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Old Chimney vane and Wagtail — Old Chimney vane and Wagtail
signed watercolour 16 x 16 cm in mount 29x29cm SOLD illustration from Looking at Birds, p.89

Dabchick (Little Grebe) — Dabchick (Little Grebe)
signed drawing 13 x 13 cm SOLD original illustration from Arlequin Press' Birdwatching Guides

Shag and Razorbill — Shag and Razorbill
signed watercolour 2009 18 x 18 cm SOLD

Peregrine and red grouse — Peregrine and red grouse
signed watercolour 1989 19 x 22cm SOLD original illustration for Lines from Nature p.110

Shapes of Blackbird — Shapes of Blackbird
unsigned pen and wash drawing 10 x 14 cm (in mount 20x25cm) SOLD illustration from Looking at Birds p.17

Waved Albatross, Galapagos — Waved Albatross, Galapagos
signed watercolour 17 x 15 cm SOLD

Red-footed Boobies roosting, Aldabra — Red-footed Boobies roosting, Aldabra
signed watercolour 21 x 23 cm SOLD

Little mouse — Little mouse
unsigned drawing 5 x 8 cm SOLD

Little owl sketch 1 — Little owl sketch 1
unsigned drawing 10 x 7 cm SOLD original illustration from Lines from Nature p.192

Fishing boat, Shetland by John Busby — Fishing boat, Shetland
pen and wash drawing 14 x 20 cm SOLD Illustration from A Naturalist's Shetland p159

Great White Egret — Great White Egret
unsigned pen and wash drawing 10 x 10 cm SOLD illustration from Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan p.55

Corn bunting — Corn bunting
19 x 15 cm unsigned Pen and wash drawing SOLD

Oblivious golfer with stork and gallinule — Oblivious golfer with stork and gallinule
unsigned watercolour 11 x 11 cm SOLD original illustration from Looking at Birds p.90

Gannet Chick 2010 — Gannet Chick 2010
unsigned watercolour 25 x 28 cm SOLD

Osprey rising — Osprey rising
unsigned drawing in brown ink 11 x 18 cm SOLD

Short-toed Larks — Short-toed Larks
signed pen and wash drawing 14 x 14 cm SOLD original illustration in Birds of Eastern Spain Arlequin Press p.25

Little Grebe 2 — Little Grebe 2
unsigned watercolour 8.5 x 11 cm in mount 20 cm sq SOLD

Ringed Plovers and chick

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

Otter cub 1 — Otter cub 1
unsigned watercolour 9 x 11 cm 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

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

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

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

Scaup pair — Scaup pair
unsigned pen and wash drawing 9 x 8 cm SOLD

King Eider — King Eider
unsigned pen and wash drawing 9 x 8 cm SOLD

Black Grouse display lek — Black Grouse display lek
signed pen and wash drawing 11 x 21 cm SOLD original illustration from The Herald Birdwatch series published 4th May 1995

Nuthatch — Nuthatch
signed watercolour 1988 12 x 14 cm SOLD original illustration from "Birds in your Garden" p.30 see blog

Conversation Piece — Conversation Piece
watercolour, signed on the back 14 x 20 cm SOLD Birds in the old Museum of Childhood, Edinburgh

four otter studies, Shetland — four otter studies, Shetland
drawings signed on back SOLD

Seabird Cliffs and Indigo Sea 2008 — Seabird Cliffs and Indigo Sea 2008
signed pastel drawing 54 x 64 cm SOLD

Shag family, Craigleith — Shag family, Craigleith
framed drawing 27 x 18 cm SOLD

Estuary Scene 2 — Estuary Scene 2
signed watercolour 23 x 22 cm SOLD available from Birdscapes Gallery

Wall Creeper — Wall Creeper
signed pastel and watercolour wash 30 x 21 cm in mount 40x30cm SOLD

Otter on the rocks — Otter on the rocks
signed pen and wash drawing 10 x 15 cm SOLD

Moorhen — Moorhen
unsigned watercolour 10 x 10 cm in mount 20 x20cm SOLD

Little Grebe — Little Grebe
unsigned watercolour 10 x 15 cm (in mount 20x25cm) SOLD

Spotted Flycatcher 2 — Spotted Flycatcher 2
unsigned pen and wash drawing 10 x 10cm in mount 20x20 cm SOLD original illustration from Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan p.41

Gannet and young — Gannet and young
unsigned pen and wash drawing 11 x 11 cm SOLD original illustration from Looking at Birds p.25

Black-backed gull and crashing waves — Black-backed gull and crashing waves
unsigned watercolour 16 x 12 cm SOLD

Frigate up-ending Tropic bird — Frigate up-ending Tropic bird
signed pen and wash drawing 15 x 12 cm SOLD original illustration from Looking at Birds p.60

Kittiwakes flying — Kittiwakes flying
unsigned drawing 10 x 14cm SOLD

fox — fox
unsigned drawing 12 x 13 cm in mount 20x20cm SOLD

Little Ringed Plover and chick — Little Ringed Plover and chick
unsigned drawing 13 x 13 cm SOLD original illustration from Arlequin Press' Birdwatching Guides

Great Tits on monkeynuts — Great Tits on monkeynuts
unsigned watercolour 17 x 16 cm SOLD originally published in The Herald in 1990's see blog

Smew, males and females — Smew, males and females
signed watercolour 1991 24 x 33 cm in mount 40 x 50cm SOLD

Mute Swans — Mute Swans
signed watercolour 14 x 21cm SOLD and original illustration from The Herald newspaper in the late 1990's

shrew — shrew
unsigned pen and wash drawing 10 x 8 cm (in mount 20cm sq) SOLD original illustration from the RSPB Anthology of Wildlife Poetry p.18

Heron and Lapwings, Aberlady — Heron and Lapwings, Aberlady
signed watercolour, 2002 18 x 18 cm (in mount 30cm sq) SOLD

Little Gull — Little Gull
signed watercolour 18 x 18 SOLD illustration from Lines from Nature p.64

Bonxies diving an intruder — Bonxies diving an intruder
pen and wash drawing 16 x 20 cm SOLD illustration from Scotland's Nature in Trust p254 Unst, Shetland

Black-winged Stilts — Black-winged Stilts
unsigned drawing 12 x 14 cm SOLD original illustration in Birds of Eastern Spain Arlequin Press p.75

King Eider (female) — King Eider (female)
initialled pen and wash drawing 9 x 13 cm SOLD

Gannet, 2nd year plumage — Gannet, 2nd year plumage
unsigned drawing 10 x 15 cm SOLD original illustration from Looking at Birds p.ix

Rock Nuthatch on ruins — Rock Nuthatch on ruins
unsigned pen and wash drawing 16 x 18 cm illustration from Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan p.165 SOLD

otter head above water 2 — otter head above water 2
signed watercolour 8.5 x 10 cm SOLD

Dabchicks — Dabchicks
initialled watercolour 13 x 22cm SOLD

Smew pair — Smew pair
unsigned drawing 14 x 14 cm SOLD

Shelduck Sketches — Shelduck Sketches
unsigned drawing 24 x 18 cm SOLD

Mallard sketches and Shelduck — Mallard sketches and Shelduck
unsigned drawing with colour wash 24 x 18 cm SOLD

Three Terns — Three Terns
three initialled pen and wash drawings in mount 40 x 20 cm SOLD Arctic Tern, Caspian Tern, Sandwich Tern

Young otters feeding — Young otters feeding
unsigned drawings 5x13cm and 7x13cm (in mount 30x25cm) SOLD original illustrations from Lines from Nature p.148

Otter, head above water — Otter, head above water
9 x 16cm Drawing in mount 20 x 25 cm SOLD illustration from A Naturalist's Shetland p362

Sparrowhawk chased by House Martins — Sparrowhawk chased by House Martins
unsigned pen and wash drawing 8 x 11 cm SOLD original illustration from Looking at Birds p.44

Common Terns — Common Terns
initialled pen and wash drawing 5.5 x 20 cm SOLD

Fairy Tern against the blue sky — Fairy Tern against the blue sky
unsigned watercolour 11 x 20 cm (in A4 mount) SOLD

Rockhopper incubating an egg — Rockhopper incubating an egg
unsigned pen and wash drawing 11 x 11 cm SOLD original illustration in The Penguins publ.OUP see others

four terns — four terns
four initialled pen and wash drawings in mount 30 x 35 cm SOLD Little Tern, Roseate Tern, Black Tern, White-winged Tern

Barn Owl studies — Barn Owl studies
unsigned watercolour 18 x 16 cm in mount 30cm sq SOLD

Waxwings — Waxwings
unsigned watercolour 22 x 15 cm (in mount 25 x 30 cm) SOLD

Little Grebe Reflections 2 1988 — Little Grebe Reflections 2 1988
signed watercolour 25 x 30 cm SOLD

Rock Bunting — Rock Bunting
unsigned pen and wash drawing 11 x 13 cm illustration from Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan p.160 SOLD

Fieldfares, Pentland hills — Fieldfares, Pentland hills
watercolour, signed, 1987 28 x 34 cm 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

Tiger resting in the Jungle II 1997 — Tiger resting in the Jungle II 1997
signed watercolour 25 x 25 cm SOLD

White Spectacled Bulbul — White Spectacled Bulbul
unsigned pen and wash drawing 9 x 11cm SOLD illustration from Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan p.123

Black Bush Robin (Chat) — Black Bush Robin (Chat)
unsigned pen and wash drawing 11 x 11 cm illustration from Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan p.167 SOLD

Booted Eagle — Booted Eagle
unsigned pen and wash drawing 11 x 12 cm illustration from Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan p.14 SOLD

Shelduck, Garganeys and juvenile coot — Shelduck, Garganeys and juvenile coot
unsigned pen and wash drawing 12 x 20 cm SOLD illustration from Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan p.59

Juvenile Golden Eagle on nest — Juvenile Golden Eagle on nest
unsigned watercolour 18 x 15 cm SOLD

house sparrows dust bathing — house sparrows dust bathing
signed watercolour 15 x 15 cm SOLD

Curlew Sandpiper — Curlew Sandpiper
initialled pen and wash drawing 17 x 22 cm SOLD part of The Herald Birdwatch series published 16 Sept 1995 see blog

Ptarmigan — Ptarmigan
unsigned pen and wash drawing 14 x 20 cm SOLD

Immature Red-footed Falcon study 2008 — Immature Red-footed Falcon study 2008
unsigned watercolour sketches 23 x 30 cm SOLD

Sunlit Swallow — Sunlit Swallow
unsigned watercolour 14x10cm SOLD

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

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

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

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

Red-backed Shrike — Red-backed Shrike
signed pen and wash drawing 13 x 13 cm SOLD

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

Merlin — Merlin
unsigned pen and watercolour sketch 10 x 13cm SOLD

Kittiwakes on the Bass Rock 1990 — Kittiwakes on the Bass Rock 1990
signed drawing 34 x 47 cm SOLD

Dipper — Dipper
unsigned drawing with some colour 14 x 14 cm SOLD

Gannet Study — Gannet Study
unsigned watercolour 27 x 27 cm SOLD

Cranes Landing — Cranes Landing
pen and wash drawing 20 x 14 cm SOLD signed on back, some marks

Inky Vultures — Inky Vultures
unsigned ink drawing 14 x 22 cm in mount 25x30cm SOLD

Honey Buzzard — Honey Buzzard
13 x 11 cm Pen and wash in mount 20 x 25 cm SOLD

Short-eared Owl hunting — Short-eared Owl hunting
signed drawing 2007 29 x 29cm (in mount 40x40cm) SOLD

Some Birds of Kapiti 1991 — Some Birds of Kapiti 1991
signed watercolour 25 x 35 cm SOLD

Studies of Azure-winged Magpies 2 — Studies of Azure-winged Magpies 2
signed watercolour 1991 28 x 22 cm in mount 40x30cm SOLD

Curlew flying — Curlew flying
original signed drawing 20 x 14 cm SOLD

Jackdaws and berry pickers — Jackdaws and berry pickers
unsigned pen and wash drawing 14 x 20 cm SOLD

Boxing Hares — Boxing Hares
unsigned watercolour 16 x 17 cm SOLD

Moorhen and chick by John Busby — Moorhen and chick
unsigned watercolour 8 x 14 cm SOLD

Gannets fighting — Gannets fighting
signed pencil drawing with colour wash 10 x 21 cm SOLD original illustration from Looking at Birds p.46

Penelope Barn Owl study — Penelope Barn Owl study
unsigned watercolour sketch 11 x 8 cm SOLD original illustration from Lines from Nature p.144

Osprey family 2004 — Osprey family 2004
signed drawing 2004 28 x 28 cm (in mount 42 x43) SOLD very similar to illustration in Lines from Nature p 114

Lesser Black-backed Gull — Lesser Black-backed Gull
initialled drawing 10 x 12 cm SOLD

Fairy Tern on sign — Fairy Tern on sign
unsigned drawing 10 x 14 cm in mount 20 x 14 cm SOLD original illustration from 'On the Rocks' by Bryan Nelson

Fairy Tern preening — Fairy Tern preening
unsigned drawing 12 x 14 cm in mount 20x25cm SOLD

Azure-winged Magpies and Bee-eaters — Azure-winged Magpies and Bee-eaters
watercolour unsigned 24 x 17 cm SOLD illustration from Lines from Nature p.40

Inky Crossbills on pine — Inky Crossbills on pine
unsigned ink drawing 14 x 17 cm in mount 25 x 30cm SOLD

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

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

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

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

Pigeon — Pigeon
unsigned pen and wash drawing 12 x 10 cm in mount 20x20cm SOLD

Cream-coloured Courser, Aberlady — Cream-coloured Courser, Aberlady
watercolour, unsigned 12.5 x 14 cm SOLD illustration from Lines from Nature p.34

Shorelarks — Shorelarks
initialled watercolour 10 x 16 cm SOLD Published in The Herald see Herald series

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

Long-tailed Field Mouse — Long-tailed Field Mouse
unsigned drawing 7 x 19 cm SOLD original illustration in Lines from Nature p. 160

Golden eagles and cumulus cloud — Golden eagles and cumulus cloud
unsigned watercolour 20 x 15 cm SOLD original illustration from Looking at Birds p.4

Chiffchaff, 'Proud Songster' — Chiffchaff, 'Proud Songster'
initialled pen and wash drawing 13 x 11 cm SOLD

Barn Owl 'Penelope' — Barn Owl 'Penelope'
unsigned watercolour, sketches and feather 28 x 20 cm SOLD

Sheltering Sanderlings 1 — Sheltering Sanderlings 1
unsigned pen drawing with colour 7 x 15 cm SOLD original illustration from Looking at Birds p.57

Purple Sandpiper — Purple Sandpiper
14 x 20 cm Pen and wash in mount 24 x 30cm SOLD original illlustration from The Herald 1990's

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

Blue Tit and Hydrangea — Blue Tit and Hydrangea
unsigned watercolour 30 x 23 cm SOLD

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

initialled pen and wash drawing 14 x 20cm SOLD at The Donald Watson Gallery, Scottish Ornithologists' Club, Aberlady original illustration from The Herald in mid 1990's

Territorial Coots — Territorial Coots
unsigned pen and wash drawing 12 x 20 cm SOLD at The Donald Watson Gallery, Scottish Ornithologists' Club, Aberlady

Crested Tit — Crested Tit
15 x 18 cm Pen and wash drawing SOLD at The Donald Watson Gallery, Scottish Ornithologists' Club, Aberlady

Trust a poet to turn up now! — Trust a poet to turn up now!
unsigned watercolour 13 x 15 cm SOLD original illustration from Looking at Birds p.91

Little Owl study — Little Owl study
unsigned drawing 7 x 8 cm in mount 20x20cm SOLD

Crane Greeting — Crane Greeting
unsigned drawing 12 x 17 cm in mount 25 x 30cm SOLD

Reed Warbler and Bearded Reedling, Poland — Reed Warbler and Bearded Reedling, Poland
signed watercolour 1991 22 x 22 cm SOLD original illustration in Lines from Nature p.39

Yellow-browed Warbler — Yellow-browed Warbler
16 x 16 cm Watercolour in mount 30cm sq SOLD

Tiger drinking — Tiger drinking
unsigned drawing with colour wash 10 x 20 cm (in A4 mount) SOLD

Sita, Bandhavgarh — Sita, Bandhavgarh
unsigned drawing 19 x 20 cm SOLD original from Lines from Nature p.78

Chaffinch pair 1988 — Chaffinch pair 1988
Signed watercolour 11 x 22 cm SOLD illustration from "Birds in your Garden" p34

Lapwing Feeding, and Swallow 2014 — Lapwing Feeding, and Swallow 2014
signed watercolour 20 x 30 cm SOLD

Redwing — Redwing
unsigned pen and wash drawing SOLD

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

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

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

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

Landscape 67, 1967 — Landscape 67, 1967
signed oil on canvas 86 x 105 cm SOLD

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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