984 — Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs 1984
signed watercolour 27 x 37 cm £650 Framed

Greater Black-backed Gull — Greater Black-backed Gull
unsigned watercolour 24 x 24 cm £300 buy now

Gulls nesting, Fidra — Gulls nesting, Fidra
unsigned watercolour 31 x 22 cm £350 buy now

Heron and Lapwing 2010 — Heron and Lapwing 2010
signed watercolour 25 x 32 cm £450 buy now

Heron, Oystercatcher and Crows 1990 — Heron, Oystercatcher and Crows 1990
signed watercolour 30 x 22 cm Framed £450 available from Birdscapes Gallery

Herring Gulls and Rockdoves hanging in the wind, Etretat — Herring Gulls and Rockdoves hanging in the wind, Etretat
unsigned sketches with watercolour and artist's notes 23 x 22 cm in mount 40x40cm £450 buy now original illustration in Lines from Nature p.47

Humbolt Penguins — Humbolt Penguins
unsigned drawing with coloured wash 14 x 13 cm in mount 30x25cm £100 buy now

Birds on the lagoon shore, Aldabra 1977 — Birds on the lagoon shore, Aldabra 1977
signed watercolour 43 x 53 cm £900 framed

Imperial and Rock Shags, Falklands — Imperial and Rock Shags, Falklands
signed (on back) drawing 1992 24 x 34 cm £300 buy now illustration from Lines from Nature p.26

Imperial and Rock Shags, Long-tailed Meadowlark, Falklands — Imperial and Rock Shags, Long-tailed Meadowlark, Falklands
signed watercolour 1992 20 x 28 cm £350 buy now

Inca Terns — Inca Terns
signed watercolour 20 x 22cm £400 buy now

Black-necked Storks and Black Stone Curlew — Black-necked Storks and Black Stone Curlew
signed (on back) watercolour sketches 2006 £350 buy now original illustration from Lines from Nature p.97

Jackass Penguins 1995 — Jackass Penguins 1995
signed pencil drawing 15 x 20 cm £180 buy now

Kentish Plover sketches — Kentish Plover sketches
unsigned pen and wash drawing 17 x 24 cm £250 buy from SOC online art shop

King Penguin sketches — King Penguin sketches
signed sketches 1992 28 x 18 cm £300 buy now illustration from Lines from Nature p.27

Kittiwake sketches, Dunbar — Kittiwake sketches, Dunbar
signed pencil drawings and watercolour 23 x 30cm £250 buy now

Kittiwakes and rocky bay, St Abbs — Kittiwakes and rocky bay, St Abbs
signed watercolour 2010 27 x 39 cm £650 framed origina from Land Marks and Sea Wings p 65

Kittiwakes and the Bass Rock — Kittiwakes and the Bass Rock
18 x 15 cm Pen and wash in mount 30 x 25cm £130 buy now

Kittiwakes Dunbar 2002 — Kittiwakes Dunbar 2002
signed watercolour sketch 28 x 20 cm £300

Kittiwakes Dunbar 2003 — Kittiwakes Dunbar 2003
signed watercolour 20 x 23 cm in mount 40cm sq £400 buy now

Kittiwake Studies, Dunbar 2009 — Kittiwake Studies, Dunbar 2009
signed watercolour sketches 28 x 38 cm £500 buy now original illustration from Lines from Nature p.51 (in part: the three kittiwakes stretching are in the book)

Kittiwakes off St Abbs Head — Kittiwakes off St Abbs Head
signed oil on canvas 1986 46 x 40 cm framed £please enquire

Kittiwakes St Abbs Head 1, 2003 — Kittiwakes St Abbs Head 1, 2003
signed oil on canvas 51 x 61cm £2250

Kittiwakes, St Abbs Head 2, 2004 — Kittiwakes, St Abbs Head 2, 2004
signed oil on canvas 51 x 41 cm £please enquire

Knot, hiding 'en masse' — Knot, hiding 'en masse'
unsigned drawing 10 x 11.5 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.36

Lapwing, Starlings and Knot — Lapwing, Starlings and Knot
signed watercolour, 2001 17 x 18 cm £180 buy now

Magnificent Frigate Birds, Giant Tortoise and moorhens I 1999 — Magnificent Frigate Birds, Giant Tortoise and moorhens I 1999
signed watercolour 30 x 40 cm £500 buy now Galapagos Islands "Here on El Chato lake, Magnificent Frigate birds bathe by splash diving. The giant tortoise is swimming, reaching down with its long neck for weeds, and surrounded by a flotilla of attendant moorhens hoping for disturbed food" - Land Marks and Sea Wings p.141

Manx Shearwaters & Juvenile Kittiwakes — Manx Shearwaters & Juvenile Kittiwakes
signed watercolour 1988 20 x 32cm in double mount 40 x 50cm £450 available from Birdscapes Gallery

Migrating Geese — Migrating Geese
unsigned watercolour 13 x 13.5 cm £120 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.96

Nesting Gannets, Bass Rock — Nesting Gannets, Bass Rock
watercolour 27 x 19 cm £350 buy now illustration from Lines from Nature p.57

Lithograph, Noddy Terns by John Busby — Lithograph, Noddy Terns
limited edition signed lithograph hand coloured by the artist 26 x 38 xm

Studies of Pelicans — Studies of Pelicans
signed pen and wash drawing 21 x 27 cm £350 buy now

Plovers and drowned tree — Plovers and drowned tree
unsigned watercolour 20 x 30 cm £250 buy now

Giclée print of Birds on the Lagoon Shore, Aldabra by John Busby — Giclée print of Birds on the Lagoon Shore, Aldabra
A Giclée Art Print on quality paper 35 x 50cm (approx 14" x 20") £80 + p&p

Puffin PRINT — Puffin PRINT
Print 16 x 16 cm £40 in mount 30cm sq buy now Illustration from The Gannet by Bryan Nelson p.273

Puffins on Fidra — Puffins on Fidra
unsigned drawing dated 2008 20 x 22 cm £300 buy now

Red-footed Boobies greeting display — Red-footed Boobies greeting display
unsigned watercolour 9 x 12 cm (in mount 20 x 25cm) £100 buy now

Lithograph, Red-footed Boobies roosting by John Busby — Lithograph, Red-footed Boobies roosting
limited edition signed lithograph hand coloured by the artist 35 x 30 cm

Lithograph, Red-footed Booby and chick by John Busby — Lithograph, Red-footed Booby and chick
limited edition signed lithograph hand coloured by the artist 21.5 x 26cm

Lithograph, Red-tailed Tropic Bird by John Busby — Lithograph, Red-tailed Tropic Bird
limited edition signed lithograph hand coloured by the artist 18 x 25 cm

Red-throated Diver — Red-throated Diver
unsigned pen and wash drawing 13 x 19 cm £130 buy now first published in The Herald 27th Jan 1996 see post

Redshank, Herring Gull, Little Tern — Redshank, Herring Gull, Little Tern
unsigned watercolour 27 x 22 cm £350 buy now

Resting Waders and Gull 2004 — Resting Waders and Gull 2004
signed oil 30 x 40 cm please enquire

Ringed Plover and chicks — Ringed Plover and chicks
pen and wash, initialled 15 x 28 cm £250 buy now published in The Herald in the 1990's see blog

Ringed Plover distraction display — Ringed Plover distraction display
signed watercolour 12 x 15 cm in A4 mount £165 buy from SOC online art shop illustration from 'Looking at Birds' p44

Ringed Plover, shaded sitting — Ringed Plover, shaded sitting
9 x 16 cm watercolour in mount 20 x 25 £100 buy now

Sheltering Sanderlings 2 — 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

Sanderlings and Gulls, Winslow Bay — Sanderlings and Gulls, Winslow Bay
signed watercolour 14 x 25 cm Framed £450 Similar to illustration from Drawing Birds 1st ed p 114

Schiermonnikoog Studies IV — Schiermonnikoog Studies IV
signed watercolour 1992 22 x 36 £600 Framed available from Birdscapes Gallery

Seabird Cliffs 2008 — Seabird Cliffs 2008
signed drawing with chalk 54 x 64 cm £1450 Framed

Shags and Guillemots Bass Rock 2002 — Shags and Guillemots Bass Rock 2002
signed watercolour 38cm x 28cm £500 buy now

Shags and Razorbills sketch, Craigleith — Shags and Razorbills sketch, Craigleith
unsigned sketchbook page drawing dated 12th July 29 x 20cm £250 buy now

Shags on the Bass 2009 — Shags on the Bass 2009
signed drawing dated 6th July 2009 24 x 31 cm £250 buy now

Sheep Craig, Fair Isle June — Sheep Craig, Fair Isle June
signed watercolour, June 2009 27.5 x 37.5 cm £500 buy now

Sitting Gannets on the cliff PRINT — Sitting Gannets on the cliff PRINT
Print 20 x 23 cm in mount 30x35cm £50 buy now illustration from The Gannet by J Bryan Nelson p.187

Sketch for 'Kittiwakes returning at St Abb's Head' — Sketch for 'Kittiwakes returning at St Abb's Head'
signed drawing 24 x 30 cm £300 buy now one of two similar drawings

Smew pair 2 — Smew pair 2
unsigned pen and wash drawing 9 x 8 cm £75 buy now

Spectacled Eiders — Spectacled Eiders
drawing unsigned 22 x 28 £300 buy now illustration from Lines from Nature p.19

Spring Gathering — Spring Gathering
signed oil 2014 40 x 65 cm framed £2950

St Abb's Head and boats — St Abb's Head and boats
signed watercolour 2008 29 x 29 cm £650 framed

St Abbs Head with Kittiwakes — St Abbs Head with Kittiwakes
signed watercolour 2008 36 x 23 cm £500 framed

Two Steller's Eiders — Two Steller's Eiders
watercolour unsigned 14 x 20 cm £130 buy now illustration from Lines from Nature p.19

Three Stellar's Eiders — Three Stellar's Eiders
unsigned watercolour 14 x 21 cm £130 buy now

Stilts and a Ruff — Stilts and a Ruff
unsigned drawing 12 x 25 cm £200 buy now

Striated Caracara, Sealion island, Falklands — Striated Caracara, Sealion island, Falklands
signed watercolour 1992 20 x 31 cm £400 buy noworiginal illustration from Land Marks and Sea Wings p.123

Sunlit Gannets with chick — Sunlit Gannets with chick
signed watercolour 20 x 23 cm £300 buy now

Swallow-tailed Gulls 1999 — Swallow-tailed Gulls 1999
signed watercolour 25 x 35 cm £500 buy now

Tern Reflection — Tern Reflection
unsigned watercolour 14.5 x 12 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.69

The Cleaver St Abbs, Line of Gannets 1 — The Cleaver St Abbs, Line of Gannets 1
signed watercolour 2007 36 x 47 cm £650 framed

The Cleaver, St Abbs 2008 — The Cleaver, St Abbs 2008
signed watercolour 30 x 30 cm £400

Three Macaronis incubating eggs — Three Macaronis incubating eggs
initialled pen and wash drawing 16 x 16 cm £120 buy now original illustration in The Penguins publ.OUP see others

Waved Albatross displaying — Waved Albatross displaying
unsigned watercolour 18 x 22cm in mount 40cmsq £350 buy now original illustration from On the Rocks by Bryan Nelson p.50

White-tailed Tropicbird — White-tailed Tropicbird
signed pen and wash drawing 22 x 28 cm £250 buy now

Lithograph, Young Frigates by John Busby — Lithograph, Young Frigates
limited edition signed lithograph hand coloured by the artist 20 x30 cm

Young Giant Petrels — Young Giant Petrels
signed drawing 1992 12 x 23 cm £200 buy now

Young Shag, Craigleith 1995 — Young Shag, Craigleith 1995
unsigned pencil drawing 25 x 35 cm Framed £400